Teresa Mioli is the administrative program coordinator for the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas. She is interested in press freedom, democratization, and investigative journalism in Latin America and is dedicated to increasing awareness about the importance of independent news media to the health of democracies. She produces journalistic work with the aim of helping people to make informed decisions about their lives and societies and wants to make sure other journalists are able to do the same. She has Bachelors' degrees in Journalism and Plan II Honors (Liberal Arts) and a Master's degree in Latin American Studies, all from the University of Texas at Austin. She started her journalistic career at The Beaumont Enterprise in Southeast Texas where she last worked as a breaking news reporter.
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Teresa Mioli es la coordinadora administrativa de programas del Centro Knight para el Periodismo en las Américas. Es una periodista con interés en la libertad de prensa, la democratización y el periodismo investigativo en América Latina y está dedicada a crear mayor consciencia sobre la importancia de los medios noticiosos independientes para la salud de las democracias. El objetivo de su trabajo periodístico es ayudar las personas para que tomen decisiones informadas sobre sus vidas y sus sociedades, y busca que otros periodistas tengan la posibilidad de hacer lo mismo. Teresa tiene una licenciatura en Periodismo y Artes liberales (Plan II Honors), y una maestría en Estudios Latinoamericanos, todos de la Universidad de Texas en Austin. Empezó su carrera en periodismo en The Beaumont Enterprise al sureste de Texas, en donde recientemente trabajó como reportera de noticias de última hora. Anteriormente ella fue la editora de LatAm Journalism Review del Centro Knight.
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Teresa Mioli é coordenadora do programa do Centro Knight para o Jornalismo nas Américas. Ela se interessa por liberdade de imprensa, democratização e jornalismo investigativo na América Latina e se dedica a aumentar a conscientização sobre a importância da mídia independente para a saúde das democracias. Ela produz trabalhos jornalísticos com o objetivo de ajudar as pessoas a tomarem decisões informadas sobre suas vidas e sociedades e deseja garantir que outros jornalistas possam fazer o mesmo. Ela tem bacharelado em jornalismo e artes liberais e um mestrado em Estudos Latino-Americanos, todos pela Universidade do Texas em Austin. Ela começou sua carreira jornalística na The Beaumont Enterprise no sudeste do Texas, onde trabalhou pela última vez como repórter de notícias de última hora.
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.
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.
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.
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.
At a time when data journalism was in its infancy in Brazil and access to public information was limited, the award-winning series of reports “Os Homem de Bens da Alerj” (The Good Men of Alerj) stood out for revealing the enrichment of politicians elected to the Legislative Assembly of Rio de Janeiro. Twenty years later, the impact of that pioneering investigation still resonates in Brazilian journalism, whether through the use of advanced data analysis tools or the application of the Access to Information Law.
Registrations are open for the new free online course in Portuguese for Brazilian journalists, "Como usar a Lei de Acesso à Informação (LAI) para produzir reportagens de impacto" (How to use Brazil's Access to Information Law to produce impactful reporting), organized by the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas in partnership with Fiquem Sabendo, […]
News leaders, innovators and editors from the Americas will meet in Miami, Florida this July to discuss advances, trends and perspectives of the industry as part of SIPConnect 2024. It’s the Inter American Press Association’s annual conference, which this year takes a special look at digital media transformation, including the impact of artificial intelligence.
Over the last decade, the popularity of online audio, podcasts, and audiobooks has surged. According to the Pew Research Center, 75% of Americans aged 12 and older listened to online audio in the past month, and 42% listened to a podcast in the past month. To help you make the most of this trend, the […]
A new UNESCO report confirms what many journalists and researchers have thought: quality journalism is good for democracy, civic engagement and government accountability. Further, public investment in it improves trust from citizens, and promotes human rights and sustainable development.
Across Bolivia, El Salvador and Peru, the spread of disinformation has disproportionately impacted marginalized communities amidst sociopolitical conflict in recent years. Local non-governmental organizations in these countries conducted information ecosystem research to understand its impacts.