The 19th annual event will feature Mexican journalist Carmen Aristegui following the conclusion of the International Symposium on Journalism (ISOJ).
The Iberoamerican Colloquium on Journalism(opens in new tab), a day of discussions on the challenges and opportunities facing journalism in Latin America, Spain and Portugal, will return Saturday, Sept. 19, following the conclusion of the International Symposium on Journalism (ISOJ)(opens in new tab) at the University of Texas at Austin.
In its 19th edition(opens in new tab), the Colloquium will address topics including media sustainability, fact-checking and the use of artificial intelligence, and cross-border journalism.
Mexican journalist Carmen Aristegui will(opens in new tab) give the keynote address. Other leading voices in Ibero-American journalism will include Alfredo Corchado, executive director of Puente News Collaborative(opens in new tab) in the United States; Tina Rosenberg, co-founder of the Solutions Journalism Network(opens in new tab); and José Zamora, regional director for the Americas at the Committee to Protect Journalists(opens in new tab).
“The Ibero-American Colloquium, which began as a very informal gathering of journalists from Latin America, Spain and Portugal who came to Austin for ISOJ, has grown into an important conference and a reference point for journalism in the region,” said Rosental Calmon Alves, professor and founder and director of the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas. “And this year, the Colloquium once again has an impressive lineup of speakers, headed by the opening session with renowned Mexican journalist Carmen Aristegui, who is admired throughout the region for the quality and courage of her journalism.”
Alves will moderate the opening conversation with Aristegui. Aristegui has worked in journalism across radio, television and digital media for more than three decades. In 2012, she founded the online news outlet Aristegui Noticias, where she has led investigations into politics, corruption and abuse of power, including the well-known “Casa Blanca” investigation involving former Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto.
Media sustainability, a persistent concern for news organizations and journalists, will be discussed by Daiene Mendes, program director of the Brazilian Journalism Support Fund(opens in new tab); Mirte Postema, director of the Independent Journalism and Anti-Impunity Funds at the Seattle International Foundation; and Janine Warner, executive director and co-founder of SembraMedia(opens in new tab).
Beyond sustainability, another common challenge for news organizations is not only launching a publication but building one that can endure. In a panel moderated by Alejandro Martinez, editor of LatAm Journalism Review, Roberto Rock, founder and director of Mexico’s La Silla Rota(opens in new tab); Catarina Carvalho, founder and editor of Portugal’s Mensagem de Lisboa(opens in new tab); and Daniel Molina, journalist and editor of Panama’s Revista Concolón(opens in new tab) will share their experiences building sustainable news organizations.
Alessandra de Falco, a professor at several universities in Brazil, will lead a presentation on the challenges and opportunities of teaching artificial intelligence to students.
A panel on the challenges of disinformation and fact-checking in the age of AI will follow. Soledad Arréguez Manozzo, co-founder of Argentina’s Proyecto Desconfío(opens in new tab); Martina Guzmán, founder of VERDAD; Wendy Selene Pérez, a journalist with Factchequeado(opens in new tab); and Fernanda Camarena, a journalist and professor at the Poynter Institute(opens in new tab) — the latter three based in the United States — will speak with José Zamora.
Laura Aguirre, co-founder and strategic director of El Salvador-based Alharaca(opens in new tab); Clavel Rangel Jiménez, co-founder of the Venezuelan Amazon Journalists Network(opens in new tab); Ramón Zamora, an anthropologist and sociologist with the Central American Independent Media Archive(opens in new tab); João Ozawa, an assistant professor at the University of North Dakota; and Kevin Hall, North America editor for the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project(opens in new tab), round out the Colloquium’s program.
The Colloquium, a day of conversations and idea-sharing aimed at strengthening the news ecosystem in Latin America and the Iberian Peninsula, will be held in Spanish, with some Portuñol likely along the way.
It will follow the ISOJ, which will be held in English with simultaneous interpretation into Spanish on Thursday and Friday, Sept. 17-18. Those attending ISOJ can register for the Colloquium through this form(opens in new tab). Registration to attend ISOJ online(opens in new tab) remains open.
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This text was translated with the assistance of AI and reviewed by Jorge Valencia.
