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Digital media in Venezuela collaborate to overcome press restrictions and disinformation ahead of presidential elections

Battling disinformation and using collaboration as a weapon, Venezuelan journalists are preparing for the next presidential elections to be held on Sunday, July 28.

Save the Date March 27-28 for ISOJ 2025

Mark your calendars for ISOJ 2025: Knight Center announces dates for the 26th International Symposium on Online Journalism

The 26th International Symposium on Online Journalism (ISOJ) will take place on Thursday, March 27, and Friday, March 28, 2025, online and on the University of Texas at Austin campus. The Knight Center team will make more exciting announcements regarding ISOJ 2025 in the coming weeks, so keep an eye on social media and isoj.org for more information.

Can journalists rely on AI to simplify complex topics? This Argentine fact-checking service wants to know

Argentina’s pioneering Chequeado created a lab to run experiments with artificial intelligence. In their first run, they tested how four AI models could help simplify complicated concepts.

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Documentary ‘State of Silence’ shows human face of war against journalists in Mexico

Film co-produced by Mexican actors Diego Luna and Gael García Bernal tells stories of journalists subjected to threats, attacks, forced displacement and exile, and who maintain their commitment to journalism and the public’s right to information.

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Learn to use Google Sheets for data journalism: Knight Center offers webinar series in Spanish

The Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas presents a new webinar series in Spanish, “Google Sheets for journalists.” It is a unique opportunity for communicators, journalists and editors to learn to master one of the most useful tools for data analysis and visualization.

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How one woman in Oaxaca used her podcast to help others speak out about the violence they’ve survived

Nayelli López Reyes, a weaver and an activist, created a vivid podcast of courageous women speaking out against violence in their community.

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How Gigantes succeeds in Uruguay with journalism made by and for children

While other newspapers were cutting children's supplements, the independent la diaria, from Uruguay, launched Gigantes and gained over two thousand subscribers in three years. Their secret? Incorporating children and teenagers into their production processes and addressing topics that truly interest young readers, balancing information and entertainment.

Newspapers in Colombia and Puerto Rico bet on transparency to cultivate credibility, get approval from The Trust Project

Colombia’s El Tiempo and Puerto Rico’s El Nuevo Día recently got a nod from the Trust Project, an international consortium for accountability and transparency in newsrooms worldwide.

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Women leaders of digital native media in Brazil pave way for new leadership models

Women's leadership in digital native media has been highlighted by several studies on the sector in Latin America. Managers of journalistic organizations in Brazil have overcome leadership models created by men to find their own styles of team management. They also emphasize the importance of creating and maintaining spaces for exchange with other women leaders in journalism.

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Independent digital media in Latin America explore WhatsApp channels despite problems obtaining verification from the app

For years, independent digital media from Latin America have been exploring the instant messaging app WhatsApp through broadcast lists and groups to further connect with their audiences. Since 2023, some have decided to explore the new WhatsApp channels feature but have encountered problems verifying their accounts.

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After Pablo and El Chapo: how investigative outlets are covering organized crime in Latin America

GIJN spoke to reporters from outlets based in Colombia, Honduras, and Mexico, as well as from two region-wide projects, to hear how they carried out their recent work, where they are innovating on this beat, and how they are changing the narrative about organized crime from a focus on kingpins to investigations into the impact of organized crime on ordinary people.

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Journalists from Brazil, El Salvador, Argentina and U.S. recognized with Cabot Prizes from Columbia University

Lalo de Almeida of Brazil, Carlos Ernesto Martínez, of Salvadoran investigative site El Faro, John Otis of NPR and the Committee to Protect Journalists in the U.S. and Frances Robles of The New York Times are this year’s recipients of the 2024 Maria Moors Cabot Prize Gold Medals. Special citations go to InSight Crime and Laura Zommer.