The murders of British journalist Dom Phillips and Brazilian Indigenous affairs expert Bruno Pereira have drawn national and international attention to the Amazon region where the borders between Brazil, Peru, and Colombia meet. On the Brazilian side, the absence of the State and a strong presence of organized crime inhibit local journalists from reporting on illegal activities.
The Amazon must be covered with a lot of preparation, including local voices, from diverse approaches and without falling into the trap of misinformation, according to participants of the First Amazon Summit on Journalism and Climate Change 2022, held June 9-11 in Ecuador.
Across Latin America, governments have attempted different models to investigate and prosecute attacks against journalists. It is evident that there is no unified model for creating an office to investigate and prosecute crimes against journalists. Some countries have special prosecutors, while other countries have investigative units. Moreover, the results of their efforts are often difficult to track, according to experts.
The Argentine organization Chequeado, with the support of Google News Initiative, invited news organizations Verificado (from Mexico), Colombia Check (from Colombia), Convoca and Ojo Público (both from Peru) to form a 'Latin American network of fact-checking trainers' and thus make up for the lack of fact-checking-oriented courses in university journalism curricula in Latin America.
Cuban journalist Lázaro Yuri Valle Roca faces 6-year prison sentence for ‘sharing enemy propaganda’
via @CPJAmericas
https://cpj.org/2022/06/cuban-journalist-lazaro-yuri-valle-roca-faces-6-year-prison-sentence-for-sharing-enemy-propaganda/
Brazil: Registration for the 17th @abraji Congress is now open
https://latamjournalismreview.org/news/brazil-registration-for-the-17th-abraji-congress-is-now-open/
Colombian prosecutor moves forward in criminal proceedings against columnist Yohir Akerman
via @FLIP_org
https://latamjournalismreview.org/news/colombian-prosecutor-moves-forward-in-criminal-proceedings-against-columnist-yohir-akerman/
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