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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ICFJ Knight Roundup: HackDash Gets a Makeover, New Code for Africa Tool Launched

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April 13, 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.

On Assignment? Improve Your Digital Safety With These Simple Steps

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April 1, 2015

Over the last few years, computer security has finally become a discussion for more than just system administrators. These days one of the main concerns, understandably, is the security of data once it's left your machine. Once the data is out of your hands, it seems to be uncommonly easy to intercept.

Encryption goes a long way to prevent "across the air" surveillance, but there’s also a mentality in the computer security world: If someone has physical access to your machine, nothing can stop them.

When at home, most of these concerns can be managed.

Improving Security for Mexican Journalists who ‘Too Often Pay with their Lives’

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March 23, 2015

The violence that continues to rock Mexico has created a “zone of silence” where reporters have to choose between reporting and dying, or keeping quiet and surviving, said Jorge Luis Sierra, the International Center for Journalists’ (ICFJ's) Knight International Journalism Fellow focusing on digital security. Sierra spoke during a March 18 panel discussion on Capitol Hill organized by Freedom House and ICFJ.

2014 Knight Award Winner: ‘Journalism Gave Me Platform’ to Change Society

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March 5, 2015

Oluwatoyosi Ogunseye, winner of the 2014 Knight International Journalism Award, says that journalists should view every story they work on as equally important.

“People ask me, ‘What’s your best story?’ And I say, ‘Every story that I’ve done.’ Because whether it’s a big story or a small story, I give the same dedication, I give it the same commitment that is required of me.”

And for Ogunseye, that mentality is about more than just her duty as a journalist.

“All the stories I’ve done are so dear to my heart

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