Joyce Barnathan, Technology Transfer Tools - ICFJ, 11 June

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Why  Think  South-­‐to-­‐South    

Technology  Transfer  Tools  –  International  Center  for  Journalists  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

InfoAmazonia  –  Uses  satellite  and  other  public  data  to  map  environmental  degradation,  making  it  easy  for  journalists  to  detect  problems  such  as  deforestation  and  pollution.  This  technology  was  then  used  for  the  3  following  projects.    

Oxpeckers  –  Tracks  poachers  in  protected  wildlife  regions  in  Southern  Africa.    

Land  Quest  –  Maps  oil  and  water  interests  and  what  is  happening  to  profits  from  these  investments  in  Kenya.    

EKUATORIAL  –  Maps  degradation  of  oceans,  forest  fires  and  other  problems  in  Indonesia.    

Shu  Choudhary’s  Mobile  News  Service  is  powered  by  trained  citizen  journalists,  who  provide  news  for  the  first  time  in  the  local  language  to  communities  in  a  remote  region  of  India.  

 

 

IVR  Junction  –  IVR  Junction  developed  on  Shu  Choudhary’s  original  mobile  news  service  which  brought  reports  by  trained  citizen  journalists  to  poor  and  isolated  tribal  communities.  IVR  expands  on  the  original  idea  by  linking  these  stories  to  social  media  platforms  such  as  Facebook,  YouTube  and  Twitter.    

Periodistas  En  Riesgo/Journalists  at  Risk  –  Uses  crowd-­‐sourcing  to  map  threats  and  attacks  against  journalists  in  Mexico    

Manual  De  Seguridad  Digital  y  Móvil/Manual  of  Digital  and  Mobile  Security  –  An  online  handbook  in  Spanish  on  digital  security  for  journalists  written  by  Knights  Fellowship  Director  Jorge  Luis  Sierra.    

Iraqi  Journalists  Rights  Defense  Association  –  Inspired  by  the  interactive  map  tracking  attacks  on  journalists  in  Mexico  created  by  Jorge  Luis  Sierra.  And  in  a  new  program,  Sierra  and  ICFJ  will  help  Iraqi  journalists  develop  a  database  of  threats  against  freedom  of  expression  and  expand  the  map  to  visually  display  this  data.    

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Code  for  Africa  –  Developed  in  Kenya  and  expanded  to  South  Africa,  Ghana  and  Nigeria,  this  movement  embeds  technologists  into  newsrooms  to  train  journalists  how  to  mine  and  visualize  data  for  stories.  They  also  help  the  news  organizations  design  mobile  apps  that  expand  access  to  news.    

Investigative  Dashboard  &  Secure  Reporter  –  The  Dashboard  allows  journalists  with  limited  data  skills  to  easily  mine  databases  or  seek  help  from  data  experts,  while  ICFJ  developed  the  Secure  Reporter  platform  so  that  journalists  can  share  information  across  borders  without  fear  of  hackers,  backed  by  hostile  drug  lords  or  repressive  governments,  gaining  access  to  it.  While  Investigative  Dashboard  &  Secure  Reporter  were  developed  during  programs  in  Eastern  Europe,  we  have  translated  the  tools  into  Spanish,  and  hired  a  data  researcher  to  work  with  Latin  American  investigative  reporters.    

GotToVote  –  Developed  through  Code  for  Africa,  the  technologists  used  government  data  to  build  a  website  that  gave  Kenyans  information  on  how  and  where  to  register  to  vote.    

Hackdash  –  Based  upon  the  Code  for  Africa  movement,  Knight  Fellow  Mariano  Blejman  developed  Hackdash,  a  free  and  open  source  platform  that  lets  Hackathon  organizers  better  manage  new  ideas.  This  tool  is  being  used  from  Finland  to  Nepal,  from  the  U.S.  to  Uruguay.    

Chicas  Poderosas  –  Founded  by  Knight  Fellow  Mariana  Santos,  Chicas  Poderosas,  aims  to  get  Latin  American  women  involved  in  media  technology.