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Revendo o ano de 2017 do Centro Knight: cursos online alcançaram quase 34 mil alunos, um recorde

Em 2017, jornalistas da América Latina enfrentaram uma crescente crise de liberdade de expressão. Muitos arriscaram suas vidas para contar histórias importantes que poderiam ter permanecido ocultas, enquanto outros enfrentaram ameaças contra si e suas famílias.

Knight Center year in review: 2017 online courses reach nearly 34,000 students, a record high

In 2017, journalists in Latin America grappled with a growing crisis of freedom of expression. Many risked their lives to tell important stories that may have otherwise gone untold, while others faced threats against themselves and their families.

15 of the most read, shared, liked and reTweeted posts from the Journalism in the Americas blog in 2017

As we start 2018, we wanted to take a look back at some of the most important, as well as widely read, shared and liked stories on the Knight Center’s Journalism in the Americas blog.

Politicians and drug traffickers suspected in murder of Mexican journalist Miroslava Breach

During the recent oral hearing of the accused mastermind of the murder of Miroslava Breach Velducea, audio was presented allegedly linking two members of the National Action Party (PAN, for is acronym in Spanish) with the March 23, 2017 murder of the correspondent from La Jornada.

Appeals board agrees to reconsider case of Mexican journalist seeking asylum in the U.S.

U.S. immigration officials have agreed to take another look at the case of a Mexican journalist who fled his country nine years ago due to threats on his life. The Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) agreed to reconsider an appeal filed on behalf of Emilio Gutiérrez Soto and his son. An El Paso immigration judge denied […]

In unprecedented ruling, Chilean Supreme Court decides the right to information overrides the right to be forgotten

In a unanimous and unprecedented ruling in the country, the Supreme Court of Chile defended that the right to information overrides the right to be forgotten. The court decided in favor of the Center for Investigative Reporting, CIPER, against a doctor's request to remove a report about medical malpractice from CIPER's site.

Cuba’s 14ymedio seeks greater independence and engagement with new membership model

Cuban digital media site 14ymedio is betting on a new membership program for readers to ensure its independence and increase engagement.

Nómada innovates journalism in Guatemala with bold aesthetics, progressive coverage and creative business model

At 34 years of age, 16 of them dedicated to journalism, Guatemalan Martín Rodríguez Pellecer can already count among his achievements the creation and establishment of two media outlets that have changed the journalistic panorama of his country.

Mexican journalist killed while at Christmas celebration at son’s school is fourth journalist killed in Veracruz this year

A threatened Mexican crime reporter was killed in Veracruz during a Christmas celebration at his son’s school in Acayucan.

Journalists are brutally repressed by law enforcement and protesters in Argentina while covering demonstrations

More than a dozen journalists were wounded by security forces and protesters during a demonstration in Buenos Aires, Argentina on Dec. 14. According to various Argentine media outlets, this was one of the most brutal repressions against the press and citizen protesters so far under the government of current Argentine President Mauricio Macri.

Mexican journalist left in 'despair' and 'horror' at detention center in Texas, as his lawyers fight to avoid deportation

*This story has been updated to include context concerning the current environment for journalists in Mexico and to clarify the Dec. 7 events. A Mexican journalist who waited eight years for an asylum hearing in the United States was saved by an emergency stay of deportation earlier this week shortly after officials from Immigration and […]

Former mayor sentenced to 39 years for murders of Paraguayan journalist Pablo Medina and his assistant

A Paraguayan court sentenced a former mayor to 39 years in prison for the 2014 death of ABC Color regional correspondent Pablo Medina and his assistant Antonia Almada.