Is the global village becoming a Potemkin village? Back in the optimistic 90s, many were certain that the Internet would spell the end of ‘Potemkin villages’ and bring a new era of media pluralism...
Sharon Moshavi
Sharon Moshavi is the Senior Vice President, New Initiatives at the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ). Moshavi oversees new project development, innovation, research and impact at ICFJ, the premier global network of journalists. From newsroom transformation efforts in India to investigative reporting networks in Latin America and health reporting across Africa, she has led the design of a range of projects aimed at strengthening independent media. In addition, Moshavi developed an initiative to spur innovation in combating dis/misinformation in the world's five largest democracies. She directed the publication of ICFJ’s 2017 and 2019 surveys on the State of Technology in Global Newsrooms, in 14 languages.
Prior to ICFJ, Moshavi worked as Communications Manager at the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. For more than a decade before that, Moshavi was based in New Delhi, Jerusalem and Tokyo, reporting on issues from across Asia and the Middle East for The Boston Globe, Newsday, BusinessWeek, KQED, PRI, and The New Republic, among others.
Events IJF 2020
For the last few years the rise of data journalism has generated some hope that newsrooms could make use of new technologies for better reporting. But what about enabling newsrooms to create new servi...