Women who live in riverside communities in the Amazon often contend with challenges that prevent them from accessing critical prenatal care, from low tide levels to long, costly journeys. But in the Brazilian state of Pará, in a riverside city of 72 islands, the rate of pregnant women accessing treatment has improved. A reporting series from Amazônia Vox, a news outlet founded by ICFJ Knight Fellow Daniel Nardin, explored how the city’s floating medical clinic made an impact.
Amid the rise in disinformation today, journalists should look into legal measures adopted by countries around the world to combat it.
Things have changed since Facebook acquired WhatsApp for US$19 billion in 2014. The social network made the app free for everyone, and what was an already popular messaging tool became even more popular — active monthly users surged from 200 million in April 2013 to 1.5 billion in December 2017.
The International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) is now receiving applications for a new AT&T-funded online course on public service journalism. The course will teach 40 Brazilian journalists how to use digital tools to produce multimedia projects on critical public interest issues affecting impoverished communities.
The five-week online course called “Digital Tools for Effective Public Service Journalism” is scheduled to start February 27, 2012.
