“The editor of the Nicaraguan newspaper La Prensa, Fabián Medina, denounced that the regime of President Daniel Ortega tries to make the practice of journalism a crime in the country, after leaving an interview in the prosecutor's office to which he was summoned this Thursday [June 10]. 'The prosecutor who interviewed me insisted a lot […]
“The Office of the Attorney General of the Nation [Colombia] obtained a 28-year prison sentence against Gustavo Angulo Arboleda, alias 'Cherry,' for his participation in the abduction and custody of a journalistic team from newspaper El Comercio of Ecuador, whom were later assassinated in events that occurred between March and April 2018. According to the […]
“The International Women’s Media Foundation (IWMF) today [June 10th] announced the recipients of its 31st annual Courage in Journalism Awards. This year’s winners – all reporting from their own communities – include the all-women Dalit reporting and editing staff of Indian news outlet Khabar Lahariya; Paola Ugaz, a Peruvian print and broadcast journalist; freelance U.S. […]
"Through an order signed by Judge Geisler Smaille Pérez Domínguez, an armed group from the National Civil Police (PNC, for its acronym in Spanish) and personnel from the public prosecutor's office entered the home of Juan José Corado, sports editor of elPeriódico, this Wednesday [June 9] at 6:00 a.m. to carry out a search. [...] […]
"In the absence of a few minutes for the closing of the vote count for the second round [of presidential elections], and after a group of journalists denounced censorship by the news director of América TV and Canal N to report against Pedro Castillo, the executives of the television houses separated [a number of] communicators […]
"A federal judge ruled that Juan Francisco 'P,' alias 'El Quillo,' belonging to the criminal cell of the Dámaso, which was part of the Sinaloa Cartel, is responsible for the murder of journalist Javier Valdez Cárdenas. The sentence will be issued later. [...] During the process, the Special Prosecutor's Office for Crimes Committed against Freedom […]
"The Rio Civil Police Deputy Pablo Dacosta Sartori summoned journalist Leandro Demori, from The Intercept Brasil, to testify on Thursday (June 10, 2021). According to information from the site Metrópoles, the motivation for the subpoena was the May 8 newsletter published by the website, with accusations against civil police officers in Rio de Janeiro. In […]
"The Press Emblem Campaign announced this Monday (June 7) in Geneva that the number of journalists killed by COVID-19 surpassed the 1,500 mark worldwide, reaching 1,503. The month of May was the deadliest for the media since the beginning of the pandemic, with more than 200 losses, an average of seven per day. The countries […]
"The Consortium to Support Independent Journalism in the Region (CAPIR) launches a call to support with training and a seed fund of up to 10,000 USD to help carry out a cross-border journalistic investigation that address issues of public interest to Latin America. Independent media outlets or independent journalists who have the backing of media […]
“Milagros Costabel is 19 years old, she is from Colonia, Uruguay, and she was born without being able to see. Her disability didn't stop her from dreaming big. Last year, in the midst of a pandemic, she published her articles in English-speaking media outlets. And, starting in August, she will study at the prestigious American […]
“The Gabo Foundation, an institution created in 1995 by the Colombian journalist and Nobel laureate of literature, Gabriel García Márquez, opens registration for the ninth edition of the Gabo Award, the most important recognition of journalism in Spanish and Portuguese. […] Journalistic works published for the first time in Spanish or Portuguese between July 1, […]
"On the Day of the Journalist, we published the Map of News Deserts of Argentina, an investigation by FOPEA, with the support of [Google Argentina]. We toured the entire country, town by town, to reveal the uneven distribution of journalism. For 6 months, a team of more than 20 journalists worked to ascertain where there […]