The Brazilian Association for Investigative Journalism (Abraji) concluded its annual congress last week, showing that it has become one of the world’s best and largest investigative journalism groups.
Nearly 700 journalists, students, and journalism professors gathered at Anhembi Morumbi University for Abraji’s 5th International Congress on Investigative Journalism, which included dozens of panel discussions, workshops, and investigative reporting training sessions
At least half of the attendees were professional journalists, representing 24 of Brazil’s 27 states. Among them were also 98 presenters, several coming from the United States, Europe, and other Latin American countries.
Created in 2002, with support from the Knight Center, Abraji has an impressive 1,800 associates. More than 4,000 journalists have participated in its courses, workshops, seminars, and congresses, marking a new form of cooperation among Brazilian journalists, who don't have a tradition of participating in independent professional organizations.
Read more about the Abraji conference and its history in this Knight Center story.
Note from the editor: This story was originally published by the Knight Center’s blog Journalism in the Americas, the predecessor of LatAm Journalism Review.
