IT TAKES A JOURNALIST ® 2019 ANNUAL REVIEW IT TAKES A OUR MISSION LETTER FROM OUR PRESIDENT JOURNALIST ® ICFJ empowers a global network of Dear Friend, 2 OUR MISSION journalists to produce news coverage Across the globe, our unparalleled network of journalists produces news stories 3 LETTER FROM OUR PRESIDENT that have tremendous impact. With our training and support, these journalists:
4 BLAZING THE TRAIL that leads to better governments, Hold the powerful to account even in the darkest corners of the world 6 OUR NETWORK stronger economies, vibrant societies where autocratic forces threaten their safety. 8 OUR IMPACT and healthier lives. Combat disinformation as fake news spreads across every platform — 12 AWARDS DINNER from local radio in the smallest village to the social media giants. 15 FINANCIALS
16 OUR DONORS Give voice to the forgotten, such as poor children denied an ICFJ HAS WORKED WITH education or women deformed in vicious acid attacks. 19 BOARD OF DIRECTORS 140,000+ JOURNALISTS On our 35th anniversary, we are committed to expanding our vast network of journalists, who are pursuing the truth despite the risks. FROM 180 COUNTRIES Join our efforts to support the truth tellers in these perilous times. To ensure free and vibrant societies, it takes a journalist.
OVER 35 YEARS Joyce Barnathan, President, ICFJ
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ICFJ gave me Astudestra THE HEALTH REPORTER Bedour THE SECURITY EXPERT ICFJ Knight my first formal Ajengrastri Al-Mutairi Fellows are Authorities in India’s Rajasthan state Sierra launched the Border Center for empowering training in INDONESIA suspended three doctors and four nurses — KUWAIT Journalists and Bloggers, an ICFJ-backed journalism – and took disciplinary action against seven other organization that helps investigative journalists what questions staff members — after Bhatt broke the story in journalists to stay safe as they produce high- to deliver the Daily News and Analysis that 86 infants had quality reports from along the dangerous to ask, how to died in a hospital in just two months. U.S.-Mexican border. trustworthy frame them, news essential His piece is one of nearly 700 published since An expert on media security, Sierra previously and how to write March 2017 by health journalists from around served as an ICFJ Knight Fellow, equipping for vibrant, investigative the world in ICFJ’s Early Childhood Development journalists from 130 news outlets to tackle democratic pieces that would Reporting Fellowship. security risks. societies. start difficult conversations. THE FACT CHECKER THE DIGITAL PIONEER
ICFJ TruthBuzz Fellow Ajengrastri has helped Al-Mutairi founded a pioneering news site called Indonesian media do their first live fact-checking Berwaz Online News, which she grew from a Twitter of a presidential debate — pushing politicians to account. She applied lessons learned from the IJNet be more truthful. One candidate admitted he Arabic Mentoring Center for Media Startups in the was less likely to make false claims because he Middle East and North Africa (MENA). The site is a knew Ajengrastri’s team would debunk them. rarity in the MENA region, owned and operated by women journalists. It emphasizes citizen voices in SHARMEEN Amit Jorge Luis ALBERTO She is part of the TruthBuzz network its investigative reports on topics that range from OBAID-CHINOY Bhatt Sierra IBARGÜEN working to ensure that truthful information culture to politics to economics. Correspondents Journalist, Oscar-winning prevails on social media in five of the INDIA across the MENA region also produce multimedia THE President and CEO, filmmaker and ICFJ world’s largest democracies. content for its growing audience. AMERICAS John S. and James L. Knight Award winner, Knight Foundation Pakistan OUR IMPACT
It’s incredible to Suhelis THE SCIENCE Hannah THE MUCKRAKER In a defining be recognized Tejero JOURNALIST Ojo Radu led a team of journalists to expose how way, ICFJ has by ICFJ, Murumba worked with laboratories in Kenya Azerbaijani leaders used a $2.9 billion slush contributed to DOMINICAN NIGERIA fund to buy luxury goods, launder money and especially at a REPUBLIC to test for counterfeit medicines and exposed our team’s work problems with an anti-malarial drug sold in local pay off European politicians in a bid to whitewash time when the pharmacies. After her “Chokers” series ran in their international image as they arrested on important work they’re the Nairobi-based Business Daily, Kenya’s health activists and journalists. Radu co-founded the journalism Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting doing is more minister ordered a batch of the drug withdrawn from investigations pharmacy shelves. The government also launched Project (OCCRP), an ICFJ partner. After his team necessary now a crackdown that resulted in the closing of 83 illegal revealed that members of the Council of Europe’s in Mexico. than ever. pharmacies. Murumba’s series was funded through Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) had received the impactAFRICA, a program of reporting grants supported money, PACE’s chairman resigned. PACE launched by ICFJ and led by our partner Code for Africa. investigations into other allegations of corruption.
THE INVESTIGATIVE THE DATA JOURNALIST REPORTER Authorities in Lagos, Nigeria, revoked the licenses Working for the Dominican paper Diario Libre, Tejero of four water-bottling companies after Ojo’s revealed widespread corruption by Venezuelan data-driven series in the Lagos-based Nation President Nicolás Maduro’s regime, which traded newspaper showed that packets of drinking water oil for influence across Latin America and the sold on city streets were contaminated. She is Caribbean. A member of Connectas, the Latin part of the WanaData (children of data) network American investigative reporting network backed Stellar created by ICFJ Knight Fellows to improve Paul NIMA by ICFJ, Tejero and other reporters analyzed the use of data and digital tools by female CARMEN ELBAGIR more than 1,200 documents to uncover the Murumba journalists in Africa. The network now boasts Radu ARISTEGUI Petrofraude scandal. 130 members in five African countries. Senior International KENYA FORMER Founder, Aristegui Correspondent, CNN, SOVIET BLOC Noticias, and ICFJ and ICFJ Award winner Knight Award winner, Mexico AWARDS DINNER
Honoring journalists Martin It takes a Baron journalist to who change the world Executive Editor, The Washington fight corruption Post and human Each year, ICFJ recognizes outstanding journalists for rights abuses, excellent coverage that has made an impact. The annual Elizabeth and to help event, which attracts nearly 600 media luminaries Palmer and supporters, is Washington, D.C.’s top international Senior Foreign people live journalism event. Correspondent, healthier and CBS News In 2019, we honor Washington Post Executive Editor more prosperous ICFJ Founders Award for Excellence in International as one of the best newsroom leaders Martin Baron Excellence in Journalism Reporting Award lives. And it of all time. CBS News senior foreign correspondent Elizabeth Palmer is singled out for her courageous takes ICFJ to reports from global hotspots. Stevan support those Dojcinovic journalists. Our 2019 Knight International Journalism Award winners Co-Founder and are Serbian investigative reporter Stevan Dojčinović, Editor in Chief, who exposes corruption at the highest levels, and KRIK, Serbia Kenyan broadcast reporter Rose Wangui, who tackles tough and taboo subjects that others shy away from. CNN lead political anchor Wolf Blitzer serves as master Rose of ceremonies. Wangui WOLF Reporter, BLITZER NTV, Kenya Knight International Knight International Lead Political Anchor, Journalism Award Journalism Award CNN
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I am so thankful We are extremely LEADERS FOUNDATIONS CORPORATIONS to ICFJ for its Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Facebook Journalism Project Associated Press American Fuel & Petrochemical unwavering grateful to our Elizabeth Ballantine and Paul Leavitt Joyce Barnathan and Steven Strasser John S. and James L. Knight Foundation The Civil Media Company Al Jazeera Manufacturers support. It has supporters for their Lauretta Bruno Craig Newmark Philanthropies Google News Initiative Anonymous 21st Century Fox come at a crucial * James F. Hoge Jr. and Kathleen Lacey Bloomberg Philanthropies Johnson & Johnson Airtable BakerHostetler time, when my generosity. Alex S. Jones United Nations Foundation Dow Jones/News Corp CBS News Gelman, Rosenberg & Freedman organization Rob and Maureen Rehg Fundación Violeta B. de Chamorro Hearst CNN Storyful Scripps Howard Foundation Fusion Media Group Fox News The Street, Inc. and Philippine John Towriss, Envoy Strategy Group CHAIRMAN’S CIRCLE The Brooks and Joan Fortune Family Microsoft News Mannheim LLC The Washington Post democracy are CHAMPIONS Foundation, Inc. The New York Times Anonymous UBS struggling to Ahmed Charai The Ambrose Monell Foundation Global Media Holdings NBC News Cision Rodman and Alice Moorhead survive. Marcus Brauchli and Maggie Farley Samuel I. Newhouse Foundation, Inc. Edelman The McClatchy Company Ernst & Young Ben Deutsch Gannett Foundation Univision Politico Ketchum PRESIDENT’S CIRCLE Alice Franklin
Richard Gingras GOVERNMENT AGENCIES ORGANIZATIONS The Ewing Family Catherine and Warren Guthrie The Reilly Family Marcy McGinnis United States Agency for International National Endowment for Democracy Anonymous Kuratorium für Journalistenausbildung Kara Swisher Development World Health Organization Radio Free Asia Susan Talalay and Alberto Mora United States Department of State Arthur F. Burns Fellowship Program Inc. BENEFACTORS Freedom House MARIA News Integrity Initiative, Craig Newmark The Doha Debates Graduate School of Journalism RESSA Michael and Anne Golden Pamela Howard Founder, Rappler, and *For contributions made in 2018. Donations below ICFJ Knight Award Anonymous $5,000 are acknowledged on our website. *Our supporters are listed in each section on this page in order of the value of their generous grants and gifts to ICFJ. winner, Philippines ICFJ 2019 ANNUAL REVIEW 17 BOARD OF DIRECTORS
OFFICERS DIRECTORS ADVISORY BOARD ICFJ gave me my first chance to MICHAEL GOLDEN MARK BAILEN ISAAC LEE FRANK BENNACK Partner, BakerHostetler Chairman, ICFJ Founder, Exile Content LAURETTA BRUNO do an in-depth Former Vice Chairman, The New York Times Company CARRIE BUDOFF BROWN JOANNE PAUL COHEN report overseas. Editor, Politico LEEDOM-ACKERMAN FRANK COMES JAMES F. HOGE JR. Novelist and Journalist The coverage got Vice Chair, ICFJ DAVID CALLAWAY PETER COPELAND Senior Advisor, Teneo Intelligence Former Editor-in-Chief, USA Today MARCI MCCUE THOMAS EWING me hired by the Founding Team Member and CRAIG FORMAN PAMELA HOWARD AHMED CHARAI Head of Marketing, Flipboard Associated Press, Vice Chair, ICFJ Chairman and CEO, SUSAN FRIEDMAN Trustee, Scripps Howard Foundation Global Media Holding RODMAN MOORHEAD BOBBY GHOSH and I eventually Former General Partner and MATTHEW WINKLER JOHN DANISZEWSKI Managing Director, PETER OSNOS became a Vice Chair, ICFJ Vice President and Editor at Large Warburg Pincus & Co. CAROL PASMORE Editor-in-Chief Emeritus, for Standards, Associated Press correspondent Bloomberg News MARY ANN STERNBERG GARY PRUITT RICHARD GINGRAS Freelance Writer and Author DEE DEE REILLY in West Africa, JOHN MAXWELL HAMILTON Vice President, News, Google Treasurer, ICFJ JOHN TOWRISS JAMES ROUSMANIERE where I began Professor of Journalism and CHRISTINE GLANCEY Principal, Envoy Strategy Group JANE SASSEEN Founding Dean, Manship Deputy Editor, Newsroom Standards, SUSAN TALALAY covering School of Mass Communication, The Wall Street Journal Louisiana State University SEYMOUR TOPPING terrorism. ANNE KORNBLUT EDUARDO ULIBARRI JASON WRIGHT Director of New Initiatives, Development Chair, ICFJ News Partnerships, Facebook AMY WEBB Principal, Geer Mountain Holdings LLC MARGARET WINSHIP MARCY MCGINNIS Nominating Chair, ICFJ Journalist RUKMINI WENDELL REILLY CALLIMACHI Chair, Audit Committee, ICFJ Chairman, Berman Capital Advisors Reporter, JOYCE BARNATHAN The New York Times President, ICFJ INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR JOURNALISTS
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