The Bolivian district attorney said suicide was the cause of death for journalist David Niño de Guzmán, news editor for Agencia de Noticias Fides (ANF), reported AFP.
A court in Havana, Cuba, sentenced ex-journalist and businessman Sebastián Martínez Ferraté to seven years in prison for the corruption of minors, reported AFP.
Sandra Crucianelli believes that journalists who use social media need to do a better job of interacting with their readers instead of acting like company spokespersons.
Rapid changes brought on by the digital age have created new ethical challenges that will be discussed in a Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas's webinar on Aug. 16 from 12–2p.m. (CDT).
The state court of Rondônia censored the Brazilian radio station Cultura FM in Porto Velho, reported the website Rondônia Dinâmica.
The hacker collective Anonymous announced "Operation Free Condor" in a YouTube video to protest the Ecuadorian government's policies against freedom of expression, reported the newspaper El Universo.
Authorities in the Dominican Republic have idenitified a suspect in the killing of TV journalist José Silvestre, reported the newspaper 7 Días in Santo Domingo.
The Brazilian media giant Grupo Globo released guiding editorial principles for all of its outlets, reported the newspaper Folha de São Paulo on Saturday, Aug. 6.
The San Antonio Association of Hispanic Journalists (SAAHJ) posthumously recognized almost 70 Mexican journalists killed by drug violence south of the U.S.-Mexican border with the Henry Guerra Lifetime Achievement Award.
Yuri Galván Quesada, journalist for the newspaper Provencia in Michoacán, claims to have been illegally arrested while investigating corruption in a health services center in Morelia, the capital of the Mexican state of Michoacán.
Brazilian Veja magazine journalist Rodrigo Rangel was assaulted by his interviewee the afternoon of Aug, 4 in a restaurant in Brasilia, reported the newspaper Folha de S. Paulo.
Brazilian journalist Walter Pimentel died after being shot in the head during a robbery at a grocery store in São Paulo, reported Folha.com.