Press Release

Five Organizations Receive Funding to Further ‘Elevate’ Their Business and Operational Strategies

These news organizations are among five selected to receive grants – totaling up to $100,000 – to pursue projects that improve their operations and help them become more sustainable businesses. El Pitazo (Venezuela), OC Media (Georgia), Teyit (Turkey), The Centrum Media (Pakistan) and VoxEurop (France) were chosen to receive the funding after taking part in the first phases of Elevate, ICFJ’s news business hub.

ICFJ and The Self-Investigation launch "Resilience" Mental Health Program for Arabic-Speaking Journalists

To adopt healthier work practices that can sustain journalists' well-being, ICFJ is launching a new resilience program for Arabic-speaking journalists under the auspices of the ICFJ Pamela Howard Forum on Global Crisis Reporting. The initiative aims to shed light on the importance of mental health and well-being for workers in the media industry and provide crucial resources in Arabic for journalists. It kicks off October 10 to mark World Mental Health Day and will run through the end of November. You can register for the first session here.

ICFJ Stands With Nigerian Journalist Kiki Mordi Against Unrelenting Misogynistic Attacks

The International Center for Journalists stands with multi award-winning investigative journalist and documentarian Kiki Mordi, who is facing escalating online violence laced with gendered disinformation designed to discredit and silence her.

Conectando comunidades indígenas com redações brasileiras

Uma nova iniciativa do Centro Internacional para Jornalistas (ICFJ na sigla em inglês) vai fomentar reportagem in loco sobre desmatamento e conflito na Amazônia, utilizando tecnologia móvel para amplificar vozes locais em nível nacional. A iniciativa se baseia em um projeto de impacto apoiado pelo ICFJ na Indonésia.

Disarming Disinformation: ICFJ Launches 3-Year Initiative to Combat Dangerous Falsehoods

Journalists, media researchers and university students will join forces to fight rampant and often deadly disinformation in a new three-year global program led by the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) with the support of the Scripps Howard Foundation.

Jornalistas lançam projetos inovadores para combater a desinformação eleitoral no Brasil

Equipes de jornalistas lançam novas ferramentas e recursos para ajudar os eleitores brasileiros a identificar a desinformação e fazer escolhas mais conscientes durante a campanha eleitoral de 2022 que começa este mês. Os projetos inovadores - desenvolvidos como parte da iniciativa Jogo Limpo - incluem desde um bot de checagem de fatos em vídeo e uma campanha de influenciadores até técnicas de gamificação para atingir os jovens.

Journalists Launch Innovative Projects to Counter Electoral Disinformation in Brazil

Teams of journalists in Brazil are rolling out new tools and resources to help voters spot disinformation and make more informed choices as the 2022 election cycle kicks off this month. The innovative projects - developed as part of the Jogo Limpo (“Fair Game”) initiative - include everything from a video fact-checking bot and an influencer campaign to gamification techniques for reaching youth.

ICFJ pide a las autoridades guatemaltecas que liberen de inmediato a José Rubén Zamora

El Centro Internacional para Periodistas (ICFJ, por sus siglas en inglés) se une a grupos de libertad de prensa y pro democracia en todo el mundo para condenar el arresto de José Rubén Zamora, un periodista galardonado y de renombre internacional, presidente del periódico elPeriódico en Guatemala.

ICFJ Calls on Guatemalan Authorities to Immediately Release José Rubén Zamora

The International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) joins press freedom and pro-democracy groups worldwide in strongly condemning the arrest of José Rubén Zamora, an internationally renowned, award-winning journalist and president of elPeriódico newspaper in Guatemala.

Meet the ICFJ Innovators Working to Build Trust in News

Journalism innovators from across the world – from Brazil to Turkey to the U.S. – have embarked on a 10-week solutions challenge to address one of the field’s most urgent questions: How to build trust in news.

Almost 40 journalists and technologists from Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, the Middle East and North America are taking part in the inaugural solutions challenge with Leap, ICFJ’s news innovation lab. Expert trainers and mentors are providing a guided, focused experience for participants to explore, design and develop products to better serve their communities, in an era of rampant disinformation and extreme polarization.