"A journalist kidnapped earlier this month in Haiti was released last Fri. Feb. 17. His captors were demanding US$ 200,000 for his release. Journalist Valéry Numa confirmed on his Twitter account that his colleague Jean Thony Lorthé was released after the ransom demanded that the presenter of the radio program 'Rafrechi Memwa,' broadcast in Creole […]
"A blond man presents a report for 'House of News En Español,' a pretend English-language newscast in which he tries to show that Venezuela's economy is not 'so destroyed,' because hotel occupancy for the upcoming Carnival holiday is already fully booked by Venezuelans eager to spend money on Caribbean beaches. In another video, a Black […]
"Journalist, student and land activist Abisaí Pérez Romero was found dead in Tula, [state of] Hidalgo, confirmed on Thurs. [Feb. 16] the organization Article 19 and the Autonomous University of Mexico City (UACM, by its acronym in Spanish). Article 19 pointed to a possible murder, while the Hidalgo State Attorney General's Office said that there […]
"On Tues., Feb. 14, an unidentified attacker on a motorcycle shot Álvarez while he was in his car at a stoplight in Pedro Juan Caballero, a city near Paraguay’s border with Brazil, according to multiple news reports and two of his coworkers who spoke to CPJ. Álvarez, who produced a morning news program for the […]
"The regime of Daniel Ortega has stripped another 94 people of Nicaraguan nationality this Wed. (Feb. 15). Among those affected are writers Sergio Ramírez, Cervantes Prize winner, and Gioconda Belli, both in exile; Nicaraguan journalist Carlos Fernando Chamorro; writer and feminist Sofía Montenegro; activist Azahalea Solís; Bishop Silvio Báez, one of the most critical voices […]
"(...) Internews’ Earth Journalism Network and the Internews Americas team are offering media grants to organizations from Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru, who seek to strengthen the capacity of journalists and media organizations to produce high-quality, factual, and engaging public information on the impacts of conservation crimes, their association with climate change, and viable solutions […]
"[These journalists] don't have a newsroom or big production equipment. They combine traditional journalism formulas with new ways of telling what is happening in their spot. They do not follow a script, because over time they've learned empirically what works best for effective communication. On the street they are known by their neighbors and followers. […]
"The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) denounced the continued abuse of defamation lawsuits against Panamanian media and journalists and the preventive seizure of their assets as mechanisms of intimidation and gagging to curb critical journalism. The IAPA endorsed the recent expressions of its regional vice-presidency in Panama, the National Council of Journalists (CNP, by its […]
"The Investigative Journalism Fellowship Program of the Dialoga Network of Journalists for Human Rights, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights and the Rule of Law Program for Latin America of the Konrad Adenauer KAS Foundation announced the selection of three journalists, among more than 500 applicants from the region, who will be part of the […]
"The relationship between literature and journalism will be the focus of many of the activities programmed for the International Festival of Literature in Spanish (FILE, for its Spanish acronym). From Mar. 3 to Mar.12, in various cities of Extremadura (Spain), FILE will bring together 90 participants, including writers, journalists, essayists , poets, among other cultural […]
"In the past 20 years, at least 285 radio stations have been closed in Venezuela under orders of the National Telecommunications Commission (Conatel, by its Spanish acronym). Conatel alleges, according to those affected, improper administrative decisions, while defenders of freedom of expression describe those actions as arbitrary. Carlos Correa, director of the NGO Espacio Público, […]
"On Feb. 7, two journalists from [the Mexican state of] Chiapas, Verónica Vega Cisneros, host of Televisa Chiapas, and Daniela Grajales, host of TV Azteca Chiapas, were assaulted by the same man while covering a story related to the death of a child in a private educational institution in Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas. [...] The man […]