The initiative, according to the organizers, is unprecedented in Ecuador and is inspired by similar initiatives in Latin America, such as Verificado in Mexico and Projeto Comprova in Brazil.
The MOOC will be held from to help journalists obtain the tools necessary to investigate and monitor those behind social media accounts and entities.
The four-week course addressed tools and techniques to help journalists tell data stories fairly and ethically, offering a hands-on guide through the process of learning to identify inequity and hidden bias.
The amount raised was used to hire journalists, move the newsroom to a larger and safer building, and to purchase equipment
Valor arrecadado foi investido em contratações de jornalistas, na mudança para uma redação maior e mais segura, além da compra de equipamentos
Officials of the city of Rio organize to block journalists from carrying out their work in front of health units. Organizations denounce the systematic efforts against press freedom.
After almost three years after the trial started for Miroslava Breach’s murder, Juan Carlos Moreno Ochoa was declared guilty on March 18 and sentence on August 2020.
“We joke that if a reporter were to come from mars, know Portuguese, and read the manual, he would be able to get by the elections”, said Angela Pimenta, who is the editor of the project and director of operations of Projor
In his opening remarks of the briefing, the WHO’s director general highlighted the efforts of the Knight Center in educating journalists across the globe about how to improve the coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic.
In four weeks, participants of this free course will learn how public budgeting works and how to identify potential cases of taxpayer money misuse.
The Brazilian president's threat of physical violence against a journalist who asked him a question puts the conflictual relationship that he has had with the press since before becoming president on a different level, according to press freedom organizations.
A ameaça de violência física do presidente brasileiro, Jair Bolsonaro, contra um repórter que lhe fez uma pergunta coloca em outro patamar a conflituosa relação que o mandatário mantém com a imprensa desde antes de se tornar presidente. A avaliação é de entidades de defesa da liberdade de imprensa no Brasil.