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28 projects

Centre For Journalism Innovation & Development (CJID)

We break information barriers and strengthen African democracies through research and media innovation

Abuja, Nigeria
2014

Project Multatuli

Project Multatuli is a collective initiative dedicated to carrying out the ideals of public journalism by serving the underreported and holding power accountable.

Indonesia

The Chanzo Initiative

The Chanzo Initiative exists at the interface between advocacy and journalism. It is founded to uplift the voices of the underreported, vulnerable, and marginalized communities in Tanzania with the goal to make Tanzania the best place to live for everyone regardless of class, creed, sexual orientation and nationality.

Tanzania

Hearken's Engagement Management System

Hearken’s Engagement Management System empowers organizations to generate actionable insights from the public to create more relevant, representative and original content.

Chicago, IL

Hearken

Hearken's consulting and engagement platforms help newsrooms, companies, and organizations engage their audience or community.

Chicago, IL

Justice Media co-Lab

The Justice Media co-Lab at Boston University provides the programmatic structure to train a new generation of computational investigative journalists equipped to leverage the power of computing and data science to advance justice and transparency.

Boston, MA

Digital Día de Muertos altar

Honor your loved ones with a digital Día de Muertos altar by the Los Angeles Times

Los Angeles, CA

Knight Lab

Northwestern University Knight Lab is a university journalism-innovation lab that builds open-source storytelling tools and experimental prototypes for journalists and media makers, based in Evanston, Illinois.

Evanston, IL, USA
2011

InfoNile

InfoNile is a cross-border group of geojournalists with a mission to uncover critical stories on water issues in the Nile River Basin through data-based multimedia storytelling.

Africa, Asia
local, Clean water and sanitation, rivers