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Créditos: El Estor, 22 de octubre de 2021. Foto Nelton Rivera

Prensa Comunitaria redefines representation of marginalized populations in Guatemalan media

Despite threats, violence and criminalization against the journalistic profession in Guatemala, news agency Prensa Comunitaria has been changing the way women, youth and Indigenous peoples are covered in the media for 12 years.

Participants of Cari-Bois' inaugural Youth Environmental Journalism Project listen attentively during the project's closing ceremony in October 2023.

Citizen journalists try to fill gap in environmental reporting in Trinidad and Tobago

In a region that’s especially vulnerable to the effects of climate change, environmental content platform Cari-Bois is training teenagers and adults to report on their communities.

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Chatbot tells story of woman imprisoned for drug trafficking in Paraguay

Eva, a woman imprisoned in Paraguay, shares her story through a chatbot powered by artificial intelligence. Created by the media outlet El Surti, this project seeks to make visible the stories of women trapped in the judicial system for drug trafficking crimes.

Headshots of journalists Monica Baro, Diego Fernandez Romeral and Beatriz Valdes. (Photo: Twitter)

15 best practices from award-winning reporters for producing narrative long-form journalism

Three award-winning journalists from Argentina, Colombia and Cuba share tips to improve reporting, interviews and the use of language in a piece of narrative journalism.

The montage combines distinct visual styles, blending different color palettes, line work, and artistic approaches, showcasing a diverse range of emotions and storytelling techniques

Seven tips for producing comics journalism

A newly published manual from Brazilian researcher and journalist Augusto Paim outlines the steps to producing comics journalism, offering guidance from story definition to investigation, scripting, and editing.

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New digital platform Boom aims to ‘move the needle’ on journalism about the Americas

Boom is a new platform that brings together journalism, art and activism. It was created by prominent journalists seeking to have a transformative impact on the Americas.

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Starting from a place of hope, podcast tells stories of people who defend their land in Mexico

The creators behind Periodismo de lo posible are rethinking what it means to have an impact with journalism, looking beyond clicks and efforts to go viral.

Minimalistic representation of journalistic tools for the Brazilian elections, featuring the map of Brazil with icons symbolizing transparency, technology, and media monitoring

Projects from independent outlets make it easier to access information ahead of Brazilian elections

As Brazil gears up for municipal elections, independent media are introducing new initiatives to make political information more accessible and reliable, ranging from monitoring WhatsApp and Telegram to aggregating official data.

Illustration depicting a newspaper being held by a human hand from the right side and by a robot hand by the left side. (Photo: Generated by AI with Adobe Firefly

15 concepts for understanding AI in journalism – and their applications in newsrooms

Artificial intelligence is transforming tasks previously done by journalists, like news writing, image generation and data analysis.

Can journalists rely on AI to simplify complex topics? This Argentine fact-checking service wants to know

Argentina’s pioneering Chequeado created a lab to run experiments with artificial intelligence. In their first run, they tested how four AI models could help simplify complicated concepts.

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How Gigantes succeeds in Uruguay with journalism made by and for children

While other newspapers were cutting children's supplements, the independent la diaria, from Uruguay, launched Gigantes and gained over two thousand subscribers in three years. Their secret? Incorporating children and teenagers into their production processes and addressing topics that truly interest young readers, balancing information and entertainment.

Newspaper cover showing an image of a lagoon in drought, with a blurred background of a desert terrain. (Photo: Canva and AI-generated images with Adobe FireFly)

How journalists from Bolivia, Colombia and Mexico fight opacity and disinformation to cover the water crisis

Disinformation and obstacles to accessing public information are some of the challenges that journalists from Bolivia, Colombia and Mexico have faced when covering issues related to water. Reporters shared recommendations to improve coverage of the water crisis, including the use of long-term and long-form reporting.