ICFJ’s goal is to identify the most pressing challenges affecting journalism and its mission to serve the public. Addressing those challenges requires creativity – and the time and support to think innovatively. That’s where ICFJ’s Leap news innovation program comes in.
ICFJ’s goal is to identify the most pressing challenges affecting journalism and its mission to serve the public. Addressing those challenges requires creativity – and the time and support to think innovatively. That’s where ICFJ’s Leap news innovation program comes in.
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.
The International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) is pleased to offer a 12-month initiative, “Advancing Gender Equality in Pakistani Media,” which will build a network of Pakistani women journalists who are equipped with the knowledge, skills and network to bolster work on gender equality.
The International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) is pleased to propose a 12-month initiative, Amplifying Environmental Narratives in Pakistani Media, that will support broadcast and print journalists, bloggers, YouTubers and digital content creators across Pakistan. This project will support the production of accurate and in-depth reporting on the environment and its intersections with economic, social and political policy. Additionally, it will establish a network for national collaboration on environmental reporting, laying the groundwork for sustained investigative reporting on climate change beyond the conclusion of the project.
Disarming Disinformation is ICFJ's largest program addressing the information disorder we live in. It is a three-year globalprogram supported by the Scripps Howard Foundation.
Journalists in the global network of the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) are invited to apply for the Hans Staiger Investigative Reporting Award to pursue an investigative project of their choosing. Applicants should submit a project idea that seeks to uncover hidden truths, expose wrongdoing, and reveal information that holds the powerful to account.
The Road Safety Reporting Competition and Awards aims to help journalists produce stories that shine a light on road crash deaths and injuries in some of the hardest-hit countries.
South Asia has a vibrant media landscape; however, coverage of religion is often limited and only explored within the framework of major political events. Journalists are regularly censored by the government and often targeted by extremist and secularist groups for their work, preventing them from shining a light on issues affecting religious minorities.
ICFJ will bring together a group of journalists and digital influencers in India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka and enable them to illuminate the underlying factors fueling religious persecution.
The program aims to create a lasting regional network dedicated to engaging audiences around news perspectives that embrace diversity and advance religious freedoms.
The International Center for Journalists, in partnership with PROTO, will host a six-episode webinar series focused on digital security; it's designed to support those reporting on sensitive issues in South Asia.
