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Hans Staiger Award Winner Finds Evidence Bolstering Allegations that Indian Company Overcharged for Coal

Coal that was originally designated as low-quality was sold to the state power company in India as high-quality coal for triple the cost, according to an investigation from the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) led by Anand Mangnale, winner of the Hans Staiger Investigative Reporting Award.

ICFJ Voices: Jessica Buchleitner, Helping People Understand Themselves Through Journalism

Buchleitner began her career through the 2023 News Corp Media Fellowship program. She specializes in reporting on conflict, sexual violence, diplomacy, and technology, focusing on its societal impact. Sharing her insights with aspiring journalists, she advises, "Journalism is about finding a red thread and following it to see where it connects to other things."

Lessons Learned from Integrating AI in a Local Newsroom in Argentina

I worked with Todo Jujuy for eight months, from the start seeking to make clear that implementing AI in the newsroom involved not only the introduction of new technologies but also a cultural shift and a reconfiguration of existing workflows. This was evident to those of us who worked in media as it was being digitized in the early 2000s.

ICFJ Voices: ‘Kunle Adebajo on the Importance of Covering the Past

For ‘Kunle Adebajo, journalism is about “keeping the important stories in our consciousness, getting justice for those treated unfairly, and setting the records straight for future generations.”

Longtime ICFJ Partner, New York Times Editor James Greenfield, Dies at 99

When the Iron Curtain crumbled in 1991, James “Jimmy” Greenfield seized a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to advance press freedom in a region long dominated by Soviet propaganda. He launched the Independent Journalism Foundation (IJF), which helped journalists and media outlets in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary and Romania provide citizens with uncensored information they could never have gotten during the Cold War.

ICFJ Welcomes Knight Fellows Alan Soon and Rishad Patel

The International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) is pleased to announce Alan Soon and Rishad Patel from Splice Media as new Knight Fellows beginning June 1. Soon and Patel, based in Singapore, will launch an innovative program called Splice Nano during their fellowship year.

‘Sexualised, Silenced and Labelled Satan’ — Horrific Levels of Online Violence Targeting Women Journalists

Prolific gendered disinformation, homophobic abuse, racist hate speech, and threats of extreme sexual violence characterise the online violence experienced by veteran South African journalists Ferial Haffajee, Pauli van Wyk, and Rebecca Davis, according to our Big Data Case study[1], The women journalists of South Africa’s Daily Maverick: — Sexualised, Silenced and Labelled ‘Satan’, published today by ICFJ.

How to Cover Elections in 2024? Journalists Weigh In on AI, Disinfo and More

Roy, the CEO and founder of The NRI Nation news startup serving the Indian diaspora, spoke Tuesday at an ICFJ event at Bloomberg News’ headquarters in New York City. She was joined by Jonathan Lemire, POLITICO’S White House Bureau Chief and the host of MSNBC’s “Way Too Early,” and Laura Zommer, a fellow ICFJ Knight Fellow and co-founder of Factchequeado. ICFJ President Sharon Moshavi moderated the discussion.

Journalists Speak to the Challenges of Covering the Israel-Hamas War

It has been over seven months since the outbreak of war between Israel and Hamas, and no resolution appears in sight. 

As cease-fire negotiations have been unsuccessful, Israel’s military offensive in Gaza, which has killed more than 35,000 Palestinians, continues, intensifying an already dire humanitarian crisis. One hundred twenty eight hostages remain held captive by Hamas, according to Israel. 

ICFJ Welcomes Kathleen Lacey, Patty Michalski and Maria Ressa to Board of Directors

The International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) this week announced three additions to its board of directors: Kathleen Lacey, an advisor with Teneo, the global management consulting firm; Patty Michalski, who oversees content strategy and innovation for Hearst Newspapers; and Maria Ressa, the CEO of Rappler in the Philippines and 2021 Nobel Peace Prize laureate.