Press Release

Courageous Journalists Win International Awards for Spotlighting Crises, Exposing Corruption

The International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) announced prestigious awards to three journalists distinguished by their passion and perseverance in covering global crises and uncovering widespread corruption. 

ICFJ Condemns Sham Conviction of Guatemalan Journalist

The International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) calls for the immediate release of journalist José Rubén Zamora in Guatemala and an end to the unjust legal assault on the publisher and his colleagues.

Three Journalists Awarded Inaugural Jim Hoge Reporting Fellowships to Cover Pressing Global Issues

A reporter known for her coverage of the Syrian War, a journalist in Nigeria specializing in Russia’s involvement in West Africa, and a journalist who reports on climate and gender in Brazil are the inaugural recipients of the Jim Hoge Reporting Fellowship.

These Journalists Are Innovating to ‘Empower the Truth’ in 17 Languages

Eighteen journalists will develop ​​groundbreaking, collaborative multimedia projects designed to amplify the reach of reliable facts around the world, as part of the Disarming Disinformation initiative run by the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ).

Reporting Teams Win Grants to Reveal Who Funds Disinformation

Eight reporting teams from 11 countries will receive up to $10,000 each in grants and expert mentorship to support cross-border investigations into the people and organizations funding disinformation campaigns in the Americas. The winning projects will investigate, among other topics, who is behind and who profits from false narratives targeting Latin American migrants at the U.S. border; who funds disinformation about abortion and women's rights in the Americas; and who invested in anti-democratic falsehoods that led to the January 8th attacks in Brazil.

Journalists from Nigeria and Zimbabwe Win 2023 Michael Elliott Award

A journalist who investigated the lives of kidnapped schoolgirls now in university in Nigeria and another who chronicled how rising temperatures in Zimbabwe are impacting an all-women fishing cooperative are the 2023 winners of the Michael Elliott Award for Excellence in African Storytelling. 

CNN’s Wolf Blitzer to Receive Top Journalism Award

The International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) will honor CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer with the ICFJ Founders Award for Excellence in Journalism. The veteran journalist, who has delivered in-depth coverage of some of the world’s biggest stories in a career spanning more than five decades, will receive the award Nov. 2 at the ICFJ Tribute to Journalists 2023 event in Washington, D.C.

Join ICFJ at Media Party 2023 in Chicago

Applications are now open for journalists, developers, entrepreneurs and civic hackers to lead sessions at the first-ever U.S.-based Media Party, in Chicago from June 8-10. The deadline for workshops and lightning talk proposals is March 31, 2023.

Announcing the Hans Staiger Investigative Reporting Award

The International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) is launching an investigative reporting award in honor of Hans A. Staiger, a champion of journalism who devoted more than two decades of his life to helping fellow reporters across the world. 

Register Now: Join ICFJ's Global Anti-Disinformation Summit

ICFJ’s Empowering the Truth Global Summit offers a series of weekly online training sessions tailored for participants in Central and West Africa, Central Europe, Latin America, the Middle East and North Africa, North America, and South and Southeast Asia. Participants will learn skills to help them amplify the reach of reliable facts. They also will be eligible for funding to pursue groundbreaking ways to better distribute facts online, including through innovative collaborations with influencers, subject matter experts or others from different professional backgrounds.