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Data “Boot Camp” Helps Kenyan Reporter Expose School Sanitation Woes

Irene Choge arrived at the data boot camp with little experience using spreadsheets. But the reporter for NTV in Kenya knew that learning how to use data could help her nail down an important story: why girls in rural school districts started performing badly as they reached adolescence.

New Knight International Fellowships Will Advance Media Innovation Worldwide

WASHINGTON—From digitally mapping Amazon deforestation to launching a news innovation challenge in Africa, innovative work by the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) will be supported by a new $3.15 million grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.

The New Yorker's Evan Osnos gives writing tips to Tsinghua University journalism students

Evan Osnos addressed Tsingua University journalism students on October 24th in Beijing. He gave insider tips on writing the long features and profiles that are typical of The New Yorker's style.

Former FCC Chairman Reed Hundt addresses journalism students at Tsinghua University

On September 24, former FCC Chairman Reed Hundt spoke to journalism students at Tsinghua University about the Internet's role as a digital marketplace for goods and ideas.

Blogger who used multimedia to portray Moroccan children’s plight wins top honor

The International Center for Journalists has awarded honors and financial support to five journalists and citizen journalists from throughout the Middle East and North Africa for excellence in using digital technology to cover the pressing public issues of children’s rights, sexual harassment, pollution, and landmines.

Multimedia “Boot Camp” Empowers Arab Journalists to Serve Their Societies

Twenty-three years of authoritarian government and no freedom of expression left Tunisian citizen journalist, Safaa Daouas, worried and concerned about participating in ICFJ’s multimedia “boot camp” in Jordan.

“I was afraid and not sure what to expect from that training, because such training was out of reach for my people before the revolution,” she said.

As part of the boot camp, Daouas proposed to investigate the issue of electoral corruption in post-revolution Tunisia.

ICFJ Trainee Releases Lebanese Detainees From the Prison of Silence

A Lebanese participant's multimedia website that documents torture of detainees won the top prize in a competition among ICFJ participants. The site began with a course on ICFJ Anywhere.

African Media Trainers Focus on Health Data

Entebbe, Uganda – Leading journalists from across Africa have teamed up with international demography experts to train journalists how to report on important demographic and health data.

South Asian Journalists Learn to Cover Climate Change Using Multimedia

During a new regional training initiative, South Asian journalists from six countries created iPod Touch videos of farmers in southern Sri Lanka, where rising sea levels have increased salinity in fields and changes in rainfall patterns have disrupted the rice-planting season.

Climate changes have contributed to the farmer’s loss of income – but so have the drainage channels they dug initially to drain the fields, which now bring in seawater.

Students Rank Bloomberg Professor Among Tsinghua's Best

Bloomberg Professor Lee Miller mixed enthusiasm and candy with journalism basics in his “English News Writing” class to earn a place among the top 15 percent of teachers at Tsinghua University.

“I like this teacher, he did a really good job! Hope he could keep his passion forever!” one student wrote.