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SUPPORTING THE TRUTH TELLERS WORLDWIDE 2018 Annual Review DEAR FRIENDS,
For decades, the International Center for Journalists has been committed to strengthening journalism globally, with an eye toward using ICFJ HAS WORKED WITH MORE innovation to provide more engaging, more in-depth coverage. Through our THAN 100,000 JOURNALISTS FROM efforts, journalists are producing hard-hitting reports that have led to major reforms, better laws and healthier citizens. 180 COUNTRIES SINCE 1984. At this crucial time, our efforts to support the truth tellers are more WE RUN AS MANY AS 75 urgent than ever. PROGRAMS A YEAR. Attacks on the media are accelerating. Autocrats are clamping down — and targeting journalists in particular. And misinformation, spread by anti-democratic forces, is rampant. With our donors and partners, ICFJ is fighting back by empowering journalists in our vast network to provide trustworthy, reliable news that the public needs and wants. Join us in our battle to defend and promote a free press, an essential pillar of vibrant, democratic societies.
President, ICFJ 2 Annual Review 2018 3 International Center for Journalists BETTER JOURNALISM, BETTER LIVES.
Parliamentarian in Bulgaria resigned in tax ICFJ empowers journalists evasion scheme to produce high-quality coverage with impact. Doctors and nurses Treasury Department cited Bulgaria Participants have suspended in India’s investigative reports in decision U.S. Rajasthan state for produced stories that to ban Latvian bank negligence in infant bring improvements to deaths society — from better governance to healthier Biggest anti- Mexico India Local officials arrested corruption reforms in for accepting bribes in communities to cleaner Fake malaria history launched in wake exchange for issuing environments. drugs taken off of presidential scandal licenses to palm oil market in Kenya Kenya Ecuador Indonesia companies
Pedophile priest in Guayaquil, Ecuador, fired by Vatican
South Africa Deaths from botched circumcisions dropped by more than 40 percent in South Africa 4 Annual Review 2018 Annual Review 2018 5 International International Center for Center for Journalists Journalists HOLDING THE POWERFUL TO ACCOUNT
ICFJ supports investigative journalism networks that break stories on subjects that know no borders:
EASTERN EUROPE AFRICA LATIN AMERICA The Organized Crime and Through our partner, Code for Journalists in the Connectas Corruption Reporting Project Africa, networks of women network we helped launch (OCCRP) exposed a massive money data journalists have exposed have produced more than 142 laundering scheme involving fake malaria medicines sold at in-depth stories that exposed Azerbaijan. Some of the funds were pharmacies in Nairobi and tainted mismanagement of nearly $16.6 used to pay European politicians drinking water sold on city streets billion in public funds. to speak favorably about the in Lagos. As a result, the medicines country’s human rights record. were pulled from shelves in Kenya Officials across Europe launched and four water plants lost their investigations. licenses in Nigeria.
Digital news pioneers who have exposed corruption and abuse of power in the Philippines and Venezuela won ICFJ’s
ICFJ ICFJ 2018 Knight International Journalism Award. In the face of severe government crackdowns, Maria Ressa of Rappler,
DINNER and Joseph Poliszuk of Armando.info, are fearlessly pursuing AWARDS AWARDS the truth. The award recognizes excellent journalism Maria Ressa & that has made an impact. Joseph Poliszuk 7 SHAPING THE FUTURE OF NEWS
Our flagship program,the ICFJ Knight Fellowships, fosters a global culture of innovation designed to enhance digital storytelling and strengthen business models. Some exciting projects:
MEASURING IMPACT REDESIGNING NEWSROOMS keeping pace with the transformations In Brazil, ICFJ Knight Fellow Pedro In India, ICFJ Knight Fellow Nasr ul Hadi sweeping the industry. ICFJ surveyed Burgos developed the Impacto project, developed a new system for newsrooms 2,700 newsroom managers and journalists which helps newsrooms better track to improve efficiencies in the digital era. from 130 countries in 12 languages. and communicate the impact of their His SPADE model has been embraced reporting. by U.S. news outlets, including New SHARPENING SKILLS Jersey’s SNJ Today. Over the past three years, more than 100 SUPPORTING STARTUPS Latin American media entrepreneurs have ICFJ Knight Fellow Janine Warner and UNCOVERING TRENDS spent time in U.S. newsrooms to learn her team have helped spark a new wave In the first global study of the use of new digital skills. They return home with of news entrepreneurship across Latin technology in newsrooms, ICFJ revealed innovative ways to launch startups or America. She focuses on teaching new a perilous skills gap: Journalists are not digital products. business models to startups, often the only source of independent news. The International Journalists’ Network She also launched Latin America’s first Spanish-language online school (IJNET.org) provides journalists with the
Photo: Code for Africa for Code Photo: for digital media entrepreneurs. latest on global media trends, tools, and training opportunities in seven languages. 8 Annual Review 2018 Annual Review 2018 9 International International Center for Center for Journalists Journalists COMBATING MISINFORMATION
At a time of rampant misinformation, ICFJ is spearheading a variety of projects to promote the spread of reliable, trustworthy news.
Our TRUTHBUZZ Fellows are Fact-checking group PESACHECK ICFJ KNIGHT FELLOW Fabiola helping journalists use innovative exposed false claims spread on Torres Lopez worked with two storytelling techniques to ensure social media during the Kenyan and Colombian news outlets to that fact-checked information Zimbabwean elections, ensuring develop special databases to travels as fast as lies in the world’s that voters got timely and accurate verify that progress is made in the five largest democracies. information in real time. The group country’s peace process. This was is an initiative of ICFJ partner Code particularly valuable information for Africa. during Colombia’s elections when misinformation about the accords was rampant.
• We embrace important digital trends in our programs. • We foster cross-border connections in our huge global network of journalists. WORK 10 • We strive for impact, for journalism that improves lives. HOW WE HOW INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR JOURNALISTS WE ARE CAREFUL OVERALL RATING BOARD OF DIRECTORS STEWARDS OF OUR ON FINANCES, DONORS’ FUNDS * ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICERS DIRECTORS ADVISORY BOARD MICHAEL GOLDEN MARK ALDAM ANNE KORNBLUT FRANK BENNACK AND TRANSPARENCY Director of Strategic Communications, Chairman, ICFJ Executive Vice President and COO, Facebook LAURETTA BRUNO Former Vice Chairman, Hearst The New York Times Company AHMED CHARAI MARK BAILEN ISAAC LEE Founder, Exile Content PAUL COHEN JAMES F. HOGE JR. Partner, Baker Hostetler LLP FRANK COMES Vice Chair, ICFJ JOANNE LEEDOM-ACKERMAN Senior Advisor, Teneo Intelligence ELIZABETH BALLANTINE Novelist and Journalist PETER COPELAND Director, The McClatchy Company THOMAS EWING PAMELA HOWARD MEGAN LIBERMAN Vice Chair, ICFJ DAVID CALLAWAY Senior Vice President, News, SUSAN FRIEDMAN Trustee, Scripps Howard Foundation CEO, TheStreet, Inc. Talk & Entertainment, SiriusXM BOBBY GHOSH MATTHEW WINKLER JOHN DANISZEWSKI SAAD MOHSENI PETER OSNOS Vice Chair, ICFJ Vice President and Editor at Large for Chairman and CEO, Editor-in-Chief Emeritus, Standards at The Associated Press CAROL PASMORE MOBY Media FZ LLC Bloomberg News GARY PRUITT MATTHEW EWING RODMAN MOORHEAD % JOHN MAXWELL HAMILTON ICFJ Founders Family DEE DEE REILLY Former General Partner and Managing Treasurer, ICFJ JAMES ROUSMANIERE CRAIG FORMAN Director, Warburg Pincus & Co. Professor of Journalism and Founding JANE SASSEEN 94.3ICFJ’s four-star track record Dean, Manship School of President and Chief Executive Officer, ROB REHG McClatchy with Charity Navigator places Mass Communication, Chairman of U.S. Public Affairs, SUSAN TALALAY Louisiana State University us among the top 2% of RICHARD GINGRAS Edelman SEYMOUR TOPPING nonprofits evaluated. JASON WRIGHT Vice President, News, Google WENDELL REILLY EDUARDO ULIBARRI %
Development Chair, ICFJ Chairman, Berman Capital Advisors AMY WEBB % Principal, Geer Mountain Holdings LLC CHRISTINE GLANCEY Deputy Editor, Newsroom Standards, MARY ANN STERNBERG MARGARET WINSHIP The Wall Street Journal MARCY MCGINNIS Freelance Writer and Author Nominating Chair, ICFJ Journalist JOHN HARRIS JOHN TOWRISS Editor-in-Chief, Politico Principal, Envoy Strategy Group MARCUS BRAUCHLI ALEX S. JONES Programs 78.83 & Fundraising Development 9.05 & Administrative General 12.12 Strategy Chair, ICFJ KAREN WICKRE Managing Partner, Former Director, Shorenstein Center, Harvard Kennedy School Principal, KVOX Media North Base Media ICFJ also has a platinum-level JOYCE BARNATHAN RIK KIRKLAND *Financial data rating from GuideStar, the President, ICFJ Partner, Global Publishing, covers calendar McKinsey & Company year 2017. highest ranking given. 12 International Center for Journalists ICFJ IS EXTREMELY GRATEFUL TO ITS SUPPORTERS FOR THEIR GENEROSITY. *
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Bill & Melinda Gates Google News Lab USA Today National Endowment for Democracy Foundation Johnson & Johnson BakerHostetler Arthur F. Burns Fellowship Program Inc. John S. and James L. Knight Bloomberg CBS News United Nations Educational, CHAIRMAN’S PRESIDENT’S LEADERS CHAMPIONS Foundation Dow Jones/News Corp Gelman, Rosenberg & Scientific and Cultural Organization CIRCLE CIRCLE Marcus Brauchli and Lauretta Bruno Craig Newmark Philanthropies Freedman Northwestern University Maggie Farley Hearst Rodman and Alice Moorhead The Ewing Family United States-Japan John Harris Politico KVOX Media Medill School of Journalism Michael and Anne Golden David Ford Foundation Alex S. Jones Fox News NPR Pamela Howard John Maxwell Hamilton John D. and Marcy McGinnis Univision TheStreet, Inc. GOVERNMENT AGENCIES The Reilly Family James F. Hoge Jr. and Catherine T. MacArthur Rob and Maureen Rehg Kathleen Lacey Foundation Al Jazeera The Washington Post United States Agency for Anonymous (2) International Development Patrick Steel Raju Narisetti United Nations Foundation Edelman Bank of America United States Department of State Joyce Barnathan and Sasakawa Peace Foundation Facebook Ernst & Young Steven Strasser USA The New York Times Jefferies BENEFACTORS John Towriss Ambrose Monell Foundation Associated Press John Hancock Financial Elizabeth Ballantine Anonymous Dow Jones Foundation CNN S&P Global *For contributions and Paul Leavitt *Our supporters are Gannett Foundation The McClatchy Company made in 2017. Jason Wright listed in each section Donations below McKinsey & Company on this page in order $5,000 are of the value of their acknowledged on NBC News generous grants and our website. Sinclair Broadcast Group gifts to ICFJ.
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