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The latest news from the International Center for Journalists.

October
27
2022

Are You a Journalist Investigating the Money Behind Mis/Disinformation? This is For You.


The International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) is offering a master class series, followed by an in-person investigathon, reporting grants and mentorship to journalists based in Latin America, the U.S. and Canada, as part of the larger Disarming Disinformation program.
October
26
2022

IJNet Arabic's 2022 - 23 Mentoring Center Participants Are Driving Media Innovation in the MENA region

This year’s 2022-23 mentees — based in Egypt, Jordan, Iraq, Tunisia and Yemen — will receive mentorship on sustainable growth and innovation strategies, as well as advice on how to seek new sources of revenue to support their work. Throughout this 10-month program, the mentees will also learn how to strategize, develop and present content that meets the needs of their respective audiences, and advance effective marketing plans. 

October
24
2022

Anisa Shaheed: A Voice for the People of Afghanistan

In recognition of the timely, incisive journalism she has carried out during her career, Anisa Shaheed is one of this year’s ICFJ Knight International Journalism Award winners. “I wanted to be wherever there’s a problem, and get that voice and that news to the people,” she said of her reporting. “That was my wish, and I did it.”

October
21
2022

Announcing “Engage:” A Digital Skills Training Program for Journalists and Creators in the MENA region

Arabic-speaking journalists and content creators have the opportunity to sharpen their digital skills in storytelling, video reporting, data journalism, and audience development with “Engage,” an initiative from the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) in partnership with the Meta Journalism Project.

October
20
2022

How ICFJ Knight Fellows Are Helping "Leap" Newsrooms Innovate

In the past two weeks, you heard about our Leap Innovation Lab and saw some of the creative solutions for building trust and transparency in journalism. What you don’t see behind the scenes is the role that ICFJ Knight Fellows past and present played as mentors for the projects.
October
17
2022

How to Create News for Younger Audiences

In a recent ICFJ Pamela Howard Forum on Global Crisis Reporting webinar, “News for kids: what it can teach us,” editors who produce news for children from publications in the U.S., the Netherlands, Singapore and Honduras discussed their methods for engaging and informing young people on the news.

October
12
2022

Journalists From Around the World Are Creating Products to Create Transparency and Build Trust With Their Communities

Through the Leap innovation training program, The International Center for Journalists challenged journalists to answer this question: What can we build to increase trust in journalism now — and ensure misinformation and polarization do not find a foothold in future spaces

October
12
2022

Hold the Line Coalition Urges Philippine President to Keep Maria Ressa Out of Jail

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. should demonstrate his stated commitment to press freedom by ending the State’s attempts to jail Nobel Laureate Maria Ressa, who is threatened with imprisonment in a Philippine jail, the Hold the Line Coalition has urged.

October
6
2022

The Nobel Peace Prize for Press Freedom: A Year in Review

Last year, Berit Reiss-Andersen announced that the peace prize for 2021 would be awarded to journalists Maria Ressa from the Philippines and Russian Dmitry Muratov for their “efforts to safeguard freedom of expression, which is a precondition for democracy and lasting peace.” It was a decision heralded as a win for press freedom globally. The award came at a time when journalists were increasingly under attack, including in countries normally considered  democratic and peaceful. At a point in history where lies and disinformation pollute our public spheres, States act extraterritorially to silence journalists in acts of chilling brutality, and where female journalists in particular are exposed to hatred and prolific online violence, this award was both symbolically important and prescient.

October
3
2022

Tips for Reporting on Gun Violence

During a recent ICFJ Global Crisis Reporting Forum webinar entitled “Gun Violence and How to Report on It,” Abené Clayton, a lead reporter for The Guardian U.S. series, Guns and Lies, which looks at community gun violence in California, provided tools and guidance on how journalists can improve their coverage.