Press Release

Media Innovators and Intrepid Reporters Covering Global Hotspots Tapped for Prestigious International Journalism Awards

The International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) announced its annual Knight International Journalism Awards, recognizing excellent reporting that makes a difference in the lives of people around the world. The winners are a team of Ukrainian journalists whose searing images showed the world Russia’s brutal siege of Mariupol; an Afghan TV reporter whose investigations uncovered gross mismanagement of COVID-19 resources; and a media visionary who pioneered online reporting and exposed corruption in El Salvador.

The Chilling: New Recommendations Aimed at News Organizations and the Platforms in Response to Online Violence Against Women Journalists

New research from a UN study produced by ICFJ details how news organizations and big tech companies are failing to adequately mitigate and respond to online violence targeting women journalists – a global scourge with serious and far-reaching consequences. The researchers offer concrete recommendations to better safeguard women journalists, who face credible death threats, threats of sexual violence – including against their children – and large-scale coordinated online harassment designed to silence them and their reporting.

Perugia Declaration for Ukraine

The International Journalism Festival and members and partners of the Global Forum for Media Development, including the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) call for increased support of independent media and journalists in Ukraine.

Global Initiative to Help Newsroom Leaders “Elevate” Their Operations

Journalists who run small- or medium-sized independent news outlets anywhere in the world can now apply to take part in Elevate, a news business hub launching today from the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ). Newsroom leaders selected for the program will have the opportunity to learn from global business executives and to receive funding to help them take their news operations to the next level.

ICFJ Stands With Indian Journalist Rana Ayyub Amid Prolific #OnlineViolence

Washington Post columnist Rana Ayyub, a high-profile investigative reporter based in India, is coming under increasing - and increasingly vicious - attack online, as India’s national authorities escalate legal attacks on the independent journalist.

ICFJ Joins Eighteen Organizations, Reiterates Support for Carole Cadwalladr as she Faces SLAPP Trial

The undersigned organizations reiterate their support for award-winning journalist and author, Carole Cadwalladr, who is facing a week-long defamation trial in London this week.
 

Towards an Early Warning System for Violence Against Women Journalists

The International Center for Journalists’ (ICFJ) “trailblazing” research into online violence has led to a grant from the UK Government to work on an early warning system to help detect, predict, and ultimately prevent violence against women journalists.

ICFJ Knight Award Winner, Leading Russian Editor Win Nobel Peace Prize

Maria Ressa of the Philippines and Dmitry Muratov of Russia today were named laureautes of the prestigious prize, “for their efforts to safeguard freedom of expression, which is a precondition for democracy and lasting peace."

ICFJ Team Wins Community Award from Online News Association for Forum Providing Resources, Support to Reporters Covering COVID-19

The Online News Association (ONA) today honored the team behind the ICFJ Global Health Crisis Reporting Forum with its 2021 Community Award. The award recognizes Stella Roque, director of community engagement, and community managers Paul Adepoju, Kossi Balao, Desirée Esquivel, Fadwa Kamal and Alexandre Orrico for developing a comprehensive program that supports journalists covering the COVID-19 pandemic.

Civil Society Organizations Call on the G7 to Protect and Evacuate Journalists and Media Workers in Afghanistan

Ahead of the G7 summit on the situation in Afghanistan, we, the undersigned organizations, call on G7 countries to make a clear and explicit commitment to taking journalists and media workers as an urgent and immediate priority, ensure their protection and evacuate them and their families.