Project Profiles
BALKANS: Creating a comprehensive database on corporate and government business practices in the Balkans and Eastern Europe; training journalists to use that powerful new tool to expose corruption. Partner: Romanian Centre for Investigative Journalism. Fellow: Paul Radu
BOLIVIA: Create a digital platform enabling rural radio stations to share programming on important issues such as poverty, education and women's rights. The goal: to improve the flow of information to underserved communities. Partner: Radio Fides Santa Cruz. Fellow: Celia Cernadas
BRAZIL: Build a network linking media outlets in large cities with local and citizen journalists in rural areas so that issues such as corruption, poverty and land reform get broader, multimedia coverage. Media partner: ABRAJI. Fellow: Adam Raney
EAST TIMOR: Worked with Radio Rakambia to produce first national news programming for broadcast by radio stations outside the capital; helped students create and operate first college radio station; created corps of Timorese journalism trainers. Launching country’s first journalism school. Partner: Timor-Leste Media Development Institute. Fellow: Maria Gabriela Carrascalão-Heard
GHANA: Generate for the first time in-depth coverage of corruption, ethnic tension and social issues at leading political newspaper and on radio ahead of pivotal elections; created manual for journalists on balanced election coverage amid concerns about violence; developed first voters’ guide. Media partner: The Daily Dispatch. Fellow: Alison Bethel
GUINEA: Providing critical training to Guinea’s first privately licensed radio stations on covering upcoming democratic elections and holding elected officials accountable. Fellowship extended through March 2009 elections. Partner: OGIDEM. Fellow: Vianney Missumbi
INDIA: Developed sophisticated coverage of climate change for news agency; worked on prototype pollution alert service and online mapping of pollution threats; helped conceive plan for unique journalism school that builds a professional corps and gives media skills to the underprivileged. Partners: The Energy Resources Institute, Indo-Asian News Service. Fellow: Arul Louis
JORDAN/LEBANON/SYRIA: Developed corps of TV journalists in Lebanon and Jordan who produced in-depth coverage of regional social issues such as water, health and education; result: commitment by Jordanian television to continue social programming. Fellowship extended to work in Syria with the U.N. Development Program to build online community of young journalists and platform for coverage of issues related to the UN Millennium Development Goals. Partners: JTV,
LBC,
UNDP.
Fellow: Mariam Sami
KENYA: Generating coverage that improves health care through better public policy; early result: government announced plan to infuse $7.5 million into public hospitals in response to newspaper expose; launching health journalism training program in a "Science Cafe" format that gives journalists access to experts in an informal setting; exploring new technologies to deliver health news such as health alerts via radio and cell phone. Partner: The Nation Media Group. Fellow: Rachel Jones
MEXICO: Created Latin America’s first digital journalism center designed to teach a new generation of Spanish-language journalists to use state-of-the-art technology to produce quality interactive news; introduced new program with online courses on the challenges and opportunities of digital journalism. Partner:
University of Guadalajara.
Fellow: James Breiner
MEXICO: Put together investigative teams from different media organizations that produced in-depth reports such as an expose on corrupt developers' links with soccer teams that helped stop another questionable deal; trained journalists to interpret and use databases for investigations. Partner: Gatopardo. Fellow: Ana Arana
MEXICO: Working with new civic organization dedicated to free expression to help journalists effectively use Mexico's access-to-information law and master their legal rights in a society where the media are harassed with impunity. Partner: CEDELI. Fellow: Benjamin Fernandez
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PAKISTAN:
RWANDA: Helped country's leading independent radio station develop in-depth programming in three languages in a turbulent region where "hate radio" once incited genocide; helped develop English-language programming that attracted first private sponsors; spearheaded new Web partnership to distribute content across the continent. Partner: Contact FM.
Fellow: Sputnik Kilambi
SOUTH AFRICA: Create an investigative health journalism team at South Africa's influential Mail & Guardian Media Group, using its Web, radio and print outlets. Partner: Mail & Guardian Media Group. Fellow: Mia Malan
UGANDA: Developing health coverage aimed at policymakers for new dedicated health section in major newspaper; relaunched health journalism association, helped it secure funds for workshops and newsletters; helping develop health news alerts delivered via mobile devices. Partner: New Vision. Fellow: Christopher Conte
ZAMBIA: Promote coverage that leads to improvements in health-care delivery in a country struggling to contain an HIV/AIDS crisis. Partner: TBA.
Fellow: Antigone Barton