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Call for submissions for the Roche Health Journalism Award 2023

"Submissions are now open for the Roche Health Journalism Award 2023, the contest that highlights the best stories and coverage focused on health and science issues in Latin America. Competition categories: -Written Journalism: Will reward the best journalistic text published in a print or digital news outlet in Latin America. -Audiovisual Journalism: Will recognize the […]

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No country in the Americas obtained a rating of ‘good,’ according to the RSF’s 2023 World Press Freedom Index

“According to the 2023 World Press Freedom Index – which evaluates the environment for journalism in 180 countries and territories and is published on World Press Freedom Day (3 May) – the situation is ‘very serious’ in 31 countries, ‘difficult’ in 42, ‘problematic’ in 55, and ‘good’ or ‘satisfactory’ in 52 countries. In other words, […]

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Dominican Republic: Pegasus spyware discovered on journalist’s phone is the first confirmed case in the country

“A high-profile woman journalist in the Dominican Republic has been targeted with NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware, in the first confirmed case in the country, Amnesty International reveals in a new investigation published on World Press Freedom Day. Analysis by Amnesty International’s Security Lab confirmed that a mobile device belonging to Nuria Piera was targeted and […]

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IAPA on World Press Freedom Day: The overall assessment is 'not very encouraging'

"The 'loss of democratic spaces' in the Americas and the 'precarious situation of sustainability and viability' of the media in the region mark World Press Freedom Day, which is celebrated on May 3, according to a message released Tuesday [May 2] by Michael Greenspon, president of the Inter American Press Association (IAPA). According to Greenspon […]

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Guatemalan journalist José Rubén Zamora goes to trial after nine months in jail

On May 2, José Rubén Zamora, president of the Guatemalan newspaper elPeriódico, begins his trial on charges of money laundering, blackmail and influence peddling. The journalist was arrested on July 29, 2022 following the complaint of a witness and after the Guatemalan Public Prosecutor's Office gathered, in just 72 hours, the evidence used to justify […]

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NGO to file injunction in El Salvador's Supreme Court over spying on journalists via Pegasus spyware

"The humanitarian organization Cristosal will file an amparo [injunction] lawsuit with the Supreme Court of El Salvador for failing to investigate the use of state funds for allegedly spying on journalists via Pegasus spyware, one of the organization's lawyers said on Friday (April 28). [Attorney] Jonathan Sisco said that 'we are preparing an amparo lawsuit, […]

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IWMF offers grants to support reporting on reproductive rights for Latin American female and non-binary journalists

"The International Women’s Media Foundation is pleased to provide grants to support reporting focused on reproductive rights in Argentina, Chile, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Honduras, and Mexico. These grants support reporting of untold stories surrounding issues that impact people’s daily lives in the region. A strong preference will be given to multimedia transnational […]

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Obstacles to journalists' access to public information have increased in Colombia, survey shows

"The Foundation for Press Freedom and the Journalists' Circle of Bogota presented the 'Survey on Freedom of Expression and Access to Information' in which they surveyed 585 journalists and 15 columnists to study the characteristics of the media in which they work, their self-criticism, the environment for freedom of expression, and aggressions towards their work. […]

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Network seeks to unite families of murdered and missing journalists in Mexico

"The search for the truth, access to justice, comprehensive reparation, and preservation of collective memory are the main lines of action of the initiative 'Tejidos solidarios [Weaving solidarity],' the first national network of relatives of murdered and disappeared journalists in Mexico, presented this Thursday (April 28). After the unprecedented violence against the press in recent […]

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Brazil: Bolsonaristas run disinformation campaign against photojournalist who recorded attacks on January 8

"Supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro have been promoting yet another disinformation campaign about the January 8 coup acts. This time, the target is photo reporter Adriano Machado, from the Reuters news agency. In addition to trying to blame the current government for acts caused by supporters of the former president, the Bolsonarists are now […]

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Brazil: After 10 years, court denies once again compensation to photojournalist blinded by military police

"Photojournalist Sérgio Silva still had a remnant of hope that the Court of Justice of São Paulo would reconsider its 2017 decision, but that's not what happened. The 9th Chamber of Civil Law unanimously maintained, on Wednesday (April 26), the understanding that the State is not responsible for the shooting by a military police officer […]

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Paraguay: Bill for protection of journalists and human rights defenders is presented

"Representatives of the Coordinadora de Derechos Humanos del Paraguay [Human Rights Coordinator of Paraguay or Codehupy, by its Spanish acronym] and the Sindicato de Periodistas del Paraguay [Paraguayan Journalists Union] presented [this Wednesday, April 26] in Congress a draft bill that seeks the establishment of an institution to ensure the safety of journalists and human […]