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.

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Latest News

Using Robots to Conduct Cross-Database Investigations

June 4, 2015

Cross-border investigative journalism has been much discussed in recent years. Working with the African Network of Centers for Investigative Reporting (ANCIR), I got a chance to observe that process when two reporters from Italy’s investigative reporting project (IRPI) came to visit South Africa to trace the business interests of the Italian Mafia in the country.

ICFJ Knight Award Winner, Knight Fellow Elected to Board of World Editors Forum

June 3, 2015

A Nigerian editor tapped by the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) for its top award last year and a former ICFJ Knight Fellow working to improve journalism safety in Latin America have been elected to the board of the World Editors Forum (WEF), the global network of editors and news organizations.

ICFJ Knight Roundup: Justiciapedia Launches, Knight Fellow Hosts Webinar

June 1, 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.

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