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Eight tools that investigative and data journalists are using and recommending

We asked some of Latin America’s top investigative journalists which tools—both new and established—are powering their reporting. Here’s what they’re using to track public contracts, map networks of power, and make sense of mountains of information.

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Scholars say disinformation, political pressure and tech disruption are reshaping journalism in Latin America

Scholars warn that press freedom in Latin America is threatened not only by dictatorships but also by democratic governments and media capture. At the Iberoamerican Colloquium on Digital Journalism, they called for innovative, collaborative responses.

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For Nicaraguan journalists, exile and statelessness are the cost of reporting amid repression

As systematic persecution by the Ortega-Murillo regime forces entire newsrooms to flee, exile has become a defining feature of Nicaraguan journalism. At the Ibero-American Colloquium on Digital Journalism, reporters shared their efforts to report, resist and stay safe.

Survey finds surveillance and job insecurity commonplace for journalists across Latin America

Researchers from the Worlds of Journalism Study examined safety, editorial freedom, and pressures facing journalists in 11 Latin American countries. At the Iberoamerican Colloquium on Digital Journalism in Austin, they shared findings from Costa Rica, El Salvador, and Mexico.

Brazilian journalist Paula Miraglia speaks at the 18th Ibero-American Colloquium on Digital Journalism, at the University of Texas at Austin.

Facing crisis, Latin American journalists turn to alliances, new narratives, and audience relationships

At the Ibero-American Colloquium on Digital Journalism, outlets from across the region shared initiatives to confront funding challenges, declining trust, the rise of AI, and attacks on the press.

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‘He was a visionary’: Journalism scholars reflect on legacy of Max McCombs at ISOJ research breakfast

The late Max McCombs, a professor at the University of Texas at Austin. pioneered the internationally-recognized theory on the agenda-setting role of media.

Displaced journalists must adapt to new culture, language, climate, and even a different color of the sky, says Luz Mely Reyes of Venezuela

“You have to go” is the phrase that defines the exile of Venezuelan journalists and the title of the most recent investigation by Luz Mely Reyes, co-founder of digital media outlet Efecto Cocuyo. Her new study reveals how censorship and persecution have forced many to leave their country and reinvent themselves abroad.

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Google artificial intelligence tools NotebookLM, Pinpoint offer creative techniques to increase efficiency in the newsroom

These two tools work like research assistants to help journalists search through documents and come away with summaries, and also aid in analyzing data more easily.

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Second Trump administration weaponizes chaos and overwhelms media, say journalists at ISOJ

Political journalists warn that Trump in his second term shows an unprecedented disregard for democratic norms. With no internal dissent, his loyal allies enable his efforts to distort reality and sideline critical media.

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International panelists at ISOJ warn of censorship, lawsuits and other patterns in the erosion of democracies

Journalists from El Salvador, India, Hungary and Turkey share how autocratic regimes in their countries have weakened freedom of expression and offer U.S. journalists a glimpse of what may come.

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LA Times editor discusses layoffs, financial strain, and journalistic independence at ISOJ

At the 26th International Symposium on Online Journalism, Los Angeles Times Editor Terry Tang addressed the newspaper’s latest wave of layoffs and financial struggles while defending the newsroom’s editorial independence and the vital role of local journalism in times of crisis.

Nearly 900 people join ISOJ 2025 to discuss timely, urgent topics affecting journalism around the world

The 26th International Symposium on Online Journalism explored the latest challenges–and opportunities– for journalism brought on by AI, threats to democracy, digital content creators and more.