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From Brazil to Togo: How ICFJ Community Managers Are Strengthening Journalism in Their Regions

This community could not have been built without our driven, all-star t team of community managers and moderators overseeing our five language fora – in Arabic, English, French, Portuguese and Spanish. Beyond managing the five fora, these journalists are increasingly being recognized as international leaders as they build our community on a regional and global level. 

Tackling Deepfakes in Journalism

As manipulated media becomes more prevalent, journalists will need to be able to identify its many different forms, and educate their audiences about it. Deepfakes are among the more prominent examples of manipulated media today, said Sam Gregory, program director for WITNESS, an organization that uses video and technology to defend human rights, during a recent two-part ICFJ Global Crisis Reporting Forum webinar.

Journalists from Cameroon and Morocco Win 2022 Michael Elliott Award for Stories Exposing Climate Change Impacts in Africa

A journalist who spotlighted the devastating effects of an invasive plant on Cameroon’s Lake Ossa and another who chronicled how rising temperatures in his Moroccan hometown have prompted mass migration are the 2022 winners of the Michael Elliott Award for Excellence in African Storytelling. Through compelling reporting and writing, the journalists illuminated the toll of climate change on people and their livelihoods. 

IJNet Arabic's Mentoring Center for MENA Startups Opens for its Ninth Year

Are you a journalist based in the Middle East and North Africa? Are you eager to develop your own news media startup in a sustainable way? We have good news for you: Our IJNet Arabic Mentoring Center is now accepting applications for its ninth year and it's quite easy to apply. Just click here.

Tips for Incorporating Scientific Research Into Your Reporting

Research studies, crisis reports and documents from experts are important resources for providing well-researched trends that explain complex global crises.

However, research records can often be lengthy, boring and difficult for reporters to transform into engaging stories, but  this doesn’t have to be the case.

Announcing Leap: ICFJ's News Innovation Lab

How can media outlets build trust, when so many people doubt the credibility of news? This is one of the most pressing questions journalism faces today, and it has far-reaching implications not only for the industry but for our civic health. Addressing this and other urgent issues requires prodigious creativity, as well as the time and support for innovation – something few newsrooms have.

That’s why ICFJ has developed Leap, a news innovation lab. Our goal is not innovation simply for its own sake. We designed Leap to give newsrooms across the world the space to explore the most essential challenges confronting journalism today and to shape its future. We want to ease the risk and costs that inhibit innovation, especially for small and mid-sized independent news organizations.

“Piercing Putin’s Truth Blockade:” Former ICFJ Award Winner, President Shine a Light on Russian Reporters in Exile

In a new piece for Nieman Reports, award-winning media founder Roman Anin and ICFJ President Sharon Moshavi call for global support of Russian journalists who, despite the challenges, are providing independent news about Russia’s war in Ukraine to fellow citizens living under “increasingly authoritarian darkness” in their country.

From Russia’s Invasion to the Rise of the Taliban: The Impact of Conflicts and Disinformation on Our World

The signs of Russia’s turn away from democracy came early in Vladimir Putin’s presidency. Putin deployed populist propaganda pitting the educated, urban elite against “the people.” That may have been a missed opportunity for journalists, who at the time enjoyed greater freedoms, to reach Russians outside the major urban centers, said Peter Pomerantsev, a Russia-Ukraine expert speaking at an ICFJ event in New York City recently.

Media Innovators and Intrepid Reporters Covering Global Hotspots Tapped for Prestigious International Journalism Awards

The International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) announced its annual Knight International Journalism Awards, recognizing excellent reporting that makes a difference in the lives of people around the world. The winners are a team of Ukrainian journalists whose searing images showed the world Russia’s brutal siege of Mariupol; an Afghan TV reporter whose investigations uncovered gross mismanagement of COVID-19 resources; and a media visionary who pioneered online reporting and exposed corruption in El Salvador.

Meet the Experts Partnering with Elevate, ICFJ’s News Business Hub

Elevate, ICFJ’s news business hub, kicked off this month with a powerful set of implementing partners. The group of business leaders will focus on teaching 18 news media outlets chosen to participate in the program’s first cohort the most important skills to overcome their financial and operational challenges.