At ICFJ's 2025 Awards Dinner, we honored the achievements of colleagues, both in the U.S. and internationally, who have made a significant impact through their reporting.
We also celebrated ICFJ+, our exciting new partnership with civic tech powerhouse Code for Africa and systems builder PROTO of India, both organizations that we helped incubate through our Knight Fellowships. Together, we are working to cultivate civic intelligence – information that helps people make sense of their world and act constructively to shape it.
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Emily Schult
International Center for Journalists
750 17th St. NW
Washington, DC 20006
United States
Awardees
Emcee
Audie Cornish
Anchor/Senior Analyst, CNN
At CNN, Cornish explores the animating forces of this extraordinary American political moment.
ICFJ Founders Award for Excellence in Journalism
Lester Holt
Anchor, “Dateline NBC”
Lester Holt is being recognized for his exceptional record serving the public with consequential, reliable news coverage for more than four decades.
ICFJ Knight International Journalism Award
César Batiz
Co-Founder and Director, El Pitazo
Batiz is the co-founder and director of El Pitazo, a pioneering media outlet that has developed innovative ways to reach and involve Venezuelans in a shrinking democratic space.
ICFJ Knight International Journalism Award
Philip Obaji Jr.
Correspondent, The Daily Beast
Obaji is the foremost journalist reporting for international audiences on massacres, rape, torture and other abuses by Russian paramilitaries in Central and West Africa.
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