International Center for Journalists

06/19/2026

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: https://buff.ly/XR5DJwR

06/18/2026

We’re thrilled that Dave Jorgenson, the co-founder of Local News International and 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!

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06/18/2026

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 her home country of Sudan

They'll be honored on Nov. 10 at our annual Awards Dinner. More: https://buff.ly/XR5DJwR

06/16/2026

Exiled outlets like depend on their websites to reach audiences they can no longer physically access at home, making digital security essential. ICFJ+’s Plus Hub, in partnership with 's Project Galileo, makes enterprise-grade protection accessible to independent newsrooms. Apply here:

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.

06/12/2026

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: https://buff.ly/YsCnpI2

06/11/2026

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: https://buff.ly/STXXERD

06/10/2026

We're thrilled to welcome Julie Pace, SVP & executive editor of The Associated Press, to our Board of Directors! “Her editorial leadership and frontline reporting experiences give her a profound understanding of what journalists need to do their best work,” said ICFJ Board Chair Carrie Budoff Brown. Read more: https://www.icfj.org/news/icfj-welcomes-julie-pace-associated-press-its-board

06/09/2026

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: https://buff.ly/YsCnpI2

06/09/2026

ICFJ+, in partnership with 's Project Galileo, gives outlets access to digital protections that would otherwise be out of reach for most of them, including a tool that automatically detects and mitigates attacks and encryption that protects reader privacy. Learn more and apply for your newsroom:

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.

06/07/2026

Interested in helping build a better digital information ecosystem? 📚🌍
Join our upcoming online session, “How High-Quality Journalism Strengthens the Web and Wikipedia”: https://buff.ly/OzNlGNW