🌟The Tribute to Journalists has started! “What a year it has been…Through it all...courageous journalists play an essential role in keeping us informed,” says @CapehartJ, who graciously stepped in as emcee for Wolf Blitzer, who's covering the #midterms. #ICFJawards .@Bellingcat and its director @ChristoGrozev win the ICFJ Innovation in International Reporting Award for their groundbreaking use of open-source data & technology to fight Russian disinformation and unveil war crimes in Ukraine. Join the #ICFJawards now:

This #IWD, we’re highlighting some of the great women journalists in the ICFJ network. Independent journalist @soul_restlesss is based in Kashmir. Much of her work explores issues of gender and how it intersects with health, conflict, social justice & human rights. #BreakTheBias Nabi has written for @guardian, @techreview, @vice, @AJEnglish & more. Her stories are built around strong female characters, but she also writes about her culture and community, which she sees as a way to preserve her heritage. #IWD #BreakTheBias

For #IWD, we’re spotlighting the shocking #onlineviolence campaign against Indian journalist @RanaAyyub, which our research team’s studying with @SheffieldUni computer scientists. Since 2019, we’ve collected & analyzed 8.5million tweets directed @ the @washingtonpost columnist Maligned, condemned, reviled & repeatedly threatened with rape & murder, @ranaayyub is the target of an orchestrated campaign of #onlineviolence with links to India’s ruling party, in which disinformation tactics and hate speech are clearly evident theguardian.com/world/2022/feb… #IWD