"The house of journalist Elba Ileana Molina, Channel 10 correspondent in Carazo, was tagged overnight with threatening and intimidating messages, presumably left by Sandinista fanatics, as has happened in other instances. Sheltered in the darkness of night, fans of the regime arrived at the journalist's home at dawn on Nov. 18 and wrote the word 'lead.' […]
Agência Lupa [from Brazil] has just launched the Mirante training program. Registrations are open until Nov. 28. The training in fact-checking and media education is focused on the 2022 electoral coverage Brazil. The program is open to students and professionals from all areas who have an interest in building solutions to combat disinformation by exploring […]
"Two Argentine journalists denounced that during the coverage of elections in the Government House of the province of Tucumán they were victims of sexual abuse. According to the accounts, the first attack occurred on Sept. 12 during the Simultaneous and Mandatory Open Primaries and the second, on Nov. 14. One of the affected is Carolina […]
"Mexican journalist Lydia Cacho is now also Spanish. This Tuesday [Nov. 16], the Council of Ministers of the European country has granted nationality by naturalization to the writer and social activist 'due to the obvious risk to her life' for which she is residing in Madrid with a temporary authorization. 'Her personal situation is vulnerable, […]
"A judge's order from Peruvian businessman and politician César Acuña Peralta negotiates the seizure of the assets of investigative journalist Christopher Acosta Alfaro. The action requests that Acosta report assets in his possession, with which the payment of civil damages that Acuña demands for the alleged crime of aggravated defamation is guaranteed. The complaint is […]
“Judicial harassment continues to consolidate as a tool to silence the press. In the last two months, [Foundation for Press Freedom in Colombia] has registered 14 cases of judicial harassment towards media and journalists that investigate topics of high public interest such as pedophilia within the Catholic Church, the health system, the activities of senators […]
"La fiesta más importante de la ciudadanía, el periodismo y la cultura, el Festival Gabo, se celebrará este año del 15 al 20 de noviembre. El evento es organizado por la Fundación Gabo, creada por el periodista y Premio Nobel de Literatura Gabriel García Márquez, y ofrece en su programación talleres, clases magistrales y charlas […]
"The most important festival of citizenship, journalism and culture, the Gabo Festival, will be held this year from Nov. 15 to 20. The event is organized by the Gabo Foundation, created by the journalist and Nobel Prize winner for Literature Gabriel García Márquez, and offers workshops, master classes and talks for all curious minds in […]
"The Ministerial Police arrested three people allegedly involved in the crime against Jacinto Romero, a journalist from Veracruz. He was shot dead in the Ixtaczoquitlán municipality on August 19 of this year. One of those arrested, Roberto "N," is councilor elect of the Morena party in this municipality, according to authorities. The State Attorney General's Office […]
"More than 350 journalists folded their arms for two hours this Wednesday afternoon (Nov. 10). The protest claims the 8.9% readjustment in all salaries in the Salary Campaign of Newspapers and Magazines in the Capital. The index represents inflation of the campaign period, from June 1, 2020 to May 31, 2021." Read original release (in […]
“El Premio Reporteros sin Fronteras a la Libertad de Prensa 2021 se entregará el próximo 18 de noviembre. Periodistas y medios procedentes de 11 países están nominados en tres categorías: coraje, impacto e independencia periodística.” El semanario nicaragüense Confidencial está nominado al Premio al Coraje; el Proyecto Pegasus, en el que trabajaron Aristegui Noticias y […]
"On Wednesday [Nov. 10], the court that is handling the case of Alex Saab ordered the federal prosecutor's office in Miami to open a criminal investigation of the media and journalists, most of them Venezuelans, who published photos of the last hearing of the alleged front man of Nicolás Maduro despite to the express prohibition […]