The International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) is seeking nominees for this year’s Knight International Journalism Award. The award reflects the mission of ICFJ’s Knight Fellowships, which create and spread news innovation to better engage communities and improve lives.
The programme, which brings global visibility for the winners, will take nominations from reporters, editors, technologists, media managers or citizen journalists who meet the awards criteria and are able to send their nominations by Sunday, Feb. 21, 2021.
Specifically, ICFJ wants nominees whose pioneering coverage or media innovations have made an impact on the lives of people in their countries or regions.
This year’s ICFJ Knight Award which comes in the wake of rampant attacks on journalists is supported by John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.
Last year’s ICFJ Knight Award winners were Lina Attalah and Roman Anin.
Attalah is the fearless editor of an online news site that is keeping independent journalism alive in Egypt in the midst of a harsh crackdown on free expression. Anin, who received a special ICFJ Knight Trailblazer Award, is an investigative reporter whose online publication tackles the dangerous job of revealing corruption in Vladimir Putin’s Russia. He also is a past winner of our ICFJ Knight International Journalism Award.
The winners will be honoured Nov. 9 at ICFJ’s 2021 Tribute to Journalists.