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International Center for Journalists Chairman James F. Hoge, Jr., will complete an outstanding eight-year term
Washington, D.C. – Michael Golden, the vice chairman of The New York Times Company, will replace Foreign Affairs Editor James F. Hoge, Jr. as Chairman of the Board of the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ). ICFJ is a Washington, DC-based non-profit organization that raises journalism standards through hands-on training workshops, seminars, fellowships and international exchanges.
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Washington, DC - The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation has approved a new $6 million, three-year grant for the high-impact Knight International Journalism Fellowships program run by the International Center for Journalists. Knight International Fellows work on projects that create lasting, visible change in the quality and free flow of news in the public interest around the world.
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 Suai, Timor-Leste: 24 November 2009 – Timor-Leste’s fourth Regional Media House (UMR) was officially opened today in the town of Suai. In the past, local journalists had to travel some 10 hours to reach the capital Dili, if they wanted to access resources which are now available locally at the newly-inaugurated Media House.
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Washington, DC - The International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) announced that journalists from The Roanoke Times, El Sentinel, and Real Atlanta will receive the first McGraw-Hill Personal Finance Journalism Awards. The winners produced stories that helped raise financial literacy in Hispanic communities.
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Sept. 22, 2009, Washington, D.C.--Top officials & experts discuss US-India collaboration to promote clean energy and combat climate change. The summit will include day-long talks about opportunities for U.S.-Indian partnerships to promote clean energy and combat climate change. India has rejected binding commitments to curb its greenhouse gas emissions, but is seeking help for projects that would move its growing economy in that direction.
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Washington, D.C.- The International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) will team with Public Radio Exchange (PRX) to create a an Internet platform allowing community radio journalists in the United States and Latin America to share and rebroadcast stories across borders. The partnership is part of a two-year program, funded by the McCormick Foundation, to train journalists from Latin America and Spanish-language media in the U.S. to use multimedia platforms to enrich coverage.
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Washington, D.C.–The International Center for Journalists will send eight American journalists abroad in 2009 to cover global stories of particular importance to their local communities. This year’s World Affairs Journalism Fellowship Program will send its first pair of reporters from different media organizations to investigate a Latin American street gang operating in El Salvador and Washington, DC.
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Aug. 6, 2009, Washington, D.C.- Ambassador Richard C. Holbrooke, U.S. Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, will give the keynote address at the International Center for Journalists' 25th Anniversary Awards Dinner on November 12, 2009, at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in Washington, D.C.
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Aug. 4, 2009, Washington, DC--The International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) and The Poynter Institute have announced a partnership to create a multilingual News University International. The initiative will customize Poynter's News University e-learning courses so that they are culturally and professionally relevant for international users. The first modules will be produced in Persian.
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July 22, 2009, Washington, DC - Nineteen select young journalists from the United States and Germany will spend the summer working as foreign correspondents on either side of the Atlantic as 2009 Arthur F. Burns Fellows. This is the 20th year for U.S. journalists to report in Germany under this program.
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June 24, 2009, Washington, DC-- The International Center for Journalists has announced the launch of the International Media Institute of India (IMII) in New Delhi, a non-profit educational center that will marry cutting-edge, hands-on journalism instruction with the highest international standards.
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June 24, 2009, Washington, DC - The International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) announced that Cao Junwu of China and Chouchou Namegabe Nabintu of the Democratic Republic of the Congo are the winners of the 2009 Knight International Journalism Award.
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June 24, 2009, Washington, DC--Investigative reporter Seymour Hersh will be honored by the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) with its Founders Award for Excellence in Journalism, recognizing his outstanding work over 40 years.
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New Web site will enable reporters to share resources and showcase stories on social issues.
May 29, 2009, Damascus, Syria--The first online network for young journalists launched in Syria this week. Called Tawasul – Arabic for “connecting” – the network features multimedia stories on social issues, including photographs, cartoons and animation. The network also enables journalists to share ideas and resources.
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Dec. 12, 2008, Washington, DC–The International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) is holding a conference Dec. 14-16 in Istanbul dedicated to improving how journalists in the United States and in predominantly Muslim countries cover Islam in particular and religion in general. The Faith in Media gathering, sponsored by Carnegie Corporation of New York, includes 20 reporters, producers and editors from 10 countries.
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Dec. 4, 2008, Guadalajara, Mexico -- AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) today announced a $30,000 contribution awarded to the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) to support a three-week online training program at the newly created Digital Journalism Center at the University of Guadalajara. AT&T’s grant represents the first corporate support for this program, which launched in September.
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Nov. 13, 2008, Washington, DC--The International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) has announced an innovative three-year program, the African Development Journalism Fellowships, to improve news coverage of critical development issues such as agriculture, microfinance, sanitation and employment in sub-Saharan Africa. This journalism fellowship program is funded by a $2 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
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Oct. 23, 2008, Washington, DC--The International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) has selected five Knight International Journalism Fellows to lead year-long projects in Sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America designed to help media provide better access to quality information in the communities they serve.
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Oct. 14, 2008, Washington, DC--Photo exhibit and silent auction, The Power of Elections, will pay tribute to award-winning photojournalists.
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 Images include Benazir Bhutto (left) before her assassination in Pakistan
and the barrier-breaking candidates in the 2008 U.S. election
Sept. 26, 2008, Washington, DC--The International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) will preview its photo exhibit called the Power of Elections on Oct. 1 at the Paley Center for Media in New York. The collection includes striking images of political campaigns in more than 15 countries over more than 40 years – all taken by top photojournalists.
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Recipients include two Daniel Pearl Fellows from Pakistan who will visit leading Jewish publications in U.S.
Washington, D.C. – The International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) announced on September 17 the 2008 participants in the International Journalism Exchange.
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Fifty journalists from around the world have been selected to participate in a program that will provide a close-up look at the U.S. electoral process, the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) announced today.
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September 2 | Washington, D.C. – Fifty journalists from around the world have been selected to participate in a program that will provide a close-up look at the U.S. electoral process, the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) announced today.
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Aug. 27, 2008, Washington, DC--The International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) announces the launch of a new version of its online portal IJNet.org on August 27.
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 In an effort to further promote journalistic professionalism and integrity in Timor-Leste, Universidade Nacional Timor Lorosoa’e (UNTL) and the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) launched the campus radio station and pilot journalism training course on June 30, 2008 at the UNTL Liceu Francisco Machado Campus in Dili.
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July 17, 2008 -- Ten journalists from CBS Evening News and NBC News, among others, will spend the summer reporting from Germany while ten top German journalists will report from The Wall Street Journal, The Boston Globe and other leading U.S. outlets
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