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News Outlets Around the World Report Findings from ICFJ-UNESCO Study on Online Violence

Recent media coverage spotlights the critical findings and recommendations from a groundbreaking study on gendered online violence targeting journalists.

Journalists Highlight Violence Against Children Around the Globe

Winners of the 2022 International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) Violence Against Children Reporting Contest shone a light on sexual abuse of children by priests in Colombia, corporal punishment in Kenya, and child sex trafficking on the internet in the Philippines.

The Violence Against Children Reporting Contest was part of a partnership between ICFJ and the World Health Organization (WHO) designed to increase the quality and quantity of news coverage on violence against children around the world.

Highlights from the ICFJ Tribute to Journalists 2022

Last night, at ICFJ’s 2022 Tribute to Journalists, we saluted intrepid colleagues who brave threats, harassment, bullets and bombs to produce outstanding news coverage in the public interest.

Our honorees and supporters gathered at our gala in Washington, DC, after two years of virtual events. Many more from around the world watched our program online.

Andrea Mitchell Accepts ICFJ Founders Award for Excellence in Journalism

Evgeniy Maloletka & Vasilisa Stepanenko Accept ICFJ Knight International Journalism Award

For us, the tragedy of Mariupol will forever remain like a big scar on the body and the heart, but at the same time I feel that the work we did, documenting the horror of the war, will help the world to understand what is happening in Ukraine and help bring justice to the thousands killed in a bloody war.

Christo Grozev of Bellingcat Accepts ICFJ Innovation in International Reporting Award

Bellingcat would have achieved little without our exceedingly engaged audience – who have been in equal parts our readers, our peer-reviewers and our fellow investigators. And if there’s any innovation that Bellingcat should be credited for, it should not be for the use of open-source intelligence, or for digging through terabytes of data - none of these were invented by or are unique to Bellingcat.

Carlos Dada Accepts ICFJ Knight Trailblazer Award

Today, Central American journalists face the most difficult times since the end of our civil wars and military regimes. Hundreds of colleagues have flown into exile, dozens have been imprisoned. Journalism has been criminalized. 

Anisa Shaheed Accepts ICFJ Knight International Journalism Award

Journalists cannot speak out against cases of poverty, murder and corruption. Female journalists are not allowed to attend press conferences. No woman can openly show her face on media outlets. Almost 200 journalists have been arrested and tortured since the takeover.

Mstyslav Chernov, Evgeniy Maloletka and Vasilisa Stepanenko: Documenting War Crimes in Mariupol

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