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ICFJ believes that better journalism can improve people's lives. We are training health journalists to provide accurate and balanced information that will help the public and policymakers stop the spread of killer diseases. We are giving journalists the scientific know-how and resources to cover environmental issues, so that they can help their countries achieve sustainable economic growth without sacrificing natural resources and beauty. And we are providing in-depth training to business reporters, who can make markets more transparent and public officials and corporate executives more accountable.
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Business Reporting
ICFJ is providing in-depth training to business reporters, who can make markets more transparent and public officials and corporate executives more accountable.
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 ICFJ has developed four training modules on business and economic reporting in Persian. These self-study courses engage participants in interactive learning activities at their own convenience. The first module, "An Introduction to Business Reporting and Writing" was launched in May 2008. ICFJ has recently launched the second online business and economic reporting courses in Persian.
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 ICFJ's ground-breaking master's degree program at the prestigious Tsinghua University in Beijing is training students to cover the fast-changing world of business, economics and finance, with a focus on China's role in the global marketplace.
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Environmental Coverage
We are giving journalists the scientific know-how and resources to cover environmental issues, so that they can help their countries achieve sustainable economic growth without sacrificing natural resources and beauty.
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 ICFJ has joined with the Society of Indonesian Environmental Journalists (SIEJ) to boost understanding of climate change in that vast archipelago. With a grant from the David and Lucile Packard Foundation and help from the Samdhana Foundation, SIEJ is organizing a series of workshops, meetings with experts, fellowships and publications.
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 The International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) along with New America Media and Arizona State University's Cronkite School of Journalism hosted a one-day conference of ethnic media practitioners and Environmentalists to discuss challenges to water, soil and air in the Southwest.
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 The International Center for Journalists selected 13 participants to participate in a Seminar on Future Energy: Sustainable Energy for a Low-carbon World in Samsø Island, Denmark on December 11-13, 2009.
The seminar explored the potential for developing energy from coal, oil and gas, nuclear, biomass, wind, solar, efficiency and other means, impediments to growth of each; relative advantages and drawbacks, and how each could help control greenhouse gas levels to avoid warming the globe by more than 2 degrees, Celsius.
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Top officials and experts discuss U.S. and India collaboration to promote clean energy and combat climate change.
The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) and Yale University have co-convened the U.S.-India Energy Partnership Summit to bring together key actors from government, corporations, research institutions, NGOs and the media from both the U.S. and India. The summit will facilitate a dialogue on how to promote enabling policies for the rapid development and deployment of green technologies in both nations and the opportunity for partnership on this front.
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ICFJ created a program to help Mexican journalists build up their environmental reporting skills in general and their coverage of community forestry in particular. Working with partner organization, the Mexican non-profit organization Periodismo para élevar la Conciencia Ecológica (PECE), ICFJ conducted training, held news conferences and produced background materials on community forestry.
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ICFJ is supporting journalists all over the world with free online courses on a range of topics, including digital journalism, investigative reporting and business and economics. Interested applicants should visit the e-Learning section of the International Journalists' Network (IJNet) for current course listings.
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The International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) is currently receiving applications for a new online training course in Arabic on covering labor issues in the Arab World which will be held from April 23 to June 4.
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 The International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) is now offering two online courses in English and Spanish on covering personal finance for Hispanic journalists and US journalists covering finance issues for minority and immigrant communities. The courses are scheduled to start on April 16 and end on July 28.
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Al Jazeera Media Training and Development Center and the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) are offering an online training course in Investigative Journalism for Arab journalists from May 17 to June 26.
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ICFJ has developed four training modules on business and economic reporting in Persian. These self-study courses engage participants in interactive learning activities at their own convenience. The first module, "An Introduction to Business Reporting and Writing" was launched in May 2008. ICFJ has recently launched the second online business and economic reporting courses in Persian.
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