ICFJ Knight Awards 2025: Nominate a Journalist You Admire

By: Maggie Farley | 01/09/2025

Update: Deadline extended until Feb. 13.

Each year, the International Center for Journalists honors outstanding colleagues with the ICFJ Knight International Journalism Award at our Tribute to Journalists. We are now seeking nominees whose pioneering coverage or media innovations have made an impact on the lives of people in their countries or regions.

Candidates can be reporters, editors, technologists, media managers or citizen journalists from countries where they face major challenges doing their work. Those who meet the award’s criteria may nominate themselves. The extended deadline is Feb. 13.

Winners will be honored on Nov. 13 at ICFJ’s Tribute to Journalists 2025 in Washington, D.C. 
 

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In 2024, our ICFJ Knight International Award winners were John-Allan Namu, a reporter and media entrepreneur who has been at the forefront of investigative journalism in his native Kenya for nearly two decades, exposing corruption and highlighting its harsh impact on ordinary citizens, and Valeriya Yegoshyna, an intrepid Ukrainian journalist who is documenting the impact of Russia’s war on her country. Rana Sabbagh, a renowned investigative editor from Jordan, is the recipient of the 2024 ICFJ Knight Trailblazer Award. Learn more about past awardees here.
 



The award reflects the mission of ICFJ's Knight Fellowships. The fellowships, which are supported by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, spread news innovation to better engage communities and improve lives.

Please help us celebrate the contributions of outstanding journalists by nominating one today. You can find the nomination form here.

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