Media Innovation

Program Dates

09/16/19 - 01/31/20

Country/Region

IJNet Arabic Training Network Powered by Google News Initiative

The International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) is partnering with the Google News Initiative to help journalists across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) embrace the era of digital journalism. In ICFJ’s recent global survey on how newsrooms are adapting to the digital age, ICFJ found that more than half

Country/Region

Worldwide

The State of Technology in Global Newsrooms

The International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) has launched a benchmark global survey that will yield unprecedented data on how news organizations are adapting to the digital age. The results will update and expand ICFJ's 2017 State of Technology in Global Newsrooms report, and reveal how the industry has changed in the last two years.

Country/Region

Sub-Saharan Africa, East / Southeast Asia, South Asia, Eurasia / Former USSR, Latin America / Caribbean, Middle East / North Africa, North America

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.

Program Dates

04/19/20 - 05/29/20

Country/Region

Latin America / Caribbean, North America

A Digital Path to Entrepreneurship and Innovation for Latin America

Laura Rojas Aponte interviews a woman in New York City as part of her fellowship with Fusion’s podcast team in fall 2017. Photo courtesy of Laura Rojas Aponte.

A Digital Path to Entrepreneurship and Innovation for Latin America is creating a network of journalists, technologists and media entrepreneurs across the region. This network is harnessing the power of digital tools to create sustainable news businesses that provide news and information in the public interest.

Program Dates

09/24/19 - 09/30/20

Country/Region

Latin America / Caribbean

Empowering Dominican Media Leaders for a Brighter Tomorrow

The International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) is supporting the next generation of young media leaders in the Dominican Republic, to help them create a modern media system.

In the Dominican Republic there is a generational gap in the media. Working with U.S. and Dominican media experts, ICFJ will foster a community

Program Dates

09/24/19 - 09/30/20

Country/Region

Latin America / Caribbean

Potenciar líderes del mundo del periodismo en la Republica Dominicana

El Centro Internacional para Periodistas (ICFJ por sus siglas en inglés) está apoyando a la próxima generación de jóvenes líderes de medios de comunicación en la República Dominicana, para ayudarlos a crear un sistema de medios moderno.

En la República Dominicana hay una brecha generacional en los medios. Trabajando con

Program Dates

05/01/19 - 06/30/20

Country/Region

South Asia, Europe , Latin America / Caribbean

Facebook Video and Reader Revenue Accelerator

FB Germany Accelerator, May Sessions (Video)

The International Center for Journalists is partnering with the Facebook Journalism Project to administer two programs designed to support local media outlets by developing new ways to connect with the public and to create sustainable business strategies.

Program Dates

02/01/19 - 01/31/20

Country/Region

Latin America / Caribbean

Velocidad: Promoting Independent Digital Journalism in Latin America

Velocidad is a pioneering initiative to accelerate the growth of independent news media in Latin America. Velocidad (“Velocity” or “Speed” in English) is an accelerator program that will invest up to $1.5 million in funding and expert consulting for news startups publishing content in Portuguese or Spanish.

Program Dates

01/15/19 - 01/15/20

ICFJ Alumni Reporting Grants: Data Journalism and Immersive Storytelling

ICFJ is partnering with the Microsoft Modern Journalism program to award four grants to alumni of ICFJ programs for six-month reporting projects focusing on data journalism and immersive technology.

Program Dates

01/07/19 - 03/15/19

Country/Region

North America

Back In The Newsroom

ICFJ launched the Back in the Newsroom program in collaboration with the Gannett Foundation and Morgan State University’s School of Global Journalism and Communication. An incubator for young journalistic talent, the program aims to improve newsroom diversity through partnerships with historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs).

We are leading the transformation of global journalism.

IJNet Arabic Training Network Powered by Google News Initiative

The State of Technology in Global Newsrooms

ICFJ Knight Fellowships

A Digital Path to Entrepreneurship and Innovation for Latin America

Empowering Dominican Media Leaders for a Brighter Tomorrow

Potenciar líderes del mundo del periodismo en la Republica Dominicana

Facebook Video and Reader Revenue Accelerator

Velocidad: Promoting Independent Digital Journalism in Latin America

ICFJ Alumni Reporting Grants: Data Journalism and Immersive Storytelling

Back In The Newsroom