ICFJ Knight Fellowships

The ICFJ Knight Fellowships instill a culture of news innovation and experimentation worldwide. Fellows help journalists and news organizations adopt new technologies to enhance their news gathering, storytelling, editorial workflows, audience engagement and business models, among others. The result: sustainable, trustworthy journalism that serves the public interest. Learn more.

What’s more, ICFJ's unparalleled network of global media professionals multiply the reach and impact of the ICFJ Knight Fellows’ work, seeding a truly global spirit of innovation in journalism.​​​ 

Fellowships are currently filled, but if you have an innovative idea that transforms the journalism landscape in your area, please get in touch. 

ICFJ Knight Fellowships

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How to Connect with a Mobile News Audience

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October 5, 2015

The vast majority of your audience is now reading your stories and watching your videos on mobile. So why are YOU reading and watching them on a desktop?

That was one of the messages from experts to journalists who attended the recent Mobile News Summit hosted by the Poynter Institute at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in New York.

ICFJ Knight Roundup: Using Hackdash, This American Life Hosts Audio Hackathon

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September 30, 2015

Each week as part of the Knight International Media Innovators blog, the ICFJ Knight team will round up stories focused on how their fellows are making an impact in the field. Find out more about the fellows' projects by clicking here.

Doing the Tango with Media Innovation in Argentina

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September 30, 2015

I got engaged at the Media Party in Buenos Aires.

No, I did not fall in love with some sultry tango dancer. I got engaged by a plethora of projects from across Latin America that aim to pull audiences into the news -- everything from fact-checking politicians' blather to making tough decisions about the national budget to rating health care services.

What's Keeping the Media Away From the Open Data Chat?

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September 23, 2015

In early September, hundreds of open data practitioners, civil servants, researchers, technologists and specialists in health, agriculture, governance and education gathered in Tanzania for the first Africa Open Data Conference.

But the media were largely missing from the event apart from during the opening plenary by Dr.