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The latest news from the International Center for Journalists.

November
24
2020

Global Survey on Journalism and the Pandemic Now Available in Four Languages

The first results from a global survey on journalism and the COVID-19 crisis are now available in three additional languages: Arabic, French and Spanish.

October
13
2020

New Global Survey Raises Red Flags for Journalism in the COVID-19 Era

Facing everything from a barrage of disinformation to heightened security risks and a mental health crisis, journalists around the world are contending with myriad daunting challenges as they report on a deadly pandemic, according to the first results from a global survey on journalism and the COVID-19 crisis.

July
2
2020

Beyond Fact-Checking: Fighting the Onslaught of COVID-19 Disinformation

To fight the COVID-19 “disinfodemic,” journalists must move beyond simply debunking the false information spread online, three experts said during a webinar this week. 

June
25
2020

Audience Engagement in a Time of Social Distancing 

Audience engagement and service journalism—well-researched, advice on practical matters — are taking on new importance and driving change in newsrooms during the global COVID-19 pandemic, three engagement editors said during a webinar this week hosted by ICFJ and the Tow Center for Digital Journalism at Columbia University. 

June
18
2020

Journalism & the Pandemic: Threats to Media Freedom & Safety During COVID-19

As COVID-19 spreads in waves around the world, “a vast array of threats” to journalists and press freedom are also proliferating, said Courtney Radsch, advocacy director for the Committee to Protect Journalists.

June
11
2020

Three Ways Large Media Companies are Innovating During the COVID-19 Pandemic

The global COVID-19 pandemic is putting the journalism profession's ideas about digital news innovation to the test, said New York Times National Editor Mark Lacey.

May
26
2020

How Can Journalism Create a Path to Recovery from COVID-19?

Collaborating with communities and rethinking business models are among the key steps journalists and newsrooms should take as they struggle to persist in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, three top editors said.

May
13
2020

Journalism’s ‘Extinction Event?' ICFJ and Tow Center Launch Global COVID-19 Survey to Aid the Recovery

The effects of COVID-19 are already being framed as an “extinction event”  for journalism, causing dozens of news outlets to collapse around the world. Tens of thousands of newsroom jobs have been lost or reshaped by the pandemic. 

April
9
2020

How is COVID-19 Transforming Journalism? Our Global Study Will Find Out

The International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) and Columbia University’s Tow Center for Digital Journalism are launching a joint study on the implications of the COVID-19 pandemic for journalism. This collaborative global research project aims to map the impact of the crisis on journalism and how journalists are responding to it.