Meet the Border Hub Partners

BCJB

The Border Center for Journalists and Bloggers (BCJB) is a nonprofit organization based in South Texas dedicated to improving quality journalism, promoting safer practices, and boosting innovation and cooperation across borders. As the main partner in this program, BCJB is cementing its “Border Hub”, a network of investigative journalists working on the U.S.-Mexico border to investigate corruption. BCJB provides online and in-person training and mentorship to new generations of investigative journalists along the border, while also increasing their use of advanced technology, digital tools, and risk reduction strategies. 

Iniciativa Sinaloa

Iniciativa Sinaloa is a civil society organization aimed at using professional, impartial and independent research to influence public policies around transparency, accountability and corruption in Mexico. Through this project, Iniciativa Sinaloa organizes panel discussions and drafts policy research papers, with the goal of improving the quality of democracy nationwide.

 
SembraMedia 

Under its component of the Border Hub project, known as “SembraMex”, SembraMedia provides guidance to US-Mexico border media outlets on improving their financial sustainability. As a non-profit organization dedicated to increasing the diversity of voices and quality of content for Spanish-language news outlets, SembraMedia will offer hands-on assistance to 10 border-based outlets. 
Read more about our 1st two SembraMex grantees here.

SpaceShip Labs
 

SpaceShip Labs is  a software development organization specializing in data-driven platforms and their application to journalism and storytelling. Previously, SpaceShip Labs produced the well-known platform ContratoBook, an award-winning tool that uses machine learning to detect and flag companies and contracts that may be linked to corruption. SpaceShip Labs has also worked with Mexican journalists from the ConnectasHub to produce data-driven investigative reports. The organization provides trainings at the Data Boot Camps and supports participants in producing reports with data visualizations and infographics. 
 

University of Guadalajara (UdeG) is home to the Digital Journalism Center and Latin America’s first online master’s degree on journalism and digital media. The Center was launched in 2008 with ICFJ support and is increasing the digital and data know-how of journalists and media managers across the region. UdeG platform and infrastructure will contribute to the design, curriculum, and implementation of the annual online courses on investigative and data journalism, as well as digital security tools and techniques.