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🚨 Last day for nominations! Calling all reporters, editors, media managers & citizen journalists whose coverage or media innovations are impacting the lives of people in their countries. Nominate someone for the ICFJ Knight International Journalism Awards now: www.icfj.org/news/nominat...

2022 Elliott Award Winner Khalid Bencherif became a journalist “to be a voice for the marginalized and forgotten, and a scathing critic of the corrupt.” More on his journey: www.icfj.org/news/icfj-el...

🇩🇪 🇺🇸 🇨🇦 Are you a U.S., German or Canadian journalist with a passion for global news? Do you dream of becoming a foreign correspondent? Check out the Burns fellowship to see how the program can launch your career in international reporting: www.icfj.org/our-work/burns

ICFJ President Sharon Moshavi on breaking journalism silos: “If we're serious about serving differently, at a time when trust in news is at a record low and fewer people see enough value to pay for it, we need radical collaboration,” she wrote. Read more: www.icfj.org/news/case-ra...

🚨Deadline extended for the 2026 ICFJ Knight International Journalism Awards are now open! Nominate a journalist who is impacting the lives of people in their countries or regions now: www.icfj.org/news/nominat...

Who are your favorite news creators? We’re working with Project C to identify the most impactful and innovative creator-journalists in the region. Help us by sharing talented news creators doing compelling journalistic work: www.icfj.org/news/icfj-an...

African journalists: Apply for the Wikimedia Open Knowledge Journalism Awards! Your reporting helps fill critical knowledge gaps on Wikipedia about Africa. Win $2K + conference trip in 2026. Deadline: March 1. Apply: www.icfj.org/news/icfj-an...

🚨Deadline extended for the 2026 @ICFJKnight International Journalism Awards! Nominate a journalist who is impacting the lives of people in their countries or regions now: www.icfj.org/news/nominat...

“Through radical collaboration, newsrooms can learn from people who have already figured out how to build and maintain trust in the digital public square,” wrote ICFJ President Sharon Moshavi in her latest newsletter. Read more: www.icfj.org/news/case-ra...

Who are your favorite news creators from the Middle East? We’re working with Project C to identify the most impactful and innovative creator-journalists in the region. Help us by sharing talented news creators doing compelling journalistic work: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Looking to take your journalism career international? The Arthur F. Burns fellowship gives U.S., Canadian and German reporters the chance to report across the Atlantic, strengthening understanding between their countries. Apply here: www.icfj.org/our-work/burns

🥁 Nominations for the 2026 ICFJ Knight International Journalism Awards are now open! Nominate a journalist who is impacting the lives of people in their countries or regions now: www.icfj.org/news/nominat...

🏆 We're thrilled to present the Open the Knowledge Journalism Awards in partnership with the @wikimediafoundation.org! This initiative recognizes African journalists whose quality reporting helps close knowledge gaps about Africa on Wikipedia. Learn more: www.icfj.org/news/icfj-an...

Explore the findings from a UN Women report, in partnership with ICFJ: 70% of women journalists, activists & human rights defenders have experienced #onlineviolence. This isn't just a digital problem – it's fueling real-world attacks. Read: www.icfj.org/sites/defaul...

🇩🇪 🇺🇸 🇨🇦 Attention U.S., Canadian and German journalists! Applications for our 2026 Burns fellowship exchange program just opened up, giving YOU the opportunity to take your reporting overseas! Apply here now: www.icfj.org/our-work/burns

2023 Michael Elliott Award winner Kunle Adebajo now helps incubate programs combatting information manipulation through ICFJ+, our joint venture with Code for Africa and Proto. Read more: www.icfj.org/news/icfj-el...

🇩🇪 🇺🇸 🇨🇦 Are you a U.S., German or Canadian journalist with a passion for global news? Do you dream of becoming a foreign correspondent? Check out the Burns fellowship to see how the program can launch your career in international reporting: www.icfj.org/our-work/burns

Join Maria Ressa, Julie Posetti, Sarah Hendriks & Jennifer Klein in discussing UN Women's report on online violence against women. ICFJ partnered in research. www.eventbrite.com/e/livestream...

Explore the findings from a UN Women report, in partnership with ICFJ: 70% of women journalists, activists & human rights defenders have experienced #onlineviolence. This isn't just a digital problem – it's fueling real-world attacks. Read: www.icfj.org/sites/defaul...

Calling all reporters, editors, media managers and citizen journalists whose coverage or media innovations are impacting the lives of people in their countries or regions. The 2026 ICFJ Knight International Journalism Awards nominations are now open! www.icfj.org/news/nominat...

Many of our Arthur F. Burns alumni go on to become foreign correspondents for news outlets like the Washington Post, Reuters and Deutsche Welle. Want to join the club? Apply for our 2026 fellowship now! www.icfj.org/our-work/burns

Calling all journalists! ICFJ is looking for input on how to improve existing programming and expand its opportunities for the international journalism community. Take the survey to let us know your journalism training needs: forms.gle/UULactvgC7DC...

Join Maria Ressa, Julie Posetti, Sarah Hendriks & Jennifer Klein for a panel discussing our co-published UN Women report. 📆Jan. 28 ⏰12pm EST 🔗https://www.eventbrite.com/e/livestream-the-escalating-threat-of-online-violence-against-women-tickets-1980407656612?keep_tld=1

Know someone who’s created groundbreaking reports that helped improve lives & impacted their community? Nominate them for the 2026 ICFJ Knight International Journalism Awards, which honors innovative journalists inciting change in their regions: www.icfj.org/news/nominat...

Check out our newsletter to stay informed on the work we are doing to support journalists and independent news around the world! Join here: www.icfj.org/icfj-newslet...

Through her ICFJ Knight Fellowship, Fabiola Torres developed the health reporting platform Salud con Lupa, a news site devoted exclusively to health reporting. Since then, Torres and her team have achieved major impact. Read more: www.icfj.org/news/icfj-kn...

🇩🇪 🇺🇸 🇨🇦 Are you a U.S., German or Canadian journalist with a passion for global news? Do you dream of becoming a foreign correspondent? Check out the Burns fellowship to see how the program can launch your career in international reporting: www.icfj.org/our-work/burns

2023 Michael Elliott Award winner Kunle Adebajo now helps incubate programs combatting information manipulation through ICFJ+, our joint venture with Code for Africa and Proto. Read more: www.icfj.org/news/icfj-el...

Have any ideas on the types of journalism training opportunities you want to see? As we develop our program offerings at ICFJ, we’re prioritizing input from journalists themselves. Share your ideas with us in this survey: forms.gle/UULactvgC7DC...

A Factchequeado investigation exposed a seemingly credible journalists’ club in Mexico City as an alleged front for Russian disinformation. Read more on this ICFJ-backed story, which was featured by the New York Times: factchequeado.com/teexplicamos...

🥁 Nominations for the 2026 ICFJ Knight International Journalism Awards are now officially open! Nominate a journalist who is impacting the lives of people in their countries or regions now: www.icfj.org/news/nominat...

Since winning the Michael Elliott Award, Zainab Bala has produced a documentary about the exploitation of child maids and maternal mortality in Nigeria. Her work focuses on strong social-impact reporting and has shaped public discourse. More on her professional journey: www.icfj.org/news/icfj-el...

‼️ One more day to apply to the Michael Elliott Award for Excellence in African Storytelling! We are looking for entries from African reporters for journalistic work that exemplifies thoughtful reporting and outstanding storytelling: www.icfj.org/our-work/mic...

Shubhranshu Choudhary launched CGNet Swara as part of his ICFJ Knight Fellowship. A citizen-led local news platform, it allowed people in India’s remote regions to report and listen to news in their native language by using basic mobile phones: www.icfj.org/news/icfj-kn...

🚨 Last week to apply! Submit your work for the 2026 Michael Elliott Award for Excellence in African Storytelling. We're looking for up-and-coming journalists in Africa who published groundbreaking journalistic work: www.icfj.org/our-work/mic...

A Factchequeado investigation exposed a seemingly credible journalists’ club in Mexico City as an alleged front for Russian disinformation. Read more on this ICFJ-backed story, which was featured by the New York Times: factchequeado.com/teexplicamos...

2024 Elliott Award winner Linda Ngari says her newsroom placement at The Economist pushed her to consider “the possible global angle a local story could have.” More on her journey: www.icfj.org/news/icfj-el...

Now an award-winning reporter, Akua Nalova began his career serving as the lone student journalist at his secondary school in Cameroon. Read how ICFJ’s 2022 Michael Elliott Award boosted his career: buff.ly/lHbOUTT.

In her 2026 Nieman Lab prediction, ICFJ President Sharon Moshavi predicts that journalists will start asking what it actually means to serve the public.

For women journalists, exposure to 'real world' attacks, abuse and harassment connected to #onlineviolence has more than doubled since 2020, now reaching 41%. Read the full report co-published by ICFJ here: www.icfj.org/sites/defaul...

Our ICFJ Plus Hub gives newsrooms shared access to enterprise-level tools—CMS, remote sensing, digital security & OSINT platforms—plus implementation support. Empowering journalists with the infrastructure they need to thrive. Learn more: www.icfj.org/news/icfj-la...

What sorts of training opportunities do journalists need in this rapidly-changing media landscape? We at ICFJ want to hear from you, the journalists in our network, as we re-imagine ways to expand our programming! Share your thoughts here: forms.gle/UULactvgC7DC...

For years, we’ve been hearing about the challenges faced by information providers around the world. So, with Code for Africa & PROTO, we asked ourselves: “What can we do about it?” That’s how ICFJ+, our new venture, was born. Learn more:

ICFJ Knight Fellows have experimented, built, failed, tried again, succeeded, innovated and learned – all in service of sustainable, trustworthy journalism that serves the public interest. Find out more about some of them:

Now open: Submit your work for the 2026 Michael Elliott Award for Excellence in African Storytelling. We're looking for up-and-coming journalists in Africa who published groundbreaking journalistic work between Dec. 2024 and Dec. 2025. Apply now: www.icfj.org/our-work/mic... ONE Campaign

A Factchequeado investigation exposed a seemingly credible journalists’ club in Mexico City as an alleged front for Russian disinformation. Read more on this ICFJ-backed story, which was featured by the New York Times: factchequeado.com/teexplicamos...

Freelance journalist Nalova Akua writes on topics ranging from politics to health for outlets such as The Guardian and The Associated Press. He says winning the ICFJ Elliott Award opened many of these doors for him. More: www.icfj.org/news/icfj-el....

From reporting on carbon emission mitigation projects in the DRC to an East African sports betting scam, 2024 Michael Elliott Award Linda Ngari works to hold the powerful to account. More: www.icfj.org/news/icfj-el...

“I predict that more journalists in 2026 will be asking what it actually means to serve the public,” writes ICFJ President Sharon Moshavi in her 2026 NiemanLab prediction. Read more: www.niemanlab.org/2025/12/jour...