Latam Chequea, a network of news outlets from 21 countries, warns that shrinking support for fact-checkers, the rise of AI, and anti-media laws are creating a “perfect storm.” They call for collaboration with tech companies and urgent action from governments.
In the physical world, we instinctively sense danger. But online, threats are harder to notice. In a new Knight Center course, expert Luis Assardo offers practical tools to stay safe.
At a global gathering of fact-checkers in Rio, top Brazilian authorities warned that unchecked digital platforms are reshaping public debate in ways that threaten democratic norms. Their remarks shed light on the legal and political reasoning behind Brazil’s push to regulate online disinformation.
The murder of two journalists is the latest sign of mounting threats to the press in Honduras. Media advocates warn the rising violence is a threat to democracy across the region.
In areas with limited local coverage and insufficient internet access, young reporters learned to produce hyperlocal journalism and distribute it directly to the community through oral storytelling and hand-drawn posters.
In a new book, Argentine professor and journalist Fernando Ruiz maps the life cycle of citizen rights. He argues in an interview with LJR that journalism can strengthen or erode them at every step.
Trump's new travel ban has generated fear and uncertainty among foreign journalists. Reporters traveling to or from the U.S. to cover and attend events fear not being able to get in or return.
Over four weeks of this free online course from the Knight Center and GIJN, you’ll learn how to build practical digital habits that help protect your data, communications and devices — even in high-risk situations.
Preliminary data from a global survey with climate journalists reveals 60% show symptoms of psychological stress. Meanwhile, journalists said newsrooms do not offer adequate support.
Journalist José Luis Tan says he feared arrest after months of harassment over his criticism of the Cuban regime. This is his story of a journey through rain, mud, and eleven borders in an attempt to escape a dictatorship that tried to silence him.
Across the region, audiences are turning to social platforms and influencers for news, while artificial intelligence may be disrupting how people access information.
Laren Aniceto sought therapy looking to save her marriage. She wound up uncovering that her therapist had lost her medical license and had been accused of manipulating and defrauding her patients.