ICFJ Knight Fellowships

ICFJ Knight Roundup: Investigative Reporting in Africa, Latin America and More

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.

ICFJ Knight Roundup: Tips on Digital Security, Environmental Journalism

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.

The Power of Social Media in the Nigerian Election

The recent election of Muhammadu Buhari as president of Nigeria has been hailed internationally as a historic transfer of power for Africa’s most populous nation. It was the first in which a sitting president was defeated at the ballot box. Sunday Dare, a Knight International Journalism Fellow working for the International Center for Journalists in Nigeria in 2011 and 2012, is currently chief of staff and media adviser to the head of Buhari’s political party, former Governor Bola Tinubu.

Security Tips for Journalists who Must Choose Between Danger and Self-Censorship

Enrique Juárez Torres, editorial director of El Mañana de Matamoros, knows very well what a “zone of silence” means. In Feb. 4, 2015, a group of drug traffickers kidnapped him for covering a wave of violence taking place in the border city of Matamoros.

“We are going to kill you,” the kidnappers said to Juárez.

He was freed the same day, but he found the newsroom empty. Most of the reporters, editors and administrative personnel quit their jobs and left the newspaper. Now Juárez and his family are living in the U.S.