The International Center for Journalists selects Maldita.es for its new “Elevate” program, its business development center

The International Center for Journalists has selected 18 organizations from 206 applications in a three-phase competitive process that included interviews with different media outlets. The training program will begin in May and will last seven months, focusing on media problem-solving objectives, specifically in four areas: business strategy, operations and finance, technology and new media, and communications and marketing.

Elevate includes business, innovation and entrepreneurship training sessions taught by Babson College, one of the most recognized business schools in the United States, and the Media Development Investment Fund.

These are the organizations, in addition to Maldita.es, that will participate in the ICFJ Elevate program: 

• International Center for Investigative Reporting (Nigeria) 
• OrderPaper Nigeria (Nigeria) 
• Technext.ng (Nigeria)
• Agencia Lupa (Brazil) 
• Agencia Mural de Jornalismo das Periferias (Brazil) 
• Datasketch (Colombia) 
• El Pitazo (Venezuela)
• Foco (Panama) 
• Ocote (Guatemala) 
• OC Media (Georgia) 
• The Centrum Media (Pakistan) 
• The Morning Context (Singapore) 
• VoxEurop (France) 
• Donia Al Watan (Palestine) 
• E7kky (Egypt) 
• Teyit (Turkey) 
• Fiji Sun (Fiji) 

The International Center for Journalists is a nonprofit organization based in Washington, D.C., USA, that supports a global network of journalists and media outlets around the world through training, mentoring, fellowships or financial support in areas such as investigative journalism and financial sustainability.