"Journalists, advanced journalism students and communicators with a proven interest in environmental issues and who reside in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico or the Dominican Republic can apply for this opportunity. Climate Tracker opens a new call for its Climate Journalism Mentorship Program, which will strengthen the climate crisis coverage skills of the six selected […]
"The 22nd Criminal Court of Bogotá ratified in the second instance the denial of [early termination of criminal proceedings] in a case of aggravated slander against journalist Julián Martínez. The request to terminate the criminal proceedings had been filed by the Attorney General's Office in favor of Martínez, a renowned independent journalist who has published […]
"Guatemala’s Supreme Court has accepted a legal appeal (amparo) filed by the defense of journalist José Rubén Zamora Marroquín, challenging a ruling by an Appeals Court that ordered his preventive detention. However, his release from prison has yet to be resolved. In a statement released Sunday [June 29], the Supreme Court announced it had provisionally […]
"[Amanecer Habanero director Yunia] Figueredo refused to comply with a June 23 police summons, reviewed by CPJ [the Committee to Protect Journalists]. On that same day she received three private number phone calls warning her that a police investigation had been opened against her and [her husband, reporter Frank] Correa for 'dangerousness,' the journalists told […]
"Brazil’s federal government on Thursday signed an agreement with the family of journalist Vladimir Herzog, who was tortured and killed by the military dictatorship in 1975. The symbolic act was formalized by Attorney General Jorge Messias and the journalist’s son, Ivo Herzog, at the headquarters of the Vladimir Herzog Institute in São Paulo. ‘The same […]
"Google’s rollout of tools like AI Overviews and AI Mode—chatbots that answer users’ search queries—has begun shifting online behavior from browsing links to reading AI-generated responses, drastically reducing traffic to news sites. The resulting drop in organic traffic is forcing many media organizations to rethink their sustainability models in an ecosystem increasingly dominated by tech […]
"An act of violence against a sports journalist following the first leg of the championship final in Bogotá has sparked outrage on social media. This time, a Telemedellín news crew was assaulted by three fans of the local Santa Fe soccer team. The incident occurred as journalist Santiago Ramírez and videographer Mauricio Escobar were preparing […]
"The Seventh Guarantee Court of Santiago acquitted journalist and former editor of El Ciudadano, Josefa Barraza, of the complaint filed against her by Claudio Vargas Palma, former city council candidate for the National Renewal party in the municipality of Santiago. The information was provided by the same professional: 'It was proven that there was no […]
The Konrad Adenauer Foundation, in collaboration with Infociudadana (Argentina), the NGO Participación Ciudadana (Ecuador) and the media outlet La Silla Vacía (Colombia), with the participation of the Google News Initiative, announced that the call for participation in the 5th DP Campus Political Journalism Workshop is now open. The workshop addresses "the main challenges facing journalism […]
“The Climate Change Media Partnership (CCMP), led by Internews’ Earth Journalism Network (EJN) and the Stanley Center for Peace and Security, is pleased to announce the COP30 CCMP Reporting Fellowship Program for journalists from low- and middle-income countries interested in covering the 30th United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP30). Hosted this year by Brazil, the […]
“The journalist and photographer, Salomón Ordoñez Miranda, known as ”Shalom", was murdered in an alleged armed attack on Monday night [June 23] in the town of Cuetzalan, in the northern highlands of Puebla, Mexico. The city council confirmed the murder in a statement and pledged inter-institutional collaboration for its clarification. More than 12 hours after […]
"Gabriel Jesús Sarmiento Rodríguez recorded his own murder in a live Tiktok stream. The 25-year-old influencer died in his home in the El Piñonal sector, Aragua state, in the central region of Venezuela, at the hands of several armed men who had broken into his residence, according to the tiktoker's own narration. In the recording […]