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After years in exile for covering the José Rubén Zamora case, journalists still fear returning home

Journalists who fled Guatemala after being targeted for covering their former boss’s trial can now return following court rulings. But they worry the forces that drove them into exile are still in place.

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When journalism stopped paying, this reporter found another way to tell stories — at her family’s stationery store

The crisis facing Oaxaca’s local media forced Mexican journalist Nadia Altamirano to juggle as many as five news jobs. Now she is putting those skills to work at the family business.

In Brazil’s election, small newsrooms bet on the local view

With smaller staffs and budgets, local outlets are leaning into their community ties to find stories national newsrooms can’t easily see.

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Leading Mexican journalist Carmen Aristegui to headline 2026 Ibero-American Journalism Colloquium

The award-winning journalist will deliver the keynote address at the Colloquium, which will take place on Sept. 19 at The University of Texas at Austin after the International Symposium on Journalism (ISOJ).

Journalists in Africa and South America are mapping the mines devouring the world’s rainforests

Two journalism and technology projects are sharing tools and methods to map where mining is devastating the Amazon and Congo basins.

The photos that told the story of Brazil’s democracy in peril

In an award-winning essay, photographer Gabriela Biló chronicled the effort to overturn an election — and the institutions that ultimately defended Brazil’s democracy.

Colombia’s earthquake tests a new government’s transparency

President Abelardo de la Espriella’s administration pulled detailed disaster data from public view, raising concerns about the emergency response and future crises.

Campesino mexicano recorre plantíos en el estado de Guerrero. (Foto: Captura del canal de YouTube de la revista Proceso)

How to "detoxify" drug coverage in Latin America

Dozens of journalists have learned to broaden drug coverage beyond trafficking and criminalization through a mentorship initiative that is about to launch its seventh edition.

Audience rights or media control? Government proposal sparks debate in Mexico

The proposed guidelines would impose new obligations and penalties on radio and TV broadcasters. Media outlets and experts warn they could lead to sanctions and censorship.

The back of a woman wearing a T-shirt that reads “Press, don’t shoot” walks in front of a crowd of protesters holding banners.

Journalist’s killing rattles a divided, threatened press in Oaxaca

Alejandro Leyva had received death threats and sought protection for a year before he was killed. His case has put Oaxaca Gov. Salomón Jara’s hostility toward the press under scrutiny and prompted journalists to band together and demand guarantees to do their work.

Miembros de la redacción del medio digital chileno BioBioChile trabajan en sus ordenadores.

The best AI policy? Tell readers you're using it

An academic study in Chile found that audiences are less concerned about AI's use in journalism than they are about transparency and human oversight.

Five Questions: Inside a niche newsroom’s decade-long effort to explain Brazil’s mining sector

In an interview with LJR, Observatório da Mineração founder Maurício Ângelo explains how deep expertise, long-term reporting and persistence have shaped the outlet’s approach to covering one of Brazil’s most complex industries.