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Journalists from Nigeria and Ghana Win 2025 Michael Elliott Award

Godwin Asediba and Silas Jonathan are the 2025 winners of the Michael Elliott Award for Excellence in African Storytelling.

Rubryka's Solutions Journalism Offers a Beacon of Hope in War-torn Ukraine

As Russian tanks rumbled toward Kyiv in February 2022, many Ukrainians took up guns to defend their homeland. Anastasia Rudenko has taken a different path. She turned to solutions journalism to fight the horrors of war. 

News Creators ‘Redefining What Journalism Can Be’ Win Inaugural ICFJ Award

Independent news creators from eight countries have been selected for ICFJ’s inaugural News Creator Award for Excellence in Independent Video Journalism. The awardees represent a diverse range of media platforms and storytelling approaches, from longform videos on Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement to reels challenging misconceptions of so-called “green mining” in

ICFJ se Suma a Otras 9 Organizaciones Internacionales Para Presentar un Amicus Curiae en el Caso del Periodista Guatemalteco Encarcelado José Rubén Zamora

Un grupo de 10 organizaciones internacionales presentó esta semana un amicus curiae ante la Corte Suprema de Justicia de Guatemala en el caso del periodista José Rubén Zamora Marroquín. El amicus, presentado el 26 de marzo, argumenta que el retorno de Zamora a prisión preventiva constituye una violación de sus derechos fundamentales bajo el derecho guatemalteco e internacional, e insta a la Corte a otorgar un recurso de amparo pendiente y permitir que el Sr. Zamora lleve su proceso bajo medidas sustitutivas.

ICFJ Joins 9 Other International Organizations in Submitting Amicus Brief in Case of Imprisoned Guatemalan Journalist José Rubén Zamora

A group of 10 international organizations submitted an amicus curiae brief to Guatemala’s Supreme Court in the case of journalist José Rubén Zamora Marroquín. The brief, filed on March 26, argues that Zamora’s return to preventive detention constitutes a violation of his fundamental rights under Guatemalan and international law, and urges the Court to grant a pending amparo appeal and allow Zamora to return to house arrest.

Press Freedom on Campus: Why it Matters and What Student Journalists Need Most

In February, ICFJ partnered with Vanderbilt University and Freedom Forum, with support from the Lumina Foundation, to bring university faculty and students, international and U.S. journalists, and media leaders together for a discussion about the importance of press freedom in democratic societies. Participants stressed how U.S.-based journalists can learn from the experiences of their colleagues abroad, and they dived into the challenges campus reporters face, such as a lack of funding and harassment from fellow students, offered advice for engaging audiences, and more.

Media Funding, Trust Metrics, News Creators and More: The 2025 International Journalism Festival

The International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) will be at the International Journalism Festival in Perugia, Italy this spring to learn, connect and collaborate with other journalists and media supporters from across the world. ICFJ team members will contribute to discussions on critical topics ranging from funding models and press freedom to AI's impact and innovative approaches to measuring impact. Sessions can be watched live online, and recordings will be available here.

Disarming Disinformation in the Amazon: High Risk, Deep Listening

New research from the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) assesses the strategies that newsrooms have adopted in order to navigate the whirlwind of manipulation, misinformation and disinformation that has shaken the foundations of trust in Brazilian institutions since former President Jair Bolsonaro’s election in 2018.

Applications Now Open for the Global Journalism Program at Tsinghua University

The Global Business Journalism program has set a final deadline of April 15 for top college seniors and mid-career journalists to apply to the prestigious two-year master’s degree program at Tsinghua University in Beijing.

ICFJ Voices: Stories From the Journalists in Our Network

A year has passed since we first asked our network to share their testimonies with us. We did it to mark our 40th anniversary, and were blown away by the responses. Hundreds of journalists across every region of the world wrote to tell us what being part of ICFJ’s network has meant to them.