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Award-Winning Stories Illuminate Health Challenges Faced by Children and Women

From Brazil’s “crack-baby” epidemic to a mobile-phone app that is saving the lives of pregnant women in Cameroon, the entries that won the International Center for Journalists’ (ICFJ) 2015 Global Health Reporting Contest illuminate the complex challenges facing communities and health-care providers around the world.

More than 150 journalists submitted stories for the contest, which is sponsored by Johnson & Johnson. The six winners will participate in a 10-day study tour of the United States this fall.

United Airlines anuncia patrocinio de Chicas Poderosas, proyecto de capacitación tecnológica para periodistas

CHICAGO, 9 de junio de 2015 ‒ United Airlines ha anunciado su patrocinio del proyecto Chicas Poderosas, cuyo propósito es crear un cuerpo de mujeres líderes en medios digitales y aumentar el número de periodistas latinoamericanas que trabajan directamente con la tecnología en las salas de redacción.

United Airlines to Sponsor Chicas Poderosas Journalism Technology Training

CHICAGO, June 9, 2015 ‒ United Airlines has announced its sponsorship of the Chicas Poderosas (“Powerful Women”) project, which is designed to create a corps of female digital media leaders in Latin America and increase the number of Latin American women journalists working directly with newsroom technologies.

ICFJ Knight Award Winner, Knight Fellow Elected to Board of World Editors Forum

A Nigerian editor tapped by the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) for its top award last year and a former ICFJ Knight Fellow working to improve journalism safety in Latin America have been elected to the board of the World Editors Forum (WEF), the global network of editors and news organizations.

United Airlines Renews Partnership with ICFJ's Minority Reporting Program

United Airlines announced that it has renewed its partnership with the Washington, D.C.-based International Center for Journalists’ (ICFJ) and its Bringing Home the World: International Reporting Fellowship Program for Minority Journalists. United will serve as the sponsoring airline for several of the 2015 Fellows.

Pioneering Cuban Blogger, Indian Investigative Reporter Win Premier International Journalism Award

A trailblazing blogger who has shed light on Cuba’s tightly controlled society and an investigative reporter who exposed abuses against women and children in India have won the 2015 Knight International Journalism Award, the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) announced.

Health Reporting Contest Seeks Stories That Engage Audiences, Improve Lives

Building on the success of last year’s Global Health Reporting Contest, the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) invites journalists to submit news stories that demonstrate the power of media to improve the quality of life of the world’s most vulnerable people: mothers and children.

Distinguished Broadcaster, Intrepid Photojournalist to Receive Top International Journalism Awards

Washington, D.C. – Jorge Ramos, known as the “Walter Cronkite of Latino America,” and Lynsey Addario, whose photographs have put a human face on war, will be honored by the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) at its Awards Dinner on Nov. 10 in Washington, D.C.

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Distinguished Broadcaster, Intrepid Photojournalist to Receive Top International Journalism Awards

Washington, D.C. – Jorge Ramos, known as the “Walter Cronkite of Latino America,” and Lynsey Addario, whose photographs have put a human face on war, will be honored by the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) at its Awards Dinner on Nov. 10 in Washington, D.C.

CNN lead political anchor Wolf Blitzer will emcee the annual gala.

Four Media Leaders Join ICFJ Board of Directors

The International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) has added four leading news media executives to its board of directors. They are: Mark Aldam, president of Hearst Newspapers; David Callaway, editor-in-chief of USA Today; John Harris, editor-in-chief of Politico; and Megan Liberman, editor-in-chief of Yahoo! News.