"In the first five months of the year, there was a 59% increase in threats against news outlets and journalists compared to 2018. (...) From Jan. 1 to May 20, 2022, FLIP recorded 97 threats against the media and journalists. In other words, one reporter was threatened every day and a half. In this same […]
"Telegram was evading emails from Brazilian authorities for months, until mid-March this year, when the Brazilian Supreme Court ruled to ban the application over misinformation concerns ahead of the country’s elections. Two days later, Telegram complied with the court’s requests, which included deleting a few of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s posts and suspending the account […]
"The National Human Rights Commission (CNDH) [of Mexico] considered it necessary for authorities to implement a 'comprehensive policy' beyond the existing protection mechanism to protect journalists. 'It is not enough to reinforce it (the mechanism) in terms of budget or functions if a comprehensive State policy is not built. It is necessary to do something […]
"The International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) announced its annual Knight International Journalism Awards, recognizing excellent reporting that makes a difference in the lives of people around the world... Carlos Dada, the founder and director of the Salvadoran news site El Faro (The Lighthouse), was tapped to receive the ICFJ Knight Trailblazer Award. A leading force for […]
"Aware of the importance of good journalism for society and especially for the strength of democracy, the Diego Portales University (UDP, by its Spanish acronym), in Chile, has created the Premio Cátedra Mujeres y Medios award. This award hopes to make visible the extensive journalistic work of generations of women and thus build a platform […]
"Mexico's President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO, by its Spanish acronym) revealed the alleged salary in the millions of journalist Jorge Ramos, whom he challenged to explain why he receives so much money. AMLO said this in response to criticism from the Univision host against him for his position on the Summit of the Americas. […]
"In November of last year, La Capital de Rosario joined the list of Argentine media that started to implement a subscription model in their websites. In an interview with Adepa, Vito Scaglione, the news outlet general manager, explains the details of this strategic change in their business model. After carrying out an exhaustive study of its […]
"After a series of allegations of sexual harassment of women journalists in the television channels of the same group, SNT and C9N, who were even forced to resign because of the situation, the Albavisión network announced that it will take measures in favor of the accusers. The Albavisión group, which includes the TV channels SNT […]
"The Voces del Sur Network is concerned about the increase of murders of journalists in 2022. The precariousness of journalistic work, based on the lack of security and guarantees for professional practice, has become a constant in Latin America. Violence against journalists, it seems, no longer knows borders or democratic situation. Comparative annual figures: Our […]
"Journalist Alexandre Megale, from Ouro Fino (Minas Gerais, Brazil), was attacked on May 16, by councilmember Paulo Luiz de Cantuária (...). The politician closed in on the journalist's motorcycle with his car and then threw stones at his head. According to Megale, Cantuária even picked up a bigger rock with both hands to hit him […]
"Guatemalan authorities should drop all charges against three journalists from the independent newspaper elPeriódico and stop using laws intended to protect women from violence to target and intimidate reporters, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Wednesday. On May 13, Judge Anaelsee Ramírez formally notified elPeriódico publisher José Rubén Zamora, editor Gerson Ortiz, and reporter Cristian […]
"The Attorney General's Office (FGR) of Mexico obtained indictments against five people for the alleged crime of aggravated torture against journalist Raúl Fernández León, in Quintana Roo, in 2019. Those implicated respond to the name of Lamberto "V", Casto "P", Candelaria "A", Socorro "G" and Nesguer "V," who were then public servants of the Municipal […]