🎉We’re thrilled to announce that Patricia Mercado Sánchez is the recipient of the 2026 ICFJ News Innovation Award! She is the founder & CEO of Conexión Migrante, a multi-platform lifeline for Latin American migrants in the U.S. 👏Read more about her groundbreaking work: www.icfj.org/news/media-p...

We can’t wait to celebrate fantastic journalists from around the world at the 2026 #ICFJawards! Will you be there? 📆 Nov. 10 📍Washington, DC 🎟️ Get your ticket now: www.icfj.org/2026-awards

Tickets for the Mental Health in Journalism Summit are open 🎟️ Different tiers and accessible pricing options available, so there's a way in for everyone. Organised by The Self-Investigation & co-funded by the Fred Foundation. 🗓️ Oct 6-9 📩 www.theselfinvestigation.com/summit/#tick... #MHJS26

Elliott Award Winner Stephanie Wangari spoke about her hope to honor Michael Elliott's legacy at this year’s awards ceremony “by continuing to tell stories from Africa that are nuanced, deeply reported and centered on the people living them.” More about the Awards: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9Oh...

At this year’s Michael Elliott Award ceremony, winner Annie Zulu shared that she hopes her work will inspire young African journalists to “dream boldly, ask difficult questions, and never underestimate the power of their voices.” More about the Awards: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9Oh...

Join us in Washington, DC on Nov. 10 for our 2026 #ICFJawards! 🥇We will honor the achievements of colleagues who have made a significant impact through their reporting, at a time when quality journalism is more important than ever. 🌟 Get your ticket: buff.ly/gwdOYDe

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🇨🇺 “What I find impressive about José Jasán Nieves is the range of what he creates,” said ICFJ Knight Award judge Maral Jekta, who also noted his contributions “sharing his knowledge with the wider exile-media community.” More on our 2026 honorees: www.icfj.org/news/cuban-e... #ICFJawards

👏 Congratulations to the 2026 Open the Knowledge Journalism Award Winners 🇳🇬 Rakiya Muhammad, 🇳🇬 Abiodun Adewale and 🇰🇪 Angeline Ochieng. Their winning stories cover topics including women empowerment and resilience, migration, youth sports and maternal health in Africa: www.icfj.org/news/african...

🇸🇩 “Zeinab impressed all of us on the judging panel with her brave dedication to on-the-ground reporting in one of the world's most violent places,” said ICFJ Knight Award judge Anton Troianovski. Learn more about our 2026 honorees: buff.ly/leAyeMb

We can’t wait to celebrate fantastic journalists from around the world at the 2026 #ICFJawards! Will you be there? 📆 Nov. 10 📍Washington, DC 🎟️ Get your ticket now: www.icfj.org/2026-awards

Rakiya Muhammad won first place in the ICFJ-Wikimedia Open the Knowledge Journalism Awards for an article documenting the migration pattern of women leaving Ejigbo in Nigeria for Côte D’Ivoire. Hear her talk about the value of this kind of reporting 👇 and learn more: www.icfj.org/news/african...

Congratulations to 🇨🇺 elToque’s José J. Nieves and 🇸🇩 freelance reporter Zeinab Mohammed Salih for winning our 2026 ICFJ Knight International Journalism award! They’ll be honored at our #ICFJawards Dinner on Nov. 10. www.icfj.org/news/cuban-e...

Cuban Exiled Journalist and War Reporter From Sudan Win 2026 ICFJ Knight Awards

The International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) today announced its 2026 Knight International Journalism awardees. José J. Nieves, an exiled media leader from Cuba who is the editor-in-chief of…

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🎉 We're thrilled to announce the winners of the 2026 ICFJ-Wikimedia Open the Knowledge Journalism Awards, celebrating meaningful stories across Africa! Congratulations to: 🇳🇬 Rakiya Muhammad 🇳🇬 Abiodun Adewale 🇰🇪 Angeline Ochieng More: www.icfj.org/news/african...

🚨 Only 2 more days to register. Join our upcoming online session, “How High-Quality Journalism Strengthens the Web and Wikipedia," on June 25 at 4:00 PM GMT, in partnership with the Wikimedia Foundation: www.icfj.org/calendar/com...

2026 Knight #ICFJawards winner Zeinab Mohammed Salih is often one of the first journalists to reach some of the most inaccessible and dangerous areas of wartime Sudan, documenting massacres, sexual violence and famine in her home country. Read more about her work: www.icfj.org/news/cuban-e...

2026 ICFJ Knight Award winner José J. Nieves leads elTOQUE’s transnational newsroom from exile. Even from afar, his team is helping Cubans navigate daily life, thanks to innovative tools like an AI-powered, real-time exchange rate tracker. Read more: www.icfj.org/news/cuban-e...

Big news! 🏆 Our 2026 ICFJ Knight Awards go to… 🇨🇺 José J. Nieves, an exiled media leader and editor-in-chief of the innovative Cuban news site elTOQUE 🇸🇩 Zeinab Mohammed Salih, a courageous freelance reporter covering the atrocities of the war in Sudan Read more: www.icfj.org/news/cuban-e...

We’re thrilled that @davejorgenson.bsky.social, the co-founder of Local News International & former ‘Washington Post TikTok Guy,’ and Ayesha Rascoe, host of NPR’s Weekend Edition Sunday and the weekend host of Up First, will co-host our Awards Dinner on Nov. 10! More: www.icfj.org/news/cuban-e...

Digital forensic analysis of social media helped expose coordinated social media campaigns spreading climate disinformation across Arabic-language platforms in an investigation backed by ICFJ+, produced as part of our Disarming Disinformation initiative. More: www.icfj.org/news/icfj-ba...

How can journalists help combat mis- and disinformation in the African news ecosystem? 🤔 Our upcoming online session on June 25 at 4:00 PM GMT, in partnership with the Wikimedia Foundation, tackles this topic and more: www.icfj.org/calendar/com...

We're thrilled to welcome Julie Pace, SVP & executive editor of The Associated Press, to our Board of Directors! Read more: www.icfj.org/news/icfj-we...

An investigation backed by ICFJ+ found that a bauxite mining company in the Amazon is circumventing indigenous communities’ legal rights as it expands mining operations. Learn more about this and other stories supported by our Disarming Disinformation initiative: www.icfj.org/news/icfj-ba...

ICFJ+ & @Cloudflare's Project Galileo give newsrooms enterprise-grade digital protections – including attack mitigation and reader privacy encryption. Apply for your newsroom: www.icfj.org/news/journal...

Interested in helping build a better digital information ecosystem? 📚🌍 Join our upcoming online session, “How High-Quality Journalism Strengthens the Web and Wikipedia”: www.icfj.org/calendar/com...

“There is not something called independent media in Iran,” said Jason Rezaian, director of press freedom initiatives at the Washington Post, in a recent ICFJ conversation on press freedom in Iran. He described the media environment as “engineered and orchestrated.” More: www.icfj.org/news/reporti...

Five stories, written as part of ICFJ’s Disarming Disinformation initiative, have sparked positive changes and won national recognition in the journalism community. 🎉 Read more: www.icfj.org/news/icfj-ba...

Exiled outlets like @ElToqueCom rely on strong digital security to reach their audiences. @Cloudflare's Project Galileo & the Plus Hub offer enterprise-grade digital protection for newsrooms. Apply: www.icfj.org/news/journal...

For Journalists in Exile, Staying Online Is Part of the Fight

José J. Nieves, a journalist and former ICFJ Knight Fellow, left his native Cuba in 2019 as it was growing increasingly hostile to journalists. But the threats followed him.

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How can journalists help combat mis- and disinformation in the African news ecosystem? 🤔 Our upcoming online session on June 25 at 4:00 PM GMT, in partnership with the Wikimedia Foundation, tackles this topic and more: www.icfj.org/calendar/com...

“If you know any journalist that works from Venezuela, consider them your heroes,” said Efecto Cocuyo co-founder Laura Weffer in a recent ICFJ conversation on what’s really happening inside Venezuela. Read more: www.icfj.org/news/reporti...