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Disillusioned with how politically-driven narratives influenced coverage in Kenya, ICFJ Knight Fellowships International Journalism Award winner John-Allan Namu founded Africa Uncensored to expose the wrongdoings of the most powerful. Read more: buff.ly/4hurBFD #ICFJawards
Read up on the journey of Carolina Amaya, a climate journalist in exile from El Salvador. This case study was included in the toolkit by International Center for Journalists Knight Fellow Luz Mely Reyes, herself a journalist in exile from Venezuela. ijnet.org/es/resource/elโฆ
Lee mรกs sobre el exilio de Carolina Amaya, una periodista ambiental, que se enfrentรณ al gobierno de Bukele. Este estudio de caso fue incluido en el toolkit por International Center for Journalists Knight Fellow Luz Mely Reyes ijnet.org/es/resource/elโฆ
Yesterday I received the International Center for Journalists Knight Award. I'm honored to represent Ukraine in the US. Unfortunately, though, during the event, Russia's army was bombing Odesa, where my family lives. It was hard to concentrate ahead of my speech, but here's what I said: bit.ly/3CwsP39
On Wednesday, November 13, International Center for Journalists Knight International Journalism Award Winners John-Allan Namu of Kenya and Valeriya Yegoshyna of Ukraine visited the FOX 5 DC newsroom. After a station tour, the two joined a meeting with the evening news team and shared their inspiring stories.
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๐ฃ ICFJ Voices: ICFJ Knight Fellowships Fellow Sannuta Raghu Raghu uses machine learning to understand which news formats are most effective for different audiences. Learn more about her work in AI innovation โ and how ICFJ has supported her:
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๐ฃ ICFJ Voices: Mattia Peretti (@xhgmattia) is an experienced journalist and media innovator who believes the industry should be more people-centered. Heโs also one of our ICFJ Knight Fellowships Fellows. Hear more about his work and visions for journalism:
Informed by his own experience leading El Toque, @icfj Knight Fellow Josรฉ Jasรกn Nieves spoke with Agustina Heb of Laboratorio de Periodismo Luca de Tena about the challenges Latin exiled media face in staying sustainable, relevant, and healthy. Read the full article here: laboratoriodeperiodismo.org/medios-latinosโฆ
Zuckerberg announced that Meta will dismantle its fact checking program. What does this mean for the Latin American news environment? Hear from International Center for Journalists Knight Fellow Laura Zommer. Read more @wiredโฌ๏ธ wired.com/story/hispanicโฆ
โFar from censoring, fact-checkers add context, we never advocate for removing content.โInternational Center for Journalists Knight Fellow Laura Zommer offers her opinion on Metaโs move to dismantle fact checking, in this @wired article.wired.com/story/hispanicโฆ
๐ฃ๏ธ 2025 International Center for Journalists Knight award nominations are open. Nominees can be reporters, editors, technologists, media managers or citizen journalists from countries where they face major challenges doing their work. Apply now! icfj.org/news/icfj-knigโฆ
How can we deal with mis- and disinformation? Laura Zommer Laura Zommer International Center for Journalists Knight fellow has ideas on how to handle this, read more on @IJNET hereโฌ๏ธijnet.org/en/story/how-dโฆ