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Since 2006, Competitiveness Support Fund (CSF) has started a programme of sponsoring participation of leading Pakistani journalists in the Innovation Journalism Fellowship Program at Stanford University in California.

Over four to six months, each group of fellows will refine their expertise in reporting on innovation and build international collegial networks. The time is divided between working with top tier U.S.-based news rooms on covering innovation and participating in fellows group activities at Stanford. Each fellow will obtain a better understanding of innovation processes, experience different journalism cultures and different entrepreneurial viewpoints, observe international aspects of the innovation economy and become a part of an international collegial network of innovation journalists. Each Pakistani group will consist of two/four fellows (four total per calendar year), representing both business and technology journalism and perhaps also other sections of journalism that cover innovation. The program will assist in bridging technology and business reporting in Pakistan and bridging the gap between Pakistani reporting and reporting in the US and other countries.

After completing the program, the fellows will receive a Stanford Certificate. An alumni program supports the established networks after their fellowship periods end. Building on previous experience, the program targets of achieving the following objectives:
 
 

  • Increasing public focus on innovation, business and technology through the Pakistani news media
  • Improving communication within clusters and innovation systems, bolstering economic development
  • Encouraging greater understanding of the rapidly developing global innovation economy
  • Recognition of innovation journalism as a practice of bridging the existing gap between business and science/technology in the news
  • Increased understanding of the role of journalism and the news in driving innovation
  • Creating an international community of innovation journalists supported by an alumni network
  • Enhanced personal networks between international fellows and US hosts
  • Nurturing greater understanding of a fellow’s society in his/her US hosting media organizations
  • Fostering understanding on how elite universities operate

The CSF in collaboration with the Stanford University has developed specific criteria for the selection of the journalists for participation at the international conferences and workshops on Innovation Journalism. The selected candidates are evaluated by the Stanford University based on the below given criteria; The content analysis of the journalists is carried out on the work done by the working journalists throughout the year.

CSF is also holding various Innovation Journalism Conferences and Workshops for the journalists in collaboration with the Innovation Journalism Program at the Stanford University and the World Economic Forum (WEF). In addition to the innovation concepts, the conferences are targeted to build the capacity of the journalists on the twelve pillars of the Global Competitiveness Index of the World Economic Forum. The conferences and workshops are designed to build the capacity of the economic journalists to create in-depth news reports, editorials and analytical content on development issues in terms of innovation and competitiveness perspective.

 
 
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