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The latest news from the International Center for Journalists.

June
2
2023

The ICFJ Forum: Helping Over 15,000 Journalists Cover Global Crises

The ICFJ Pamela Howard Forum on Global Crisis Reporting is a community of 15,000 journalists from 134 countries. Through Facebook groups, sessions with experts and newsletters – all in five languages – journalists worldwide get to meet, learn and collaborate. 

May
24
2023

Good Journalism Can Help U.S. Avoid Pitfalls of Misjudging China, Experts Say

A strange moment of consensus exists in Washington today that China is becoming “the dominant fact in our windscreen” and “a kind of inevitable enemy,” said The New Yorker’s Evan Osnos, in conversation Tuesday with CNN’s Fareed Zakaria.

May
23
2023

Three Journalists Awarded Inaugural Jim Hoge Reporting Fellowships to Cover Pressing Global Issues

A reporter known for her coverage of the Syrian War, a journalist in Nigeria specializing in Russia’s involvement in West Africa, and a journalist who reports on climate and gender in Brazil are the inaugural recipients of the Jim Hoge Reporting Fellowship.

May
18
2023

These Journalists Are Innovating to ‘Empower the Truth’ in 17 Languages

Eighteen journalists will develop ​​groundbreaking, collaborative multimedia projects designed to amplify the reach of reliable facts around the world, as part of the Disarming Disinformation initiative run by the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ).

May
16
2023

Strengthening Journalism Education in Georgia

Fostering a free and vibrant journalism environment requires teaching the next generation of media leaders and journalists, says Nina Kheladze, the development manager for TOK TV Georgia.

"If we want to change the media landscape... one of the most important steps is to work with the youngsters, [the] future generation

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
10
2023

U.S. Journalists Strengthen Their Work Through the ICFJ Network

The power of ICFJ’s network across 173 countries isn’t only in its scope. It’s about what is made possible when journalists connect with one another to collaborate and learn across these borders: better, stronger journalism.

May
5
2023

How 'Lawfare' Has Become the Despot’s Go-To Weapon Against Journalists

In Liberia, a country with a long and tragic history of violence against anyone who challenges power, guns did not silence journalist Rodney Sieh. Courts did.

Sieh was one of four journalists and legal experts on a World Press Freedom Day panel discussion at the Committee to Protect Journalists in New York about the growing use of “lawfare” to punish journalists and keep the truth hidden. Moderated by ICFJ Deputy Vice President for Global Research Julie Posetti, the panel explored how governments are becoming ever more sophisticated in using aspects of the law that seem to have nothing to do with journalism – tax issues, foreign funding, even protections for women – against journalists.

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.