ICFJ Knight Fellowships

The ICFJ Knight Fellowships instill a culture of news innovation and experimentation worldwide. Fellows help journalists and news organizations adopt new technologies to enhance their news gathering, storytelling, editorial workflows, audience engagement and business models, among others. The result: sustainable, trustworthy journalism that serves the public interest. Learn more.

What’s more, ICFJ's unparalleled network of global media professionals multiply the reach and impact of the ICFJ Knight Fellows’ work, seeding a truly global spirit of innovation in journalism.​​​ 

Fellowships are currently filled, but if you have an innovative idea that transforms the journalism landscape in your area, please get in touch. 

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Code for South Africa Brings Innovative Skills to Local Journalists With Data Academy

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June 29, 2016

Former ICFJ Knight Fellow Raymond Joseph led the first cohort of the Code for South Africa Data-Driven Journalism Academy, instructing eight experienced local journalists on how to bolster their reporting with data.

impactAFRICA Offers Must-Know Tips for Covering Water, Sanitation

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June 29, 2016

How can reporters make water and sanitation stories more interesting? How can they find the most useful data to explain these issues?

Univision Broadens Its Focus to Reach Spanish Speakers Around the Globe

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June 28, 2016

Univision has been the most important Spanish-language media company in the U.S. Now its digital news arm is taking aim at the 500 million Spanish speakers around the world.

Borja Echevarria, its digital editor-in-chief, says his team is at the beginning of an initiative aimed at Spanish speakers in Latin America and globally.

"We are covering topics that might occur in Bolivia but that could be related to something that occurs in Colombia or in Peru," he said. "We are not trying to attack highly local topics, at least not in this first stage.

Journalists, Technologists Demo Open Source News Tools at IRE Conference

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June 23, 2016

At the Investigative Reporters & Editors (IRE) conference this past weekend, journalists, news developers and technologists gathered in New Orleans for four days of sessions on investigative journalism in all its forms.

Amid this atmosphere of shared learning, exchange of ideas and collaboration, the ICFJ Knight International Journalism Fellowships program hosted another Steal My Tool event and luncheon during the conference.

Ahead of the event, IJNet and ICFJ Knight compiled 10 free, open source investiga

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