Calendar

The International Center for Journalists runs practical, hands-on programs and events for journalists around the world. From courses and workshops on the latest digital trends, to conferences that gather top international journalists to discuss important issues, there are a range of ways for journalists to get involved.

  • 06/15/2013

    ICFJ announces an investigative reporting initiative for Mexico and Central America.

    Participating journalists should have a strong commitment to investigative reporting and should be willing to work in teams across borders. Journalists working in Mexico or Central America for online, print or broadcast media are welcome to apply.

  • 06/15/2013

    ICFJ anuncia iniciativa de periodismo de investigación y seguridad para México y Centroamérica

    Los periodistas participantes deben tener un fuerte compromiso con el periodismo de investigación y deben estar dispuestos a trabajar en equipos a través de fronteras. Los periodistas que trabajan en México o Centroamérica en medios en línea, impresos, radio o televisión son elegibles para participar en este programa destinado a mejorar las habilidades del periodismo de investigación y fortalecer la seguridad de los periodistas en la región.

  • 05/20/2013

    Journalists in Sub-Saharan Africa, Pakistan and the Gulf States have a chance to win a trip to the United States or cash prizes as part of three regional competitions to recognize the best media coverage of vaccines and immunizations.

    A child is vaccinated against meningitis. Photo: Gates Foundation

    Stories published or broadcast in Sub-Saharan Africa, Pakistan and the Gulf States between March 15 and May 15, 2013, which includes World Immunization Week (April 24-30), will qualify for the regional contests.

  • Monday, May 20, 2013

    The International Center for Journalists and the International Correspondents Committee of the National Press Club are pleased to invite you to:

    U.S. Immigration Reform: What's Ahead

    For the first time in decades, there is unprecedented momentum for immigration reform in the U.S. Congress. But what will a new deal look like?

  • The International Center for Journalists and the International Correspondents Committee of the National Press Club are pleased to invite you to:

    U.S. Immigration Reform: What's Ahead

    For the first time in decades, there is unprecedented momentum for immigration reform in the U.S. Congress. But what will a new deal look like? Most Americans support a path to citizenship, but how long and difficult should that path be?

  • The International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) is now preparing for Georgian journalists to participate in the final year of the Media Educational Exchange Program, funded by the U.S. Embassy in Georgia through the Public Affairs Section, and implemented by ICFJ.

  • Each year 20 outstanding media professionals from the United States and Germany are awarded an opportunity to report from and travel in each other's countries as part of The Arthur F. Burns Fellowship Program. The program offers 10 young print and broadcast journalists from each country the opportunity to share professional expertise with their colleagues across the Atlantic while working as "foreign correspondents" for their hometown news organizations.

    U.S. Applications were due on March 1, 2013. German Applications were due on February 1, 2013.

  • The Exchange Program for Media Professionals from Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Uganda, and the United States, is a four-part, two-way media program run by ICFJ and funded by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs.

  • The Scripps Howard Foundation Semester in Washington internship program brings two international students per year to Washington, D.C., to work at the Scripps Howard News Service for a semester. The internship is designed to give international students an opportunity to cover events in the U.S. capital, as well as to report and write feature stories for the Scripps Howard Foundation Wire.

  • 05/06/2013

    2010 fellows; from left to right: Peter Leinfellner, Susan Valot, Florian Niederndorfer and Emily Nipps visit The Washington Post during orientation.

    Each year three to six outstanding media professionals from the United States and Austria are awarded an opportunity to report from and travel in each other's countries as part of the U.S.-Austrian Journalism Exchange Fellowships. The program offers young print and broadcast journalists from each country the opportunity to share professional expertise with their colleagues across the Atlantic while working as "foreign correspondents" for their hometown news organizations.