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Our Programs By Topic
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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Online Courses
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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 Turkish journalists are invited to participate in a six-week online course, entitled “Introduction to Ethics of Digital Journalism.” Deadline to apply is September 24.
The course, which will run from October 1 to November 12 in Turkish, will discuss the ethical challenges digital journalists face, and provide guidelines and ethical decision-making models to help media practitioners make sense of this new universe of information.
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Journalists from the Gulf Arab countries are invited to apply for an online course in business journalism that will be held September 17 to October 29. Deadline to apply: September 3.
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 The International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) will offer two online courses for community radio journalists this summer. The courses are free and will take place in July and August. The deadline to apply is June 15 for the July course. The courses will be conducted in Spanish and are intended for community radio journalists from the US and from Latin America who are interested in learning new digital tools.
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.JPG) The International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) is currently offering two online courses for U.S. journalists on using multimedia tools. The courses are for Hispanic and minority journalists in the U.S., and will be conducted in English and Spanish. They will focus on a variety of multimedia offerings – from audio slideshows to Google mash-ups to data visualization tools. The four week courses will have a special focus on using multimedia and digital tools to cover personal finance issues, and will start on June 28 and last until July 21. Deadline to apply: June 24.
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The International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) is offering an online course on journalism ethics from August 6 to September 17. Deadline to apply is July 30.
Using ICFJ’s resources, including a comprehensive handbook entitled "Journalism Ethics: The Global Debate," participants will examine a number of global case studies examining media independence, accuracy, fairness, freedom and responsibility that have resonance in Turkey.
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From election coverage to reporting on disasters ICFJ follows the news to bring journalists vital skills they need to cover hot topics.
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