Journalists at the Peruvian newsroom automated some of their work to build tools so readers could compare dozens of candidates’ backgrounds and proposals. AI handled the repetitive tasks, but journalists provided the judgment.
Brazil’s celebrity gossip accounts, with larger audiences than legacy news outlets, are being used to promote favorable narratives about public figures outside traditional journalistic scrutiny.
Researchers painted a complex, and often troubling, picture of Latin American journalism during a webinar hosted by the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas on Jan. 22, 2026.
As artificial transforms newsrooms, a new study reveals how emerging regulations on the topic could affect journalism and those who practice it.
The impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on journalism is no longer in doubt, and, on the contrary, more and more newsrooms and media organizations are adopting initiatives to utilize and manage it. From using the technology for time-saving, repetitive tasks to developing mechanisms to identify AI-generated misinformation, journalism is striving to keep pace with these advancements.
The regulation of AI, however, is still a new area, and one that journalists and media outlets do not necessarily pay attention to, despite the potential impact it could have on their work.
Precisely with the aim of analyzing the possible implications of AI legislation on journalism and the news sector in general, the Center for News, Technology and Innovation (CNTI) recently published the study “Journalism’s New Frontier: An Analysis of Global AI Policy Proposals and Their Impacts on Journalism.”
CNTI reviewed 188 national and regional AI strategies, laws and policies from around the world to analyze how regulation addressed seven components that, in its view, would impact journalism. Topics such as freedom of expression, manipulated or synthetic content, algorithmic discrimination and bias, intellectual property and copyright, transparency and accountability, data protection and privacy, and public information and awareness were the focus of the study. In addition, they also identified which of these laws or proposed laws specifically mentioned “journalism.”
For Latin America and the Caribbean – one of the seven regions analyzed – they found 80 strategies, policies or laws, of which five specifically mentioned journalism or journalists. This made it the region that mentions the profession the most, CNTI said.
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✍️: Silvia Higuera
🎨: ChatGPT/Icons: CNTI/MG Strategy + Design
The impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on journalism is no longer in doubt, and, on the contrary, more and more newsrooms and media organizations are adopting initiatives to utilize and manage it. From using the technology for time-saving, repetitive tasks to developing mechanisms to identify AI-generated misinformation, journalism is striving to keep pace with these advancements.
The regulation of AI, however, is still a new area, and one that journalists and media outlets do not necessarily pay attention to, despite the potential impact it could have on their work.
Precisely with the aim of analyzing the possible implications of AI legislation on journalism and the news sector in general, the Center for News, Technology and Innovation (CNTI) recently published the study “Journalism’s New Frontier: An Analysis of Global AI Policy Proposals and Their Impacts on Journalism.”
CNTI reviewed 188 national and regional AI strategies, laws and policies from around the world to analyze how regulation addressed seven components that, in its view, would impact journalism. Topics such as freedom of expression, manipulated or synthetic content, algorithmic discrimination and bias, intellectual property and copyright, transparency and accountability, data protection and privacy, and public information and awareness were the focus of the study. In addition, they also identified which of these laws or proposed laws specifically mentioned “journalism.”
For Latin America and the Caribbean – one of the seven regions analyzed – they found 80 strategies, policies or laws, of which five specifically mentioned journalism or journalists. This made it the region that mentions the profession the most, CNTI said.
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✍️: Silvia Higuera
🎨: ChatGPT/Icons: CNTI/MG Strategy + Design
La periodista mexicana Reyna Haydee Ramírez ha confrontado directamente a dos presidentes de México en sus conferencias matutinas, cuestionando corrupción, censura y abusos de poder. Eso le ha costado ataques, estigmatización y violencia digital.
“Con alguna señal, con alguna palabra sabíamos que estaba diciendo ‘Pueblo, atáquenla, porque esto que está diciendo no me gusta’”, dijo la reportera sobre el expresidente López Obrador.
En la sección 5 Preguntas, Reyna Haydee habla sobre el precio de incomodar al poder, la inseguridad para la prensa en México y los retos del periodismo independiente actualmente.
✍️: César López Linares
📸: YouTube de la Presidencia de México
La periodista mexicana Reyna Haydee Ramírez ha confrontado directamente a dos presidentes de México en sus conferencias matutinas, cuestionando corrupción, censura y abusos de poder. Eso le ha costado ataques, estigmatización y violencia digital.
“Con alguna señal, con alguna palabra sabíamos que estaba diciendo ‘Pueblo, atáquenla, porque esto que está diciendo no me gusta’”, dijo la reportera sobre el expresidente López Obrador.
En la sección 5 Preguntas, Reyna Haydee habla sobre el precio de incomodar al poder, la inseguridad para la prensa en México y los retos del periodismo independiente actualmente.
✍️: César López Linares
📸: YouTube de la Presidencia de México
Organizações de jornalismo e radialismo em todo o Brasil estão rejeitando uma nova e polêmica lei que amplia a definição do governo sobre trabalhadores de mídia e que pode precarizar as condições de trabalho de jornalistas profissionais com registro federal.
Apelidada de “lei do influenciador”, a medida cria uma nova categoria de trabalhadores, o “Profissional Multimídia”, responsável pela produção e distribuição de conteúdo online. O presidente Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva sancionou a Lei 15.325/2026 no início de janeiro.
O reconhecimento legal de um novo profissional multimídia deve beneficiar grandes empresas de comunicação, pois pode permitir a contratação de trabalhadores com salários mais baixos e menos proteções do que as garantidas aos jornalistas profissionais diplomados, segundo Samira de Castro, presidente da Federação Nacional dos Jornalistas (Fenaj).
Isso ocorre porque, devido à natureza abrangente desta nova lei, cria-se uma nova profissão genérica que ainda não possui regulamentação ou direitos atrelados. Embora estabeleça um marco legal, sua essência “tudo incluso”, na prática, desorganiza as relações de trabalho e as negociações coletivas.
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✍️: Leonardo Coelho
🎨: ChatGPT
Organizações de jornalismo e radialismo em todo o Brasil estão rejeitando uma nova e polêmica lei que amplia a definição do governo sobre trabalhadores de mídia e que pode precarizar as condições de trabalho de jornalistas profissionais com registro federal.
Apelidada de “lei do influenciador”, a medida cria uma nova categoria de trabalhadores, o “Profissional Multimídia”, responsável pela produção e distribuição de conteúdo online. O presidente Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva sancionou a Lei 15.325/2026 no início de janeiro.
O reconhecimento legal de um novo profissional multimídia deve beneficiar grandes empresas de comunicação, pois pode permitir a contratação de trabalhadores com salários mais baixos e menos proteções do que as garantidas aos jornalistas profissionais diplomados, segundo Samira de Castro, presidente da Federação Nacional dos Jornalistas (Fenaj).
Isso ocorre porque, devido à natureza abrangente desta nova lei, cria-se uma nova profissão genérica que ainda não possui regulamentação ou direitos atrelados. Embora estabeleça um marco legal, sua essência “tudo incluso”, na prática, desorganiza as relações de trabalho e as negociações coletivas.
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✍️: Leonardo Coelho
🎨: ChatGPT
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Un grupo de medios digitales en México están uniendo fuerzas contra la narrativa estigmatizante y la inseguridad que vive la prensa en ese país, así como en favor de la sostenibilidad del periodismo local.
Territorial es el nombre de la alianza formada por 17 medios independientes ubicados en 12 estados del país. A lo largo de este año, el grupo planea poner en marcha una serie de iniciativas para crear conciencia entre las audiencias sobre la importancia del periodismo local en México, un país cuyo actual régimen gobernante ha implementado una política de descalificación, ataques e intimidación a la prensa.
“Este régimen en particular considera a los medios como sus enemigos. [El expresidente] López Obrador, más que [la actual presidenta Claudia] Sheinbaum, siempre solía generalizar. Eso finalmente va mermando en la percepción de la gente y va creando una narrativa [estigmatizante]”, dijo a LatAm Journalism Review (LJR) la periodista Mely Arellano, vicepresidenta del Consejo de Territorial. “Lo que queremos hacer es reconectar con nuestras comunidades y recordarles que el trabajo que hacemos es básicamente en favor de ellos, que tengan la información que necesitan para tomar decisiones”.
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✍️: César López Linares
Un grupo de medios digitales en México están uniendo fuerzas contra la narrativa estigmatizante y la inseguridad que vive la prensa en ese país, así como en favor de la sostenibilidad del periodismo local.
Territorial es el nombre de la alianza formada por 17 medios independientes ubicados en 12 estados del país. A lo largo de este año, el grupo planea poner en marcha una serie de iniciativas para crear conciencia entre las audiencias sobre la importancia del periodismo local en México, un país cuyo actual régimen gobernante ha implementado una política de descalificación, ataques e intimidación a la prensa.
“Este régimen en particular considera a los medios como sus enemigos. [El expresidente] López Obrador, más que [la actual presidenta Claudia] Sheinbaum, siempre solía generalizar. Eso finalmente va mermando en la percepción de la gente y va creando una narrativa [estigmatizante]”, dijo a LatAm Journalism Review (LJR) la periodista Mely Arellano, vicepresidenta del Consejo de Territorial. “Lo que queremos hacer es reconectar con nuestras comunidades y recordarles que el trabajo que hacemos es básicamente en favor de ellos, que tengan la información que necesitan para tomar decisiones”.
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✍️: César López Linares
The recent release of 19 Venezuelan journalists – some of whom had been detained for more than two years – was a bitter sweet moment for the country’s press.
Despite no longer being in prison, those freed are living with precautionary measures, face legal cases and have health problems, according to the National Union of Press Workers (SNTP, for its initials in Spanish).
They are under a gag order, must report to authorities every 30 days and cannot leave the country, as reported by Agência Pública.
What’s more, at least five media workers remain in detention and face various charges such as conspiracy to commit a crime, treason, incitement to hatred and terrorism, SNTP says.
One of the most worrisome cases is that of Rory Branker, an editor for media outlet La Patilla who was detained on Feb. 20, 2025, by officers of the Bolivarian National Intelligence Service (abbreviated in Spanish to Sebin) as he was leaving his Caracas home.
In an article marking 11 months since Branker was first detained, La Patilla said it “would not rest” until he was released.
“His case will remain an open wound and the most uncomfortable proof that the offensive against the press in Venezuela is not over,” the publication said.
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✍️: Silvia Higuera
📸: La Patilla
The recent release of 19 Venezuelan journalists – some of whom had been detained for more than two years – was a bitter sweet moment for the country’s press.
Despite no longer being in prison, those freed are living with precautionary measures, face legal cases and have health problems, according to the National Union of Press Workers (SNTP, for its initials in Spanish).
They are under a gag order, must report to authorities every 30 days and cannot leave the country, as reported by Agência Pública.
What’s more, at least five media workers remain in detention and face various charges such as conspiracy to commit a crime, treason, incitement to hatred and terrorism, SNTP says.
One of the most worrisome cases is that of Rory Branker, an editor for media outlet La Patilla who was detained on Feb. 20, 2025, by officers of the Bolivarian National Intelligence Service (abbreviated in Spanish to Sebin) as he was leaving his Caracas home.
In an article marking 11 months since Branker was first detained, La Patilla said it “would not rest” until he was released.
“His case will remain an open wound and the most uncomfortable proof that the offensive against the press in Venezuela is not over,” the publication said.
🔗 Click link in bio for complete article
✍️: Silvia Higuera
📸: La Patilla
