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.
Independent journalist Reyna Haydee Ramírez describes how confronting two Mexican presidents at their morning press conferences has led to stigmatization and online abuse.
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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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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
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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
🌳🗞️ Antes da COP em Belém, o secretário-geral da ONU, António Guterres, concedeu sua primeira entrevista exclusiva a um jornalista indígena da Amazônia. Wajã Xipai, de 19 anos, fez perguntas baseadas em sua experiência de vida, questionando quem paga o preço pela ganância climática global — e quem é ouvido.
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🌳🗞️ Antes da COP em Belém, o secretário-geral da ONU, António Guterres, concedeu sua primeira entrevista exclusiva a um jornalista indígena da Amazônia. Wajã Xipai, de 19 anos, fez perguntas baseadas em sua experiência de vida, questionando quem paga o preço pela ganância climática global — e quem é ouvido.
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✍️: Leonardo Coelho
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Festivales, congresos y conferencias internacionales volverán a reunir a periodistas para debatir los grandes desafíos del oficio. LJR reúne los principales para este año — de Cartagena a Perugia y de Bogotá a Austin.
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✍️: Silvia Higuera
Festivales, congresos y conferencias internacionales volverán a reunir a periodistas para debatir los grandes desafíos del oficio. LJR reúne los principales para este año — de Cartagena a Perugia y de Bogotá a Austin.
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Populist regimes in Latin America lead journalists to use access to information laws less. However, journalists in countries in the region with less press freedom are the ones who make the most use of these laws.
This is according to a transnational study that examined the influence of factors such as populist leadership, press freedom indices and the characteristics of laws, on the perceptions and experiences that journalists in Latin America have regarding access to information.
“Understanding these dynamics is crucial for safeguarding transparency and empowering journalists to hold power accountable—cornerstones of democracy in the region,” Summer Harlow, one of the study authors, told LatAm Journalism Review (LJR).
✍️: César López Linares
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Populist regimes in Latin America lead journalists to use access to information laws less. However, journalists in countries in the region with less press freedom are the ones who make the most use of these laws.
This is according to a transnational study that examined the influence of factors such as populist leadership, press freedom indices and the characteristics of laws, on the perceptions and experiences that journalists in Latin America have regarding access to information.
“Understanding these dynamics is crucial for safeguarding transparency and empowering journalists to hold power accountable—cornerstones of democracy in the region,” Summer Harlow, one of the study authors, told LatAm Journalism Review (LJR).
✍️: César López Linares
