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IT TAKES
A JOURNALIST
IMPACT REPORT 2022
LETTER FROM OUR PRESIDENT 3
OUR MISSION
We enable a global network DEAR FRIEND, April 2023
of journalists to provide the The International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) has supported
trustworthy news essential
independent media since 1984 – a commitment that remains
steadfast. It took a journalist then, and “it takes a journalist”
now to do the work that free and strong societies demand.
to free and strong societies. Yet so much else has changed. Today, our world faces rising
Their vital work strengthens
authoritarianism, disinformation and technological disruptions
that have transformed almost everything about the way news
democratic ideals and spurs
is gathered and shared. To meet these challenges and ensure
journalists in our network can do their ever-important work,
ICFJ is focusing our efforts on three strategic areas:
change. At ICFJ, we serve more e SERVE reporters and editors, giving them the skills
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than 160,000 journalists around and knowledge to cover the most critical issues of today,
from the climate crisis to migration to conflict.
the world, helping them cover e help journalists INNOVATE, using new tools and
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techniques to build trust and engage with communities.
the most critical issues of today, e help independent newsrooms THRIVE financially,
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innovate to deeply connect with adopting effective business models to ensure they can
serve their purpose well into the future.
communities, and build news In this report, we highlight just a handful of the journalists in
organizations that thrive.
our network – now 160,000+ strong – whose work is making
a difference. Their collective impact is immeasurable. We
applaud each of them for their commitment to delivering
reliable news and information to their communities, and
thank our donors who generously back this work.
TABLE OF CONTENTS Sharon Moshavi
President, ICFJ
OUR MISSION THE FORUM ICFJ TRIBUTE TO JOURNALISTS
LETTER FROM OUR PRESIDENT OUR THREE PILLARS OUR FINANCIALS
COMBATING DISINFORMATION • SERVE OUR DONORS
OUR NETWORK • INNOVATE OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS
IJNET • THRIVE OUR ADVISORY BOARD
4 COMBATING DISINFORMATION COMBATING DISINFORMATION 5
FIGHTING A
GLOBAL SURGE OF
DISINFORMATION
Our Disarming Disinformation program works globally to:
ICFJ Knight Fellow Laura Zommer
co-launched Factchequeado to
bring verified information to U.S.
Spanish-language communities
targeted by lies. In the run-up to
the 2022 elections, she and her
team joined with 27 news outlets,
including in battleground states
Investigate the sources and funding Help media use cutting-edge tools such as Arizona, Georgia and
behind disinformation campaigns to make the facts spread virally Nevada, to debunk falsehoods
spreading among Latinos and keep
voters informed with the truth.
Research the most effective
techniques for countering lies
A sampling of disinformation topics investigative participants are working on:
Share findings in eight languages to Work with key news outlets to instill Elections Reproductive rights
journalists worldwide on IJNet.org best practices in the fight for truth
Health and science Immigration
Environment
OUR GLOBAL NETWORK OUR PROGRAMS
81
PROGRAMS
160,000+ 352
STORIES PRODUCED
30
TOOLS CREATED
21
AWARDS RECEIVED
$8.9 million 692
NETWORK MEMBERS
24,000+
IN GRANTS GIVEN TO JOURNALISTS GRANT RECIPIENTS
AND NEWSROOMS
4,740 97%
PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS
IN 2022
119
TRAINING AND OF PARTICIPANTS SURVEYED GAINED
MENTORSHIP HOURS SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE
COUNTRIES WHERE ICFJ WORKED
IN 2022
These figures are for calendar year 2022.
8 INTERNATIONAL JOURNALISTS’ NETWORK ICFJ PAMELA HOWARD FORUM ON GLOBAL CRISIS REPORTING 9
Offering expert advice, tools and training opportunities for the news media
8 Languages 180,000
Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Persian, Average Monthly
Portuguese, Russian, Spanish
Visitors
1,791 +55% 261
Resources Russian-Language Resources Crisis Reporting Resources
in 2022 Published with the Forum
“I recommend IJNet’s weekly newsletter to everyone. The site Expanding coverage of critical issues of local importance
has a lot of practical information and real professional advice.
In April 2022, I found on IJNet a great training on conflict reporting.
Since I live in Ukraine and I write a lot about the Russian war 5 100 12,683
in Ukraine, it was very useful for me to get such training.” Languages Reporting Grants Given Training Attendees
Arabic, English, French, Portuguese, Spanish
—GALYNA OSTAPOVETS, UKRAINE
A sampling of 2022 trainings
Monkeypox Outbreak: How Journalists Can How to Cover Disinformation Long COVID
Myths vs. Facts Best Engage Terrorism and and the Amazon in Children and
(Arabic) Audiences on Violent Extremism (Portuguese) Adolescents
Climate Change (French) (Spanish)
(English)
10 SERVE SERVE 11
DEEPENING China
NEWS COVERAGE
Now in its 16th year, our Global Business
Journalism master’s degree program at
Tsinghua University in Beijing trains Chinese
and international students to cover the
world’s second-largest economy.
From conflict to climate change, ICFJ helps journalists 450 master’s degree recipients
give audiences the vital information they need. 70 countries
Graduates working at 100+ key
media outlets
Ukraine
“ The GBJ program not only teaches us knowledge,
”
but it brings international students to China and brings
ICFJ grants have helped journalists:
the world to Chinese students.
ap Russian war crimes
M —LI DONGXIAO, CHINA, GBJ GRADUATE
P
rovide vital information on environmental
hazards of the conflict
P
roduce award-winning documentaries on
the invasion’s impact on ordinary people Sub-Saharan Africa
The Africa Women’s Journalism Project, led by
“
ICFJ Knight Fellow Catherine Gicheru, works in
seven countries to increase data-driven coverage
I wanted to tell how artists, musicians, volunteers, of issues vital to women, and to help female
journalists move to leadership positions.
soldiers, public figures, and local government worked
”
during the war, and how they help preserve Ukrainian
statehood and independence.
“
—ANDRIY ZAIETS, UKRAINE, ICFJ GRANT RECIPIENT
Through your programs, women victims of gender-
”
based violence have the courage to approach us for
early care in the health facilities.
—MBOJI AÏSSATOU SENE, PRESIDENT OF A SENEGALESE HEALTH WORKERS GROUP,
SPEAKING TO A RADIO JOURNALIST IN ICFJ’S PROGRAM
12 INNOVATE INNOVATE 13
SHAPING THE Hong Kong
FUTURE OF As an ICFJ Knight Innovation Fellow, Tinshui Yeung
researched how independent news organizations
JOURNALISM
forced out of Hong Kong could operate effectively in
exile. Several Chinese-language outlets adopted the
cutting-edge tools he recommended, so they could pay
their reporters safely and defend against authoritarian
attempts to erase their journalism from the internet.
ICFJ advances media innovation centered
on building trust with communities.
United States Brazil
Susannah Locke and her former colleagues at Vox
developed transparency features for their news site, ICFJ Knight Fellow Sérgio Spagnuolo’s social media
such as author bios and Q&As, to show how and why listening platforms are helping news outlets and others
stories are reported. She was among 34 journalists in Brazil and the U.S. analyze political discourse on
from six regions of the world who took part in ICFJ’s social networks. Tools like Political Pulse aggregate
Leap Solutions Challenge on building audience trust. posts from trusted sources while filtering out message
“
that are part of disinformation campaigns.
The program being so
intense and immersive allowed
me to build a pair of trust
glasses. They’re always out, Protecting Women Journalists
”
and I see trust opportunities As women journalists around the world face brutal online attacks,
ICFJ’s research division, in partnership with the University of
everywhere now. Sheffield, is developing an early warning system to help keep
digital harassment from escalating to real-world violence.
ICFJ’s Leap Solutions Challenge
34
100% 38% 100% 47%
ARE CONFIDENT BUILDING TRUST & TRANSPARENCY IN THEIR NEWSROOM: WILL IMPLEMENT PROCESSES FOR FOSTERING NEW IDEAS:
BEFORE
BEFORE
NOW
NOW
MEDIA HAD
PARTICIPANTS PROCESSES
14 THRIVE THRIVE 15
STRENGTHENING United States
INDEPENDENT
Tibisay Zea is reaching Spanish-speakers in the U.S.
with accurate health information through Salud, the
JOURNALISM
podcast she launched with ICFJ’s support. Before
the first season finished, Zea had attracted financing
“
from Boston’s public health commission.
I applaud ICFJ’s commitment
ICFJ equips news leaders to build sustainable to helping journalists of color
”
businesses that thrive. tell important stories to the
communities they serve.
Egypt Brazil
Namees Arnous is generating new revenue for Leandro Galante’s news outlet in southern Brazil,
E7kky (“speak” in English), the digital news outlet O Estafeta, has provided local and regional news
she started to spotlight women in the Arab world coverage since 1991. Through an ICFJ program, he and
and the issues they face. Taking part in ICFJ’s Elevate his team grew their monthly website visits from 21,000 to
“
initiative transformed her thinking and led to the 142,000 in three months — an increase of nearly 700%.
launch of two new revenue streams: events and
“
training focused on women’s empowerment.
The program motivated
us to set and achieve ambitious
We figured out that our goals. Today, we produce and
”
product is not our content. Our
”
deliver excellent content to
audience is our product! our communities.”
Elevate: ICFJ’s News Business Hub Accelerating Digital Transformation in Brazil
17 NEWS
13%
AVERAGE GROWTH IN
18%
AVERAGE GROWTH
160 $1.4 million
NEWS OUTLETS AND IN INNOVATION GRANTS
ORGANIZATIONS REVENUE* IN MONTHLY UNIQUE JOURNALISTS
USERS*
*Over an eight-month period
16 ICFJ TRIBUTE TO JOURNALISTS ICFJ TRIBUTE TO JOURNALISTS 17
HONORING JOURNALISTS
Each year, ICFJ recognizes outstanding journalists whose news reports and analyses have
had tremendous impact. For ICFJ’s Tribute to Journalists 2022, we held our first in-person gala
since before the pandemic and broadcast the event to a worldwide audience. Jonathan Capehart,
of The Washington Post and MSNBC, served as master of ceremonies for an evening that brought
together media luminaries, corporate and foundation leaders, journalists and friends of ICFJ to
celebrate the importance of quality journalism. In 2022, we recognized the journalists below.
Jonathan Capehart
“World leaders need
to be under the
constant lens of solid,
well-researched, fact-
based journalism.
That is what ICFJ does
Andrea Michell Christo Grozev Anisa Shaheed Evgeniy Maloletka Carlos Dada every day … training
Chief Foreign Affairs
Correspondent,
Bellingcat Television Reporter,
Afghanistan
Vasilisa Stepanenko
Mstyslav Chernov
Founder and Director,
El Faro, El Salvador
and supporting and
NBC News Executive Director,
and Global Investigative ICFJ Knight International Freelance Photojournalist, ICFJ Knight Trailblazer mentoring journalists
in the most critical
ICFJ Founders’ Award News Outlet, Bellingcat Journalism Award Freelance Video Producer, Award
for Excellence in Visual Journalist,
Journalism ICFJ Innovation in
areas of the world.”
Ukraine
International Reporting
Award ICFJ Knight International
Journalism Award
—ANDREA MITCHELL
18 FINANCIALS DONORS 19
We are careful Thank you to our supporters for
their generosity.
stewards of our
donors’ funds.
CHAIRMAN’S CIRCLE CHAMPIONS CORPORATIONS
Wendell and Mary Reilly Warren and Catherine Guthrie Facebook Journalism Project
Rodman and Alice Moorhead Richard Gingras Bloomberg L.P.
Michael and Anne B. Golden John Maxwell Hamilton Dow Jones/News Corp
Lauretta J. Bruno Sharon Moshavi and Eric Weiner Google News Initiative
David Elliot Cohen and Natalie and Matthew Bernstein Edelman
Laureen Seeger Christopher Brody CNN
Total Revenue for 2021: $20.89 MILLION
Ahmed Charai David Callaway The New York Times Company
Mario Gabelli Alice Franklin Apple News
Anonymous (2) Norma F. Green Associated Press
George Hatch The Atlantic
James F. Hoge Jr. and BakerHostetler
PRESIDENT’S CIRCLE
Kathleen Lacey Bank of America
Joyce Barnathan and
Martina Hund-Mejean and CBS News
82.24%
Steven Strasser
Bruce Mejean Discovery/TVN
PROGRAMS The Ewing Family
James A. Jacobson Fox Corporation
Pamela Howard
Marcy McGinnis McKinsey & Company
Alex S. Jones
Patrick Steel National Geographic
TRACE International
Expense 7.18% DEVELOPMENT +
BENEFACTORS
Charles Atwood
FOUNDATIONS
John S. and James L. Knight
The Washington Post
Janssen/Johnson & Johnson
Breakdown* FUNDRAISING
John L. Vogelstein
Michael Moran
Foundation
Ford Foundation
SC Johnson
Univision
Eleanor Crook Foundation Ernst & Young
10.58%
Hearst Foundations GRF CPAs and Advisors
GENERAL + LEADERS
Cabot Kjellerup Foundation The Economist
ADMINISTRATION Marci and Mike McCue
The Brooks and Joan Fortune
Elizabeth Weatherman
Family Foundation Inc.
Jason H. Wright
Scripps Howard Foundation
ORGANIZATIONS
*Financial data covers calendar year 2021 S. Whitfield Lee Arthur F. Burns Fellowship
Media Development
Elliot Ackerman Program Inc.
Investment Fund
Elizabeth Ballantine and Freedom House
Ambrose Monell Foundation
Paul Leavitt World Health Organization
United Nations Foundation
Katherine Field Stephen CRDF Global
Independent Journalism
Kristin Gamble ONE Campaign
Foundation
Patrick Hackett Article 19
Samuel I. Newhouse Foundation Inc.
Sidney Lapidus
The Cowles Charitable Trust
Rob and Maureen Rehg
Gannett Foundation GOVERNMENT AGENCIES
John Towriss,
Furth Family Foundation U.S. Department of State
Envoy Strategy Group
U.S. Agency for International
Allen Wise
Top 2% Platinum
Development
Anonymous
*Our supporters are listed in each section
ICFJ’s four-star track record with Charity ICFJ has a platinum-level rating from Candid, on this page in order of the value of their
generous grants and gifts to ICFJ.
Navigator places us among the top 2 percent the highest ranking given.
of nonprofits evaluated. *This list reflects contributions made in 2021.
Donations below $5,000 are acknowledged
on our website.20 ICFJ BOARDS
Developers and
media innovators
work on their team
project at ICFJ’s
OFFICERS DIRECTORS
ICFJ BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Leap Hackathon
MICHAEL GOLDEN MARK BAILEN BRENT JONES at Media Party
Chairman, ICFJ First Amendment Attorney, Editor of Culture, Training and Outreach, in Buenos Aires.
Former Vice Chairman, Mark I. Bailen PC The Wall Street Journal
The New York Times Company
CARRIE BUDOFF BROWN RIK KIRKLAND
JAMES F. HOGE JR. Senior Vice President, Politics, NBC News Senior Advisor, McKinsey & Company
Vice Chair, ICFJ
Senior Advisor, Teneo Intelligence LAURETTA J. BRUNO ANNE KORNBLUT
President, Gramercy Partners LLC Vice President of Global Content
PAMELA HOWARD Operations, Meta
Vice Chair, ICFJ DAVID CALLAWAY
Trustee, Scripps Howard Foundation Founder, Editor, Callaway Climate Insights JOANNE LEEDOM-
ACKERMAN
MATTHEW WINKLER AHMED CHARAI Novelist and Journalist
Vice Chair, ICFJ Chairman and CEO, Global Media Holding
Editor-in-Chief Emeritus, MARCI MCCUE
Bloomberg News DAVID ELLIOT COHEN Founding Team Member and Head of
Author and Publisher Marketing, Flipboard
JOHN MAXWELL HAMILTON
Treasurer, ICFJ JOHN DANISZEWSKI RODMAN MOORHEAD
Professor of Journalism and Vice President and Editor at Large for Former General Partner and Managing
Founding Dean, Manship School Standards, Associated Press Director, Warburg Pincus & Co.
of Mass Communication,
Louisiana State University MICHAEL GREENSPON SUDEEP REDDY
Global Head, Licensing and Print Senior Managing Editor, POLITICO
JASON H. WRIGHT Innovation, The New York Times Company
Development Chair, ICFJ ROB REHG
Principal, Geer Mountain JOHN HEILEMANN Chair, U.S. Client Services, Edelman
Holdings LLC Co-host, creator, and executive producer
of Showtime’s The Circus; National Affairs MARY ANN STERNBERG
MARCY MCGINNIS Analyst, MSNBC and NBC News; Nonfiction Author
Nominating Chair, ICFJ Co-founder and Executive Editor,
Former Senior Vice President, The Recount Media KRISSAH THOMPSON
CBS News Managing Editor, The Washington Post
ALEX S. JONES
WENDELL REILLY Journalist, former director of the JOHN TOWRISS
Chair, Audit Committee, ICFJ Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics Principal, Envoy Strategy Group
Chairman, Berman Capital Advisors and Public Policy at Harvard’s John F.
Kennedy School of Government JOSÉ ZAMORA
Chief Communications and Impact
Officer, Exile Content Studio
FRANK BENNACK SUSAN FRIEDMAN JANE SASSEEN
ICFJ ADVISORY BOARD
Executive Vice Chairman, Hearst Former NBC News Producer; Former Executive Director, McGraw Center
Knight Fellow for Business Journalism, CUNY Graduate
ANDY BURNESS School of Journalism
President, Burness Communications BOBBY GHOSH
Editor, Bloomberg Opinion SUSAN TALALAY
PAUL COHEN Former Director, Knight International
Partner, CEO, Milk & Honey PR North PETER OSNOS Journalism Fellowships
America Founder and Editor-at-Large,
PublicAffairs EDUARDO ULIBARRI
FRANK COMES Permanent Representative of Costa Rica
Former Editor, McKinsey Quarterly, CAROL PASMORE to the United Nations
McKinsey & Co. Inc. Vice President, Cognizant Technology
Solutions AMY WEBB
PETER COPELAND Founder and CEO, Future Today Institute
Writer, Editor and Media Consultant GARY PRUITT
Former President and CEO, MARGARET WINSHIP
THOMAS EWING Associated Press ICFJ Founders Family
Principal, Ewing Controls
ICFJ Founders Family JAMES ROUSMANIERE
Former Editor and President,
CRAIG FORMAN Keene Sentinel
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