Journalists across Latin America face mounting pressure but persist. This year’s top stories show reporters forced into exile, resisting authoritarian smears, teaching media literacy and exposing multimillion-dollar fraud.
LJR’s annual list spotlights 10 projects that tracked criminal economies in the Amazon, exposed abuses against migrants, countered online scams and celebrated a rock icon’s legacy.
Rutas del Conflicto is taking its investigations beyond the screen, offering tours to create a niche audience, diversify its business model and promote historical memory.
Jazmín Acuña developed the methodology during her fellowship at Oxford. The framework highlights social transformation as a response to the sector's crisis of trust and sustainability.
News site Economía para la Pipol teamed up with tech firm Datasketch to build an AI-powered, fact-based bot to make business and economic news easier for everyone to understand.
LJR presents five podcasts that address issues impacting journalism, from press freedom threats to the digital revolution.
The Paraguayan investigative outlet is betting on monthly print editions — and public, interactive events — to better connect with local communities.
The Venezuelan journalist received the 2025 Knight Award for his courage and leadership at the helm of El Pitazo. From exile, Batiz continues to innovate and resist in one of the region's most hostile environments for journalism.
Mongabay Latam combined tech with shoe-leather reporting to find and report on clandestine airstrips and violence against Indigenous communities in the jungle. Now, it’s bringing those findings to the stage.
In areas with limited local coverage and insufficient internet access, young reporters learned to produce hyperlocal journalism and distribute it directly to the community through oral storytelling and hand-drawn posters.
An AI-driven investigation by La Nación into President Javier Milei’s speeches and interviews found he routinely uses personal attacks to shape a new national narrative. Here’s how a multidisciplinary team conducted the analysis.
The Codesinfo project by Projor (Institute for the Development of Journalism) begins its second phase to expand the use of tools to combat disinformation and disseminate them to national and international media outlets.