They come from a wide range of different countries and
cultures, they have never met before, and yet they have a
common goal: all of them want to strengthen press freedom
in their home countries. That is what the twelve Fellows
who arrived in Hamburg on Saturday have committed to. From
today, they will complete the "Journalism in the
Digital World" fellowship program at the International
Academy of Journalism (Intajour) together. Bertelsmann
founded the Academy to help promote press freedom and the
freedom of opinion as well as to mark the company's 175th
anniversary in 2010.
The second year of Intajour Fellows is comprised of seven women and five men. They were selected from 560 applications from 90 countries by the Intajour Journalism Advisory Board members, who include editors-in-chief Thomas Osterkorn ("Stern"), Georg Mascolo ("Spiegel"), and Peter Kloeppel (RTL). This means the number of applications has increased since the first round - the first year, there were 413 applications from 80 different countries. "We were delighted with the large number of applications and the great enthusiasm for our approach," says Intajour Director Werner Eggert. "The Fellows now face an exciting, but also exhausting first attendance phase, from which they will take home a lot of new knowledge that they will deepen in their workplace - and we will support the Fellows with this through our e-learning program."
The fellows of the second Intajour year are:
María Gisel Acosta, 30 years old, comes from Ecuador where she works on the editorial team of the newspaper "El Universo," mainly writing political articles. She also has a part-time job as host of a morning radio show. María Gisel believes the media have no choice but to use digital means in order to effectively contribute to meeting people's right to information. Earlier this year the "El Universo" made headlines around the world: Ecuador's Supreme Court sentenced three of the newspaper's directors and a columnist to three years' imprisonment and a fine of €28 million. The columnist had called the Ecuadorian president a dictator and accused him of having committed crimes against humanity during a police revolt in 2010.
Rabia Akram Khan, 24, from Pakistan is a freelance journalist in the northwestern tribal areas of Pakistan, where she reports for various radio stations. Her favorite topics are women's issues, such as the problems women face in their daily lives and how they solve them. Rabia feels that her work in rural Pakistan is also being increasingly digitized every day, and would therefore like to learn more about the topic. In future she has resolved to launch a blog and to work on producing web videos.
In her native Egypt, Hoda Baraka mainly works as a journalist specializing in environmental issues. The 30-year-old works as a freelance, primarily for the online edition of the "Egypt Independent." After spending many years in academic institutions, Hoda has realized that her work as a journalist can have an influence on environmental issues by making it accessible and understandable to a broad section of the general public.
Mario Roberto Cerna Palacios from Honduras works for the daily newspaper "El Heraldo." Since the government coup in 2009, freedom of speech has been severely restricted in his home country, says Mario Roberto. Honduras has become one of the world's most dangerous countries for journalists. According to the International Press Institute (IPI), 21 journalists have been killed since 2009 because of their journalistic activities. Mario Roberto primarily writes about economic and political issues and is a member of his newspaper's investigative team. The 33-year-old believes that the work of the media in Honduras is often impeded by self-censorship.
Sumaya Elmatbagi from Sudan heads the political desk of the newspaper "Al Ayam," which has a very good reputation in her country and is commonly known as a "fearless voice" of the Sudanese media. The founder and editor, Mahgoub Salih has already been arrested several times. However, this has not prevented him and his team from always reporting independently. This effort has been recognized by the international community with several awards, including the World Association of Newspapers' "Golden Pen" in 2005. Sumaya firmly believes that journalism plays an important role in preserving those of Sudan's structures that still remain intact.
Tatiana Etco, 28, works for Moldova's only newspaper that has no ties to any of the political parties in the country. As "Ziarul de Garda" only has limited financial resources available, Tatiana always has to be flexible in her work, which includes writing, editing, photography, and research. Tatiana occasionally produces news videos for the weekly "Ziarul de Garda" television program. In 2009 she won the Moldovan Independent Press Association's "Best Journalist of the Year Award."
Jovana Gligorijevic, 29, from Serbia mainly specializes in political and cultural issues for the weekly magazine "Vreme." The magazine is especially known in Belgrade for its analytical and investigative approach. Jovana has learned most of what she knows from her colleagues, but is almost completely self-taught in matters of online media as until recently no one at "Vreme" had experience in the field. Jovana's aim is to systematically pool her knowledge on the topics of research and web publication. She hopes that by doing this she will give new impetus to "Vreme" and attract more readers
Unlike most of his Intajour colleagues, Zaka Guluyev, 28, from Azerbaijan works as a television journalist. At ANS TV, owned by the "ANS Independent Broadcasting and Media Company" in Baku, he is responsible for a weekly political magazine and works as a reporter dealing with political, social and economic issues for the daily news bulletin. Zaka prefers working on investigative stories. In addition to his job at ANS TV, he co-founded the country's first digital radio station, Channel 13. Zaka is convinced that better trained journalists are needed to improve the quality of journalism and strengthen the independent media in his country.
Joseph Mwenda, 30, from Zambia works as a journalist for the privately owned newspaper "The Post." Since it was founded in the early 1990s, "The Post" has been a model for independent and quality coverage in sub-Saharan Africa. Joseph works for the new online edition of the newspaper, and, among other things is responsible for national and international news, the integration of video footage on the website, and approving reader comments. His aim is to improve the quality of the website and to continue to attract new readers. Because of the restrictive laws in his home country of Zimbabwe, Zenzele Ndeble's radio station "Radio Dialogue" was closed down. Together with his colleagues, the 34-year-old now uses the Internet to disseminate his stories. Zenzele's job is to edit reports and maintain the website. Zenzele especially hopes to learn a lot about digital media from the Intajour program and be able to apply this to his work.
Muhammad Sharif Ullah, 34, from Bangladesh describes himself as computer-savvy journalist who likes to cross media boundaries. After working for a newspaper and a television station, he became a news editor at www.bdnews24.com, the leading online magazine in the country. He believes a high degree of professionalism, integrity and ethical values are an absolute must in his work. In order to further advance bdnwes24, Muhammad believes it is essential to learn more about multimedia techniques.
Ping Wu, 26, from China has two jobs: as blogger and as an editor for "Appazine," an iPad magazine owned by the Swiss publishing house Ringier. Ping lives in Shanghai and firmly believes that the media's transformation to digital can promote democracy and press freedom in China. For this reason, she sees it as her duty to learn more about journalism in the digital world.
These twelve Fellows will complete the Intajour program together over the next ten months. They will be trained in the areas of "investigative research," "journalistic representation on the Internet," "shooting and editing web videos," "technical production of web content" and "media ethics." Once again, the program consists of attendance phases in Hamburg, Cologne and Berlin as well as two intensive e-learning phases.
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The second year of Intajour Fellows is comprised of seven women and five men. They were selected from 560 applications from 90 countries by the Intajour Journalism Advisory Board members, who include editors-in-chief Thomas Osterkorn ("Stern"), Georg Mascolo ("Spiegel"), and Peter Kloeppel (RTL). This means the number of applications has increased since the first round - the first year, there were 413 applications from 80 different countries. "We were delighted with the large number of applications and the great enthusiasm for our approach," says Intajour Director Werner Eggert. "The Fellows now face an exciting, but also exhausting first attendance phase, from which they will take home a lot of new knowledge that they will deepen in their workplace - and we will support the Fellows with this through our e-learning program."
The fellows of the second Intajour year are:
María Gisel Acosta, 30 years old, comes from Ecuador where she works on the editorial team of the newspaper "El Universo," mainly writing political articles. She also has a part-time job as host of a morning radio show. María Gisel believes the media have no choice but to use digital means in order to effectively contribute to meeting people's right to information. Earlier this year the "El Universo" made headlines around the world: Ecuador's Supreme Court sentenced three of the newspaper's directors and a columnist to three years' imprisonment and a fine of €28 million. The columnist had called the Ecuadorian president a dictator and accused him of having committed crimes against humanity during a police revolt in 2010.
Rabia Akram Khan, 24, from Pakistan is a freelance journalist in the northwestern tribal areas of Pakistan, where she reports for various radio stations. Her favorite topics are women's issues, such as the problems women face in their daily lives and how they solve them. Rabia feels that her work in rural Pakistan is also being increasingly digitized every day, and would therefore like to learn more about the topic. In future she has resolved to launch a blog and to work on producing web videos.
In her native Egypt, Hoda Baraka mainly works as a journalist specializing in environmental issues. The 30-year-old works as a freelance, primarily for the online edition of the "Egypt Independent." After spending many years in academic institutions, Hoda has realized that her work as a journalist can have an influence on environmental issues by making it accessible and understandable to a broad section of the general public.
Mario Roberto Cerna Palacios from Honduras works for the daily newspaper "El Heraldo." Since the government coup in 2009, freedom of speech has been severely restricted in his home country, says Mario Roberto. Honduras has become one of the world's most dangerous countries for journalists. According to the International Press Institute (IPI), 21 journalists have been killed since 2009 because of their journalistic activities. Mario Roberto primarily writes about economic and political issues and is a member of his newspaper's investigative team. The 33-year-old believes that the work of the media in Honduras is often impeded by self-censorship.
Sumaya Elmatbagi from Sudan heads the political desk of the newspaper "Al Ayam," which has a very good reputation in her country and is commonly known as a "fearless voice" of the Sudanese media. The founder and editor, Mahgoub Salih has already been arrested several times. However, this has not prevented him and his team from always reporting independently. This effort has been recognized by the international community with several awards, including the World Association of Newspapers' "Golden Pen" in 2005. Sumaya firmly believes that journalism plays an important role in preserving those of Sudan's structures that still remain intact.
Tatiana Etco, 28, works for Moldova's only newspaper that has no ties to any of the political parties in the country. As "Ziarul de Garda" only has limited financial resources available, Tatiana always has to be flexible in her work, which includes writing, editing, photography, and research. Tatiana occasionally produces news videos for the weekly "Ziarul de Garda" television program. In 2009 she won the Moldovan Independent Press Association's "Best Journalist of the Year Award."
Jovana Gligorijevic, 29, from Serbia mainly specializes in political and cultural issues for the weekly magazine "Vreme." The magazine is especially known in Belgrade for its analytical and investigative approach. Jovana has learned most of what she knows from her colleagues, but is almost completely self-taught in matters of online media as until recently no one at "Vreme" had experience in the field. Jovana's aim is to systematically pool her knowledge on the topics of research and web publication. She hopes that by doing this she will give new impetus to "Vreme" and attract more readers
Unlike most of his Intajour colleagues, Zaka Guluyev, 28, from Azerbaijan works as a television journalist. At ANS TV, owned by the "ANS Independent Broadcasting and Media Company" in Baku, he is responsible for a weekly political magazine and works as a reporter dealing with political, social and economic issues for the daily news bulletin. Zaka prefers working on investigative stories. In addition to his job at ANS TV, he co-founded the country's first digital radio station, Channel 13. Zaka is convinced that better trained journalists are needed to improve the quality of journalism and strengthen the independent media in his country.
Joseph Mwenda, 30, from Zambia works as a journalist for the privately owned newspaper "The Post." Since it was founded in the early 1990s, "The Post" has been a model for independent and quality coverage in sub-Saharan Africa. Joseph works for the new online edition of the newspaper, and, among other things is responsible for national and international news, the integration of video footage on the website, and approving reader comments. His aim is to improve the quality of the website and to continue to attract new readers. Because of the restrictive laws in his home country of Zimbabwe, Zenzele Ndeble's radio station "Radio Dialogue" was closed down. Together with his colleagues, the 34-year-old now uses the Internet to disseminate his stories. Zenzele's job is to edit reports and maintain the website. Zenzele especially hopes to learn a lot about digital media from the Intajour program and be able to apply this to his work.
Muhammad Sharif Ullah, 34, from Bangladesh describes himself as computer-savvy journalist who likes to cross media boundaries. After working for a newspaper and a television station, he became a news editor at www.bdnews24.com, the leading online magazine in the country. He believes a high degree of professionalism, integrity and ethical values are an absolute must in his work. In order to further advance bdnwes24, Muhammad believes it is essential to learn more about multimedia techniques.
Ping Wu, 26, from China has two jobs: as blogger and as an editor for "Appazine," an iPad magazine owned by the Swiss publishing house Ringier. Ping lives in Shanghai and firmly believes that the media's transformation to digital can promote democracy and press freedom in China. For this reason, she sees it as her duty to learn more about journalism in the digital world.
These twelve Fellows will complete the Intajour program together over the next ten months. They will be trained in the areas of "investigative research," "journalistic representation on the Internet," "shooting and editing web videos," "technical production of web content" and "media ethics." Once again, the program consists of attendance phases in Hamburg, Cologne and Berlin as well as two intensive e-learning phases.
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