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How One Journalist is Helping Amazonian Communities Fight Misinformation, One Story at a Time

With roots that trace back to northeastern Brazil — where her ancestors endured modern slave labour, Josi Gonçalves knew she wanted to be a force for good. As a journalist, activist, feminist and mother, she has built her life and work around that mission.

She Arrived in Canada as an Immigrant and now Teaches Newcomers how to Resist Misinformation

As an immigrant, Mona Awwad knows how daunting it is to start over in a new country. The promise of a better future collides with the fear of acceptance. That vulnerability stays with Awwad to this day and sparked her curiosity when she saw the chance to become a media literacy trainer.

ICFJ Elliott Award: Kemi Busari Uses Fact-Checking to Drive Real Change in Africa

Kemi Busari is a journalist and editor at DUBAWA, a fact-checking outlet focused on West Africa. He covers West Africa, disinformation and media literacy. He’s a 2024 winner of the Michael Elliott Award for Excellence in African Storytelling. Busari reflects upon his experiences with ICFJ and why the organization’s work must continue. “For years, ICFJ has been at the forefront of supporting these journalists through funding, training, mentorship, fellowships, and institutional backing. Several of my colleagues have directly benefited from these programs,” he says. In 2025, one of Busari’s mentees at DUBAWA won the Elliott Award with a story Busari edited. “This is a clear testament to the lasting impact of the experience ICFJ provided,” he says. Originally, from Nigeria. Busari divides his time between Abuja and Maryland.

ICFJ Voices: Sol Lauría, Exposing Corruption in Panama

Sol Lauría is a journalist who covers governance, corruption and human rights from Panama. Participating in an ICFJ program helped her expose major corruption scandals in Panama.

A Journalist's Guide to Reporting on ESG and the Geopolitics of Sustainability

This article is your reporter’s guide to that fault line: where ESG came from; how it has been weaponized politically in the second Trump administration, and why the rest of the world sees it as essential infrastructure that cannot be repealed.

Covering the US-China Economic Showdown: What Journalists Need to Know

Tariffs have always been about more than just economics. They are tools of power and leverage, expressions of national priorities and xenophobic fears. But the 2025 U.S.-China trade standoff marks a profound shift.

Sharon Moshavi on Journalism, Disinformation and Why Facts Still Matter

Sharon Moshavi, the president of the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ), recently joined the Ink and Insights podcast for a wide-ranging conversation on the future of journalism and the evolving information ecosystem. The interview, hosted by author and storyteller Sumit Sharma Sameer, touched on the growing role of AI in both enhancing and undermining journalistic work, the importance of audience-centric innovation and why young reporters must build subject-matter and tech fluency to stay resilient in the industry.

ICFJ Knight Fellow Sannuta Raghu Says “Fidelity to Source” is Vital When Using AI

Newsrooms globally have begun exploring ways to convert their journalism into different formats using AI: for example, from text articles to videos, podcasts, infographics and more. As they do so, the core challenge isn’t just accuracy – it’s rigor. Journalists strive to get facts right and attribute them clearly, avoid bias, verify claims, and maintain transparency. When AI is used to convert a work of journalism from one form to another, the same rigor may not carry over.

A Reporter's Guide to The History of Tariffs

For most of human history, governments have taxed goods crossing their borders. Tariffs — taxes levied on imports or exports — have financed empires, protected domestic industries, and punished foreign rivals. They’ve sparked wars, crashed economies, and redefined alliances. Yet today’s tariff war between the United States and the world doesn’t fit neatly into any of the old molds. Rather than being a tool to nurture domestic industry or fill government coffers, tariffs are now being wielded as weapons in a sprawling contest over global power and economic dominance.

Hans Staiger Award Winner Investigates Russian Soldiers Secretly Treated in Belarus Hospitals, Including Those Linked to War Crimes

Leaked data from the Russian Defense Ministry shook the story loose. A team of investigators found that during the first 21 months of the invasion of Ukraine, nearly 1,000 Russian soldiers were treated at Belarusian hospitals, including war crime suspects. These “secret patients,” as they were known, directly tied Belarus to Moscow’s war effort.