The International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) today announced Johnny and Iz Harris, co-founders of the creator-led media company Newpress, as recipients of the 2026 ICFJ Founders Award.
A little less than a year ago, at the International Journalism Festival in Italy, I asked three winners of the ICFJ News Creator Award if they identified themselves as journalists when talking to sources and audiences. They immediately shook their heads – if they called themselves journalists, they explained, no one would talk to them.
