International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) is a non-profit, professional organization located in Washington, D.C., United States, that promotes journalism worldwide.

ICFJ offers training, workshops, seminars, fellowships, and international exchanges to reporters and media managers around the globe.

[1] They believed that the proper role of the news media was to expose, investigate, and articulate issues of concern to average citizens, and wished to propagate these ideals across the globe.

This award is presented to a journalist with a long-time commitment to the highest standards of the profession.

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