The prestigious John S. Knight Journalism Fellowship at Stanford University and the Nieman Fellowship at Harvard University have announced the journalists selected for their 2025–2026 cohorts. Latin America will be represented by just one professional in each program — both from Brazil. The JSK fellowship selected Sérgio Spagnuolo, executive director of the news site Núcleo […]
“Journalist Raúl Celis López, a well-known radio host in Iquitos, Peru, was shot and killed this morning (May 7) by suspected hitmen as he arrived riding in a motorcycle taxi to his workplace in downtown Iquitos. The murder occurred shortly after Celis López stopped to buy a newspaper. As the motorcycle taxi continued toward the […]
"2024 will go down in history as the deadliest year worldwide for journalists: 128 reporters were killed in retaliation for their work. In Colombia, the past year was the deadliest and most violent of the past decade. In the first months of this year, that trend continues: from Jan. 1 to May 2, there have […]
The Ortega y Gasset Journalism Awards, which recognize the best Spanish-language works published in 2024, were held on May 5 in Barcelona, at a meeting that championed journalism as a profession that discomforts in the face of the rise of authoritarianism. 'We have to confront the economic, political, and communicative business of lying,' urged Pepa […]
"A Unitel press team yesterday was assaulted, held and robbed while covering the conflict in Cotapachi over the treatment of garbage from the city of Cochabamba in central Bolivia. The journalist Paola Cadima reported that she was in the area of Mirador Colcapirhua covering the confrontations between two groups one that opposes the entry of […]
"The office of the president in Guatemala said in a statement on Monday [May 5] that it regrets journalist José Rubén Zamora Marroquín remains imprisoned at the disposition of the country's Public Prosecutor's Office, whose authority is sanctioned by the United States and the European Union under accusations of corruption. 'All Guatemala is witness of […]
"The Office of the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression (SRFOE) of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) warns the international community about the serious and progressive deterioration of the media ecosystem in Venezuela, as well as the growing climate of fear and self-censorship among journalists and citizens who seek to exercise their right […]
"Through an extensive letter, investors of Honduras Próspera Inc. try to intimidate [Honduran media outlet] Criterio.hn in order to impose a hegemonic discourse on the Employment and Economic Development Zones (ZEDE, for their acronym in Spanish), declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court of Justice (CSJ) of Honduras in September 2024. On April 8, Nicholas Dranias, […]
"The editor of the digital media outlet El Faro revealed Saturday afternoon [May 3] that they have information that the [El Salvador] Attorney General's Office is preparing arrest warrants against its journalists following recent reporting of a pact between Nayib Bukele's government and gangs. […] El Faro published interviews this week with two leaders of […]
"Nicaragua has informed UNESCO of its withdrawal from the organization, in response to the press freedom prize awarded to an opposition newspaper, the UN agency announced Sunday [May 4]. 'I regret this decision, which will deprive the people of Nicaragua of the benefits of cooperation in areas such as education and culture,' UNESCO Director General […]
"[In the Dominican Republic,] the Dominican College of Journalists (CDP, for its initials in Spanish), the Association of Photojournalists, and the National Union of Press Workers (SNTP) alerted the country's top authorities and Dominican society this Thursday about a series of dismissals, mistreatment, threats, restrictions, and attacks against journalists and other media workers. Press unions […]
"Judge Guadalupe Patricia Juárez Hernández ruled that Ricardo E. C. and Ricardo G. R. are criminally responsible for the aggravated homicide of Heber Fernando López Vásquez, a journalist murdered in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Oaxaca. According to the journalist's family and colleagues, the final hearing in the legal proceedings against the two people accused of […]