Our Work

We run programs that use the latest digital technology to increase the flow of quality news. Our goal is to serve as catalysts for change, leaving our partners stronger and officials more accountable.

On the map below you can explore the range of our work.

Our Work by Region

Featured Programs

  • Arthur F. Burns Fellowship

    Each year, outstanding media professionals from the United States, Canada and Germany are awarded an opportunity to report from and travel in each other's countries as part of The Arthur F. Burns Fellowship Program. The program offers young journalists, age 40 and under, the opportunity to share professional expertise with their colleagues across the Atlantic while working as "foreign correspondents" for their hometown news organizations.

  • Sub-Saharan Africa: Strengthening storytelling & audience engagement through data journalism & civic innovation

    In Partnership With: 
    Code for Africa

    Code for Africa, founded in 2012 by ICFJ Knight Fellow Justin Arenstein, is the continent's open data and civic technology pioneer, designed to spark the use of open data and “digital democracy” tools by media and NGOs to better engage citizens.

  • U.S.-Austrian Journalism Exchange Fellowships

    In Partnership With: 
    Kuratorium für Journalistenausbildung (KfJ)

    Each year three to six outstanding media professionals from the United States and Austria are awarded an opportunity to report from and travel in each other's countries as part of the U.S.-Austrian Journalism Exchange Fellowships. The program offers young print and broadcast journalists from each country the opportunity to share professional expertise with their colleagues across the Atlantic while working as "foreign correspondents" for their hometown news organizations. The program aims to foster greater understanding and knowledge of both countries among future media leaders and their audiences.