Program News

August
14
2023

Nine MENA Startups Aim to Grow their News Ventures with Funding Boost

Over the past six months, 16 early-stage digital news outlets in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) received training and intensive coaching through the Google News Initiative Startups Lab in MENA, led by Google News Initiative, the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) and MADRAJ. Now, nine of them will receive funding to support their projects.

July
11
2023

Want to Help Tackle Disinformation? Train Your Community to Stop the Spread of False Information

ICFJ is now accepting applications for this “training of trainers” opportunity from individuals in Africa, Asia, Europe and the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). It is part of Disarming Disinformation, a three-year global project run by ICFJ with lead funding from the Scripps Howard Fund.
June
22
2023

160 projetos de mídia no Brasil foram selecionados para receber mentorias e fundos de inovação

Acelerando Negócios Digitais visa ajudar a mídia brasileira a inovar para a era digital, construindo organizações de notícias mais fortes e financeiramente sustentáveis para melhor atender suas audiências.

June
22
2023

160 Media Projects in Brazil Selected to Receive Mentoring, Innovation Grants

Accelerating Digital Businesses aims to help Brazilian media innovate for the digital era, building stronger, financially sustainable news organizations that better serve the public.

May
16
2023

Journalists Team Up to Uncover Who's Funding Disinformation

Journalists today not only need to know how to spot disinformation. They need to know how to find the source of it. But uncovering the people and money behind the falsehoods – designed to undermine democracy and seed instability – takes a lot of work. More and more, it also requires following the money across borders. That’s why teaming up is critical.

May
16
2023

Media Alliance Counters Disinformation in Recent Elections in Paraguay


As the general elections drew closer, El Surti journalists got together with other Paraguayans media leaders at an ICFJ Forum event and decided to form a media alliance, the Red de Medios Alternativos de Paraguay (the Alternative Media Network of Paraguay), to combat the spread of mis- and disinformation.
May
4
2023

ICFJ's News Business Hub Announces New Cohort

News leaders from 17 countries will supercharge their efforts this year to build stronger, more resilient media outlets through Elevate, ICFJ’s news business hub.

April
18
2023

Discover the Innovative Projects Selected by “Jogo Limpo 2.0” to Help Combat Disinformation in Brazil

Nine media initiatives have been selected to receive funding and mentorship to develop projects that combat disinformation in Brazil as part of Jogo Limpo ("Fair Game"), a program run by the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) in partnership with YouTube Brazil.

April
18
2023

Conheça os Projetos Inovadores Selecionados pelo “Jogo Limpo 2.0” para Ajudar no Combate à Desinformação no Brasil

Na primeira edição do programa Jogo Limpo, em 2022, seis organizações de mídia foram selecionadas para receber fundos e mentoria no desenvolvimento de projetos de combate à desinformação. Após o sucesso destas iniciativas, neste ano o Jogo Limpo 2.0 selecionou nove projetos para receberem até $13.750 dólares e cinco meses

March
9
2023

More than 40 News Outlets, Universities Partner to Expose the Money Behind Disinformation in the Americas

Journalists selected for ICFJ’s Disarming Disinformation program will work with 41 partners – from news outlets and individual reporters to universities and tech companies – to pursue and publish hard-hitting investigations revealing the people who fund disinformation in the Americas.