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Our Program: Promoting the Free Flow of News in the Public Interest
The Knight International Journalism Fellowships make tangible changes that improve the quality and free flow of news in the public interest around the world. Funded by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, international media professionals work in countries where there are opportunities to promote reliable, insightful journalism that holds officials accountable.
Knight Fellows are establishing new journalism associations, launching journalism schools, creating online databases to track corruption, establishing news delivery services via cell phone and creating digital platforms to share content. With funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Knight Fellows are developing a corps of journalists in Sub-Saharan Africa whose work is leading to better public policies and a better quality of life. The program’s Health Journalism Fellowships help media in five countries produce in-depth and investigative coverage of health issues such as malaria, HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis. The new Africa Development Journalism Fellows will work with journalists in four countries to give them skills to report on poverty-related issues such as agriculture, rural development, sanitation and microfinance.
Knight Fellowships have led to new projects such as the Global Business Journalism Program in China. Our program has also attracted new financial support from a wide range of funders for projects such as a network for young digital journalists in Syria, an online news service in Azerbaijan, and an association for health journalists in Uganda.
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| In Guatemala, Fellow Maria Martin's trainee is part of a new network of indigenous radio journalists. |
Our Regional Advisory Boards
Knight International’s advisory board members help us identify the most promising countries, projects and Fellows. There are regional advisory boards for Asia and the Pacific, Eastern Europe and Central Asia, Latin America, Middle East and North Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa. Our board members are media leaders with expertise in each region. An At-Large committee made up of experts from around the world provides a global perspective.
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Our Partners
Our Fellows
Knight Fellows are experienced media professionals who are selected to lead projects based on their journalism, management and language skills. Our Fellows come from 17 countries on six continents. Half of the current U.S. Fellows are minorities. More than half are women.
Knight International Awards Winners
Each year, the program recognizes international journalists who demonstrate an extraordinary devotion to the craft by upholding the highest journalistic standards despite overwhelming challenges. The 2009 Knight Award winners, Cao Junwu of China and Chouchou Namegabe of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, were selected for their ability to tell important stories that others have shied away from despite the risks. Cao and Namegabe are among 28 Knight International Journalism Award recipients since 1998. Award winners receive a trip to the United States and a $3,000 cash prize.
Click here for more information about the awards program and ICFJ's Annual Dinner
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Knight international is a program of:
 The International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) administers the Knight International Journalism Fellowships. ICFJ, a non-profit, professional organization, promotes quality journalism worldwide in the belief that independent, vigorous media are crucial in improving the human condition. Over the past 25 years, ICFJ has worked directly with more than 55,000 journalists from 176 countries. Aiming to raise the standards of journalism, ICFJ offers hands-on training workshops, seminars, fellowships and international exchanges to reporters and media managers around the globe.
Knight international is supported by:
 The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation is the Knight International Journalism Fellowships program's main funder. The foundation promotes excellence in journalism worldwide and invests in the vitality of 26 U.S. communities. Knight Foundation is among the nation's largest independent grant-making organizations with newspaper origins. It has provided financial support for the fellowships since their inception in 1993.
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