"CNN Brazil fired on Thur. Dec. 1 more than 120 professionals, including anchors, reporters and analysts. In addition to the layoffs, the network also closed its branch in Rio de Janeiro. The São Paulo and Brasília branches will continue to operate. [...] Poder360 found out that CNN Brazil is trying to reach the break even […]
"A group of 15 journalists and administrative staff of the Salvadoran digital news outlet El Faro filed a lawsuit on Wed. Oct. 11 in a federal court in California against the technology company NSO Group, creator of the Pegasus software, which they accuse of violating fraud and data abuse laws. The lawsuit against NSO Group, […]
"The Shadow Report 2021, produced by Voces del Sur (VdS), a partner of the Brazilian Association of Investigative Journalism (Abraji), is now available in Portuguese. The publication, originally released in Spanish, exposes the violations to freedom of expression and press freedom, and the right to access information in 14 Latin American countries, including Brazil. (...) […]
"The final opinion of the external commission of the House of Representatives that follows the investigation of the murder of the Brazilian indigenous activist Bruno Pereira and the English journalist Dom Phillips, in the region of Vale do Javari (AM), was approved on Wed. Nov. 30. The document calls for the creation of a Parliamentary […]
"The jury of the fourth edition of the Anagrama Chronicle Prize decided to give the award this Tues. Nov. 29 to Cuban chronicler Carlos Manuel Alvarez and his work Los intrusos [the intruders], a detailed account of the protests organized by the so-called San Isidro Movement that represented a profound political change in Cuban society. […]
"The Guatemalan newspaper elPeriódico, whose president [José Rubén Zamora] is in prison accused of money laundering after denouncing corruption in the government, announced on Nov. 18 that it will focus on its digital version after suffering 'attacks' that make it difficult for it to circulate in print. "It is no secret that since the founding […]
"The Fund for Investigations and New Narratives on Drugs -FINND, by its Spanish acronym- in its fourth edition, seeks to support research and publication of innovative journalistic works that address the obstacles, challenges and opportunities related to drug policies in Latin America. The FINND was created from an alliance between the Gabo Foundation and the […]
"A survey that addresses the situation of women press workers, both communicators and journalists, indicates, according to preliminary data, that 60% say that they have been victims of sexual harassment at some point in their career. A total of 22.9% answered that they may have suffered sexual harassment and 17.1% answered that they had not. […]
"The Association of Journalists of La Paz (APLP, by its Spanish acronym) reported on Nov. 24, based on data collected by the Observatory of Human Rights Defenders UNITAS, that there were 167 violations of press freedom in the country so far this year, which exceeds the 73 recorded in all of 2021. Among the transgressions […]
"Faced with the exponential growth of aggressions and threats to journalists covering anti-democratic demonstrations [protesting the results of the past presidential elections in Brazil] throughout the country, national press entities have called on local authorities to demand more security and investigate who's behind the attacks. The petitions were signed by Abraji (Brazilian Association of Investigative […]
"A journalist and director of a local television channel was killed by gunmen in southern Colombia, the Colombian Attorney General's Office said Tues. Nov. 29). 'The Attorney General's Office learned of the death of journalist and social leader Wilder Alfredo Córdoba in the municipality of La Unión, Nariño,' they said on social media. Authorities of […]
"Rio de Janeiro will host the first edition of the Community Journalism Conference that will take place between Nov. 30 and Dec. 1 for invited journalists. About 20 journalists from the favelas of Rio, Bahia and Espírito Santo will discuss the new directions of community journalism, participate in activities and watch panels on media sustainability, […]