Sara Olstad
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Minnesota, United States
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Data Journalism Project in Colombia Tracks Progress Toward Peace
As Colombia works to secure a lasting peace after decades of conflict, a team of pioneering journalists are rigorously tracking the country’s progress using a powerful tool: data journalism. Led by ICFJ Knight Fellow Fabiola Torres Lopez, the team behind “La Paz en el Terreno” (“Peace in the Field”) has built two databases focused on key indicators of peace. → Read More
ICFJ Knight Fellows Share Digital Tools, Projects at Top U.S. Journalism Conference
* ICFJ Knight Fellow Omar Mohammed leads a roundtable discussion about fact-checking best practices around the world. (Photo: Steven Strasser) Five International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) Knight Fellows showcased their work before an audience of 3,000 U.S. journalists and media leaders at the 2017 Online News Association (ONA) conference October 5-7 in Washington, D.C. At the conference,… → Read More
How one Indian newsroom is using Google tools to improve digital storytelling
Digital tools, including Google Fusion Tables and Google MyMaps, can help add data and visualization to complex stories. One Indian newsroom used these tools to map the impact of financial policy. → Read More
How one Indian newsroom is using Google tools to improve digital storytelling
Digital tools, including Google Fusion Tables and Google MyMaps, can help add data and visualization to complex stories. One Indian newsroom used these tools to map the impact of financial policy. → Read More
ICFJ Knight Fellows share free digital tools that any newsroom can use
Steal our tools! Ahead of #ONA17, IJNet is launching a new toolkit with more than 30 tools for online journalists. → Read More
New ICFJ Knight Fellows Aim to Reinvent Health, Gender and Development Storytelling in India
How do you use the latest digital technologies to improve storytelling on health, gender and development issues? Just ask ICFJ’s four new Knight Fellows, who are leading the charge. They will offer their storytelling expertise, multimedia assistance and data skills to journalists at two of the country’s most widely read news organizations. Their goal: To reinvent coverage of these critical… → Read More
How U.S Publishers Are Using a New App to Reach Mobile Users More Affordably
Now that the majority of Americans access news on their mobile devices, U.S. newsrooms must grab attention on those devices--or risk irrelevance. But developing and maintaining effective mobile apps from scratch is often too expensive for small publishers. Enter Push, an open source template for iOS and Android mobile apps that can help news organizations that lack the time, money or resources… → Read More
How U.S Publishers Are Using ICFJ’s App to Reach Mobile Users More Affordably
Now that the majority of Americans access news on their mobile devices, U.S. newsrooms must grab attention on those devices--or risk irrelevance. But developing and maintaining effective mobile apps from scratch is often too expensive for small publishers. Enter Push, an open source template for iOS and Android mobile apps that can help news organizations that lack the time, money or resources… → Read More
ICFJ Knight Roundup: Free digital tools showcased at U.S. conference
Fellows share tools and insights at ONA, Media Party comes to South Africa and more from the ICFJ Knight Fellows in this week’s Roundup. → Read More
How Pakistan’s Express Tribune reported its biggest online project
The "For Peshawar" project commemorates the first anniversary of a terrorist attack that killed 147 people at a Pakistani army school. → Read More
14 free digital tools that any newsroom can use
Steal our tools! Ahead of the 2016 Online News Association conference, here are 14 digital tools from the ICFJ Knight Fellows that any newsroom can use. → Read More
ICFJ Knight roundup: African fund for innovative journalism now accepting pitches for investigative stories
impactAFRICA launches investigative reporting contest, webinar on low-cost mobile apps and more from the Knight Fellows in this week’s Roundup. → Read More
Six tips for working with African newsrooms on cross-border journalism projects
Cross-border journalism in Africa still poses a unique set of challenges for journalists. Here are six tips for reporters looking to partner with newsrooms on reporting projects. → Read More
ICFJ Knight roundup: Low-cost news apps give smaller organizations a "push"
Easy-to-use, customizable news app, security training for U.S.-Mexico border journalists and more from the Knight Fellows in this week's roundup. → Read More
First-ever drone journalism bootcamp trains South African reporters
ICFJ Knight Fellow Chris Roper discusses the drone journalism camp he recently organized for journalists and civil rights groups in Cape Town — the first of its kind in South Africa. → Read More
ICFJ Knight roundup: South African drone camp takes journalism to new heights
Drone journalism bootcamp in South Africa, global news network launches in India and more from the Knight Fellows in this week’s roundup. → Read More
ICFJ Knight roundup: Investigative journalism tools “stolen” at conference
Knight Fellows speak at IRE, Pakistani news station adopts Facebook Live and more from the Knight Fellows in this week's roundup. → Read More
ICFJ Knight Fellows share 10 free tools for investigative journalists
Steal our tools! Ahead of the 2016 Investigative Reporters & Editors Conference, here are 10 investigative tools, created by the ICFJ Knight Fellows, that any newsroom can use. → Read More
ICFJ Knight Fellows share 10 free tools for investigative journalists
Steal our tools! Ahead of the 2016 Investigative Reporters & Editors Conference, here are 10 investigative tools, created by the ICFJ Knight Fellows, that any newsroom can use. → Read More
South Africa's Data-Driven Journalism Academy opens new horizons in reporting
Former ICFJ Knight Fellow Raymond Joseph talks with IJNet about how Code for South Africa's Data-Driven Journalism Academy helped its first group of journalists to improve their skills. → Read More