LJR summarizes findings from the Reuters Institute's annual digital news report. These include: readjustments in the way audiences consume news, concerns about misinformation, caution in the use of AI in news, news avoidance at record levels and stagnant subscriptions.
The Gabo Foundation launched El Hormiguero II, its second study on digital native media in Latin America and journalistic sites that serve Latino populations in the United States. Along with the first installment of this investigation, it led to the creation of a database of 1,757 digital native media in 17 Latin American countries, according to the study's deputy director Karen de la Hoz.
A Reuters Institute study showed that the most popular generative AI platform in Argentina is by far ChatGPT, although very few people use it to get news. It also showed that Argentines have slightly more confidence than people from other countries that the news media make responsible use of this technology. Two journalists from that country shared their opinion on the findings.
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 […]
Almost half of Brazilian municipalities do not have local journalistic media, leaving 26.7 million people without news about their cities. A special report by Agência Mural shows how in Pirapora do Bom Jesus, a lack of news coverage mainly affects the periphery, making access to information difficult and increasing socioeconomic inequality.
In Venezuela, digital information freedoms are systematically censored and attacked, according to “Algorithms of Silence,” the 2023 Digital Rights Report from IPYS Venezuela. During the past year, 46 informative sites were blocked and 12 media outlets and four journalists suffered from identity impersonation.
As violence is growing in the country and against the press, in particular, Ecuador has a legally established protection mechanism that does not have resources to be fully functional. The government's recent announcement not to approve resources for this year and the next raised even more alarms about how to improve press security in the country.
After presenting VerificAudio, an AI tool to detect manipulated audio material and combat disinformation, the PRISA media group will begin using it in its news stations in Spain, Mexico, Colombia and Chile. It’s also considering collaboration with other media that are interested in the tool.
In the book “O pulpito” (The pulpit), Folha de S.Paulo journalist Anna Virginia Balloussier discusses topics such as entrepreneurship, politics, tithing, abortion and sex among evangelicals, seeking, as she says in the introduction, to avoid “falling into the trap of reducing individuals to stereotypes.” In an interview, she describes how she seeks to understand a highly heterogeneous phenomenon and responds to criticism of her work.
Rio Grande do Sul, a state in southern Brazil, is facing its biggest climate disaster, with floods that displaced more than 580,000 people and left 172 dead. Local journalists, many also affected, are dedicated to this unprecedented story. LJR consulted journalists from digital media outlets Matinal, Sul21 and Nonada, who spoke about their experiences and the sense of community among journalists that grew stronger amid chaos in the state.
Year after year, Voces del Sur's Shadow report monitors attacks against the press in Latin America. With the consolidation of undemocratic regimes and the proliferation of organized crime in some countries, stigmatizing speech against the press increased in 2023 compared to the previous year.
Venezuelan journalists and photojournalists do other jobs outside of journalism to have extra income that allows them to survive. In 20 years of the governments of Hugo Chávez and Nicolás Maduro, 400 media outlets have closed.