Event coverage

Pavla Holcová Accepts ICFJ Knight International Journalism Award

I would like to express my thanks to ICFJ, and to all the people from OCCRP and investigace.cz who pushed me (and my limits) to be the journalist I am today.

Natália Leal Accepts ICFJ Knight International Journalism Award

Receiving this award is one of the greatest moments in my career as a journalist. I want to thank the International Center for Journalists for considering my work to be fundamental in these unusual times. 

How Journalists Can Best Report on Mental Health and Suicide

The World Health Organization estimates that suicide is the cause of more than 700,000 deaths annually. Of these, over three in four occur in low- and middle-income countries. 

Agência Lupa’s Natália Leal Counters Misinformation with Persistent Fact-Checking

Early in her career, Brazilian reporter Natália Leal held a fundamental concern: Journalists would take unvetted claims from public figures and place them directly in front of readers. It didn’t sit right with her. 

Behind the Pandora Papers with ICFJ Knight International Award Winners

Last week, ICFJ President Sharon Moshavi spoke with three ICFJ Knight International Award winners — Pavla Holcová, a Czech Republic-based investigative journalist and founder of the Czech Center for Investigative Journalism; Joseph Poliszuk, a three-time finalist for the Latin American Prize for Investigative Journalism and co-founder of Armando.info, from Venezuela; and Umar Cheema, a Pakistani investigative reporter for The News International, and founder of the Center for Investigative Reporting in Pakistan — about their involvement in the Pandora Papers.  

Tips to Help Journalists Protect Themselves Online

In today’s digital world, safety isn’t just a physical concern for journalists. Increasingly, emails, social media accounts and sources are at risk from bad actors operating on the internet. 

During a recent ICFJ Health Crisis Reporting Forum webinar, Harlo Holmes, chief information officer and director of digital security at the Freedom of the Press Foundation, offered key tips that journalists can follow to protect themselves digitally.

Understanding the Crisis Journalists Face in Afghanistan

During our online panel, titled Journalists in Afghanistan: An Urgent Crisis, ICFJ Vice President of Content and Community Patrick Butler sat down with former ICFJ Knight International Journalism Award winner and recent Afghanistan bureau chief for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Samiullah Mahdi to discuss the role international media outlets can play to shed light on Taliban rule, the hardships women journalists there now face and the future of the free press in the country. Mahdi also shares advice for how international journalists can help.

Countering Gender Stereotyping in the News Media

Gender stereotyping in the media has a significant impact on how women and gender minorities are perceived. In turn, it affects their opportunities to fully and effectively participate in public life.

Zakaria Urges Journalists to “Keep the Faith” Amid Assault on Democratic Values

U.S. journalists, once protected by democratic institutions and liberal values, are now joined in a common struggle with colleagues around the world who find themselves under threat by authoritarians, CNN host and analyst Fareed Zakaria said at ICFJ’s Tribute to Journalists 2020.

Accepting ICFJ’s Founders Award for Excellence in Journalism

Roman Anin Accepts ICFJ Knight Trailblazer Award

I received my first ICFJ Knight Award back in 2013. Seven years ago. Sometimes when I look back at these times I have the feeling that it happened in a different century, on a different planet and with a different person. So many things have changed.