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IMPACT REPORT
IT TAKES A
JOURNALIST
LMU DAY OF
GIVING
LETTER FRO M OUR PRESIDENT 3
OUR MISSION
We empower an
unparalleled global Dear Friend, May 2022
network of journalists Free speech, free markets and free elections are under attack
across the world. Authoritarian leaders are becoming bolder.
And the dangers are all too clear — Russia’s unprovoked
to produce news invasion of Ukraine has destroyed lives and threatens to
destabilize our world order.
reports that lead to These trends are daunting. But they are not the full story.
Thanks to supporters like you — who understand the power and
better governments,
importance of journalists as defenders of democracy — we are
fighting back. In this, my first year as ICFJ’s president,
I couldn’t be more inspired by the journalists in our network.
stronger economies,
In nearly every corner of the globe, they are:
xposing corruption with hard-hitting
E
more vibrant societies
investigative journalism,
B
uilding nimble, digital-first news startups
and healthier lives.
that thrive, and
D
eveloping innovative ways to fight dangerous
disinformation and build audience trust.
You will read about some of these journalists, and our efforts
to support them, in the pages that follow. While these are just
a handful of the people we serve, they illustrate what we at
ICFJ know to be true: It takes a journalist. And that is more
clear now than ever.
CONTENTS
Sharon Moshavi
OUR MISSION OUR IMPACT ICFJ TRIBUTE TO JOURNALISTS
President, ICFJ
LETTER FROM OUR PRESIDENT • INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM IJNET
OUR NETWORK • CRITICAL-ISSUES REPORTING OUR FINANCIALS
THE WAR AGAINST UKRAINE • FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY OUR DONORS
• THOUGHT LEADERSHIP OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS
THE WAR AGAINST UKRAINE 5
Thanks to our supporters, ICFJ runs as many as
100 programs a year focused on media innovation,
investigative journalism, financial sustainability, Keeping the Truth Alive
“
critical-issues reporting and more.
ICFJ is helping us
cover the terrible
environmental
ICFJ is working tirelessly to
consequences of support our colleagues from
the war in Ukraine, Ukraine and Russia, as well as
from other countries caught
a topic that most up in the crisis. We are:
media are ignoring.
Providing emergency funds
The environmental to journalists in our network
132,000+
impacts will affect affected by the war
”
our lives, health Helping independent
and economy Russian journalists, now
forced into exile, reach
for generations. audiences in their country
to counter the tide of
—ANASTASIA RUDENKO propaganda
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF,
RUBRYKA.COM, UKRAINE Offering grants to those
who are reporting on
the invasion and finding
JOURNALISTS innovative ways to fight
disinformation
Vastly increasing our
Russian-language
resources on our
International Journalists’
180 COUNTRIES
Network (IJNet)
FROM Giving journalists
worldwide skills to better
cover the cascading impacts
of the crisis, through
trainings on our Pamela
Howard Forum on Global
POWER THE ICFJ NETWORK Crisis Reporting
A journalist photographs the aftermath of a battle in April 2022 in the Kyiv region.
As brave journalists from Ukraine put their lives on the line to cover
Vladimir Putin’s brutal invasion of their country, valiant Russian journalists
are fighting a different war — against propaganda and disinformation.
6 I N VESTIGATIVE JOU R N A LI SM INVESTIGAT IVE JOURNALISM 7
Uncovering
Corruption ICFJ establishes
“
and strengthens
investigative
ICFJ helped me Ana Victoria Félix and her colleagues at El Norte were reporting networks
determined to dig up the truth about a suspicious,
hold individuals publicly-funded program for young Mexicans who were
working across
accountable for out of work. The team made 40-plus public information borders to hold
stealing funds that requests, conducted more than 140 interviews and even the powerful to
went undercover as potential beneficiaries. They reported
were supposed to account, revealing
”
that a former municipal employee and an aspiring politician
support unemployed pocketed government payments designed to support corruption, crime
workforce training for young people. It prompted a federal and human
young people. investigation, criminal lawsuit, and responses from the rights abuses.
highest levels of government — including the president.
—ANA VICTORIA FÉLIX,
REPORTER, EL NORTE The scale and impact of the investigation wouldn’t have
been possible without help from the ICFJ-backed Mexico
Border Investigative Reporting Hub, which provided the
team with mentorship, training and support, Félix said.
Photo credit: Luis Alberto López (via Facebook)
An ongoing investigation supported by the Mexico Border Investigative Reporting
Hub revealed how millions of Mexican taxpayer dollars were laundered via a small
south Texas bank and used to purchase real estate, cars, airplanes and other assets
at the border. Reporter Jason Buch is following the money in the U.S. for the Texas
Observer, while journalists Jorge Espejel and Gerardo Pineda have documented
the corruption networks of former political figures in Mexico.
Pictured: Jason Buch Pictured: Jorge Espejel (left) and Gerardo Pineda
8 C RITICAL-ISSUES R E P ORTI N G CRITICAL- ISSUES REPORTING 9
Developing Skills
& Expertise The Pamela
“
Howard Forum
on Global Crisis
I had never thought of Denise Kavira Kyalwahi noticed the media silence around Reporting equips
creating an environmental
environmental issues, and set out to start a news outlet to journalists with
fill this gap. Motivated by training she received through ICFJ,
the tools and
media outlet before joining she co-founded Naturel CD — a Congolese news organization
empowering women journalists to educate their community expertise to
the Forum. ICFJ gave me on environmental protection. cover critical
the courage to launch an In the past year, her team reported on illegal fishing at Lake global issues of
online news site to improve Edward, soil erosion in the city of Béni and threats facing local importance,
coverage of climate change the endangered okapi population of DRC. While the idea
from climate
for Naturel CD started with one webinar, Denise credits the
”
and help journalists inform advice and training she got through participating in ICFJ’s change to deadly
their communities about Pamela Howard Forum on Global Crisis Reporting with disinformation
the environment. equipping her to launch her new venture.
to rising
authoritarianism.
—DENISE KAVIRA KYALWAHI,
FOUNDER, NATUREL CD
Pamela Howard Forum on Global Crisis Reporting
13,000+
JOURNALISTS
134
COUNTRIES
260+
TRAININGS AND WEBINARS
5
LANGUAGES
Arabic, English, French,
Portuguese, Spanish
10 FI NANCIAL SUSTA I N A BI LI TY FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY 11
When Luiz Fernando Toledo traveled to the U.S. on
ICFJ’s Emerging Media Leaders program, Brazil had a new
freedom of information law that few journalists were using.
Fostering
Inspired by the fellowship — including a month at ProPublica
— Toledo launched a pioneering data agency that has helped
journalists write 2,000-plus stories based on records that
would otherwise have remained hidden.
Next-Generation Toledo credits the program with not only giving him the
idea for the agency — which he and his co-founders named
Fiquem Sabendo (“Get in the Know”) — but also with the skills
Media Leaders to become a successful entrepreneur with multiple revenue
sources. Among the team’s revelations:
Since 2015
Emerging Media
Leaders has helped
“
E
mails showing how President Jair Bolsonaro’s
administration spent public funds to import over 200 news
chloroquine, a discredited treatment for COVID-19 professionals from
ICFJ gave me the opportunity he names of companies and people that authorities
T Latin America
to start an innovative project caught using slave labor but had not disclosed pursue digital
that has helped many Brazilian projects in the
journalists use the power of open public interest. It is
just one of several
”
records laws to report stories
that might never have been ICFJ initiatives
brought to light. advancing media
sustainability, so
—LUIZ FERNANDO TOLEDO, CO-FOUNDER,
that vital news
FIQUEM SABENDO continues to flow
to the people
who need it.
Fiquem Sabendo team members (pictured at a 2019 conference) publish government records in their
popular “Don’t LAI to Me” newsletter. The name references Brazil’s open records law.
Emerging Media Leaders of Latin America*
66% OF PROJECTS
FROM THE PROGRAM
STILL ACTIVE
80% REGULARLY USE
SKILLS DEVELOPED
IN THE PROGRAM
Since 2014, more than 960 publishers and media entrepreneurs in nearly every
region of the world have participated in various ICFJ initiatives to help them
develop sustainable newsrooms and launch viable news products.
*Based on survey of fellows from 2015-2021 cohorts
12 T HO UGHT L EADE R SH I P THO U GHT LEADERSHIP 13
Fighting Award-winning journalist Rana Ayyub of India has been
subjected to tens of thousands of abusive social media
Online Violence
messages, including threats of murder and sexual violence.
Ayyub, now a columnist for The Washington Post, is also
facing multiple spurious legal attacks from Indian authorities
— “lawfare” that is partly enabled by the online violence and
Against Women
which also fuels the vitriol.
ICFJ is combating online violence designed to silence ICFJ partners
women journalists like Ayyub by:
Journalists
with prestigious
Documenting the scope and intensity of attacks academic
institutions on
“
R
ecommending more effective responses to the crisis
Developing an innovative early warning system
cutting-edge
research —
ICFJ research provides proof to informed by our
the world about the attacks and vast global network
of journalists —
disinformation campaigns against
that is setting the
me. It lends credibility to my voice, agenda for the
and it lets me know that somebody future of news
out there’s got my back. I don’t feel media. See our
all alone. As we live in a time of studies on online
”
dictatorial regimes where journalists violence, the
are the new enemy of the state, we impact of COVID-19
need organizations like ICFJ. on our field, media
sustainability
—RANA AYYUB, JOURNALIST
and more.
Ayyub (center) has extensively covered COVID-19’s devastating impact on communities in India.
Online Violence Against Women Journalists*
73% 25% 20%
OF WOMEN JOURNALISTS RECEIVED THREATS SAID THEY HAD
SURVEYED HAVE OF PHYSICAL BEEN ATTACKED OR
EXPERIENCED VIOLENCE, ABUSED OFFLINE IN
ONLINE VIOLENCE SUCH AS DEATH CONNECTION WITH
THREATS ONLINE VIOLENCE THEY
HAD EXPERIENCED
*Findings based on 714 responses to ICFJ-UNESCO survey from women journalists across 113 countries.
14 I CFJ TRIB UTE TO J OU R N A LI STS INTERNATIO NAL JO U RNA LISTS’ NETWORK 15
Honoring Journalists
Each year, ICFJ recognizes outstanding journalists
whose work has had tremendous impact. In 2021, we held
an inspiring virtual event with CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer
(at left) serving as master of ceremonies. Hundreds of media
luminaries, corporate and foundation leaders, journalists
and friends of ICFJ came together from around the world
to showcase the importance of quality journalism. We
recognized the journalists below.
Offering expert advice, tools and opportunities for journalists
8 LANGUAGES 1,767 140-180k
Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Persian,
Portuguese, Russian, Spanish RESOURCES AVERAGE MONTHLY
VISITORS
Bill Whitaker, Anne Applebaum, Pavla Holcová, Natália Leal,
Correspondent, Staff Writer, The Atlantic Founder, Czech Center CEO, Agência Lupa,
CBS News for Investigative Brazil
ICFJ Excellence in
ICFJ Founders’ Award
for Excellence in
International
Reporting Award
Journalism,
Czech Republic
ICFJ Knight International
Journalism Award
“So important for journalists and students”
Journalism ICFJ Knight International
Journalism Award
“Has everything available in one place”
“ When I see so many journalists who can’t be “Really helpful for a freelancer”
bullied, won’t bow, and fearlessly keep delivering
”
the truth to the public, I am resolutely hopeful. “Best way to stay up to date on fellowships, jobs,
It’s an honor to share a profession with the grants and courses on journalism”
corps of the International Center for Journalists.
—BILL WHITAKER
“Helped my journalism career greatly”
Responses to 2021 IJNet reader survey
16 FI NANCIAL S DONORS 17
We are grateful to our supporters
We are careful for their generosity.
stewards of our CHAIRMAN’S CIRCLE FOUNDATIONS ORGANIZATIONS
donors’ funds.
Ahmed Charai John S. and James L. Knight World Health Organization
Rodman and Alice Moorhead Foundation United Nations Educational,
Luminate Scientific and Cultural
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Organization
PRESIDENT’S CIRCLE
National Endowment for Arthur F. Burns Fellowship
The Ewing Family
Democracy Program Inc.
Pamela Howard
Arnold Ventures Freedom House
The Reilly Family
Ford Foundation Montclair State University
Bloomberg Philanthropies Stanford University
Total Revenue for 2020: $17.65 MILLION BENEFACTORS
David Elliot Cohen
Fundación Violeta Barrios Esther M. Ando Memorial Fund
de Chamorro
and Laureen Seeger Scripps Howard Foundation
GOVERNMENT AGENCIES
Michael and Anne Golden The Ambrose Monell Foundation
U.S. Department of State
The Brooks and Joan Fortune
U.S. Agency for International
Family Foundation Inc.
LEADERS Development
82.43%
Samuel I. Newhouse
PROGRAMS Joyce Barnathan
Foundation Inc. *Our supporters are listed in each
and Steven Strasser
Gannett Foundation section on this page in order of the
Lauretta J. Bruno value of their generous grants and
David Callaway gifts to ICFJ.
CORPORATIONS
Expense
Alex S. Jones
Breakdown*
5.78% DEVELOPMENT +
FUNDRAISING
Marci and Mike McCue
John Towriss,
Envoy Strategy Group
Meta Journalism Project
Google News Initiative
Dow Jones/News Corp
Jason H. Wright Microsoft
Anonymous (2) CNN
11.79%
GENERAL +
ADMINISTRATION
CHAMPIONS
Associated Press
Bank of America
Discovery
Elizabeth Ballantine
McKinsey & Company
and Paul Leavitt
*Financial data covers calendar year 2020 National Geographic
Vint Cerf
The New York Times Company
Richard Gingras
TRACE International
Catherine and
POLITICO
Warren Guthrie
The Washington Post
James F. Hoge Jr.
Univision
and Kathleen Lacey
BakerHostetler LLP
Lynn Elaine Jepsen
Ernst & Young
Marcy McGinnis
GRF CPAs & Advisors
Rob and Maureen Rehg
Jefferies LLC
Charles W. Sugnet
CBS News
Matthew and Lisa Winkler
97.78% Platinum Fareed Zakaria
Fox
Anonymous
*This list reflects contributions
ICFJ’s four-star track record with Charity ICFJ also has a platinum-level rating from made in 2020. Donations below
Navigator places us among the top 2 percent GuideStar, the highest ranking given. $5,000 are acknowledged
of nonprofits evaluated. on our website.
18 I CFJ BOARD
OFFICERS DIRECTORS
ICFJ BOARD OF DIRECTORS
MICHAEL GOLDEN MARK BAILEN BRENT JONES
Chairman, ICFJ First Amendment Attorney Editor of Culture, Training and Outreach,
Former Vice Chairman, The Wall Street Journal
The New York Times Company CARRIE BUDOFF BROWN
Senior Vice President, Meet the Press, RIK KIRKLAND
JAMES F. HOGE JR. NBC News Senior Advisor, McKinsey & Company
Vice Chair, ICFJ
Senior Advisor, Teneo Intelligence LAURETTA J. BRUNO ANNE KORNBLUT
President, Gramercy Partners LLC Vice President, Global Head of Curation,
PAMELA HOWARD Meta
Vice Chair, ICFJ DAVID CALLAWAY
Trustee, Scripps Howard Foundation Founder, Editor, Callaway Climate Insights ISAAC LEE
Founder and Executive Chairman,
MATTHEW WINKLER AHMED CHARAI Exile Content Studio
Vice Chair, ICFJ Chairman and CEO, Global Media Holding
Editor-in-Chief Emeritus, JOANNE LEEDOM-ACKERMAN
Bloomberg News DAVID ELLIOT COHEN Novelist and Journalist
Author and Publisher
JOHN MAXWELL HAMILTON MARCI MCCUE
Treasurer, ICFJ JOHN DANISZEWSKI Founding Team Member and Head of
Professor of Journalism and Vice President and Editor at Large for Marketing, Flipboard
Founding Dean, Manship School Standards, Associated Press
of Mass Communication, Louisiana RODMAN MOORHEAD
State University RICHARD GINGRAS Former General Partner and Managing
Vice President, News, Google Director, Warburg Pincus & Co.
JASON H. WRIGHT
Development Chair, ICFJ MICHAEL GREENSPON ROB REHG
Principal, Geer Mountain Global Head, Licensing and Print Chair, U.S. Client Services, Edelman
Holdings LLC Innovation, The New York Times Company
SOPHIE SCHMIDT
MARCY MCGINNIS JOHN HEILEMANN Founder, Rest of World
Nominating Chair, ICFJ Co-host, creator, and executive producer
Former Senior Vice President, of Showtime’s The Circus; National Affairs MARY ANN STERNBERG
CBS News Analyst, MSNBC and NBC News; Nonfiction Author
Co-founder and Executive Editor,
WENDELL REILLY The Recount Media JOHN TOWRISS
Chair, Audit Committee, ICFJ Principal, Envoy Strategy Group
Chairman, Berman Capital Advisors ALEX S. JONES
Journalist, former director of the
Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics
and Public Policy at Harvard’s John F.
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