"Fifteen journalists from radio stations, television channels, newspapers and a private media agency in the city of Cochabamba suffered physical attacks and intimidation during journalistic coverage of blockades carried out by sectors that questioned the results of the general elections last October." Read original article (in Spanish)
"Mexican photojournalist Carlos Zaaráin, who was abducted last Saturday by an armed group in the western state of Sinaloa along with two other people, was released last night, according to newspaper Noroeste, where the informant works. 'After being held for almost 24 hours, the photojournalist managed to return to his relatives in an apparent response […]
"The National Federation of Journalists (FENAJ, for its acronym in Portuguese) expresses deep regret at the death of journalist Edney Menezes, 44, in the city of Peixoto de Azevedo, state of Mato Grosso. He was murdered on Sunday night, [Nov.] 15, when he was inside his car, at the intersection of Rua Getúlio Vargas and […]
“The Pulitzer Center, a nonprofit organization that supports independent global journalism, is now accepting reporting fellowship applications for its Rainforest Investigations Network (RIN). The network is a major new initiative that seeks to harness investigative reporting and cross-border collaboration to tackle stories at the intersection of climate change, corruption, and governance in the world’s three […]
“Media outlet San José Total reported through social networks about the death of the communicator at dawn this Saturday [Nov. 14], after the journalist spent four days in critical condition due to being shot on the night of Tuesday, Nov. 10. Mario Ortega was hospitalized after the attack on Tuesday in Puerto San José, [department […]
“In the last 48 hours, agents of the State Security of the Ministry of the Interior of Cuba (Minint), a feared apparatus that acts as political police of the communist regime of Havana, unleashed a wave of arrests of opponents and human rights activists, sources of Cuban dissidence denounced today. The arrests were recorded as […]
“The security forces also repressed reporters in the capital: four journalists - from the daily El Comercio, Canal N, Ojo Público and the French agency AFP - were wounded by pellets. A fifth journalist was injured in Puerto Maldonado, in the Amazon region of Madre de Dios, according to the National Association of Journalists." Read […]
"Independent journalism initiatives in Brazil will monitor and map cases of violence in municipal elections in the country that take place on Nov. 15 and 29 (first and second rounds). They are: Agência Pública, Agência Saiba Mais, Amazônia Real, Gênero e Número, Marco Zero, Plural, Ponte Jornalismo, Portal Catarinas and Projeto #Colabora. Voters from all […]
"Four days before the first round of municipal elections [in Brazil], Abraji has been receiving reports of tensions between the local press and politicians. The newspaper Gazeta de Limeira, which is 89-years-old and covers five cities in the interior of São Paulo, says its professionals are being prevented from following press conferences from the city […]
"The rigor, the informative credibility and defense of the environment and human rights were the values highlighted this Tuesday at the delivery of the King of Spain International Journalism Awards, in a ceremony marked by COVID-19, which was shorter than the usual and with a smaller audience, but that had the same emotion of other […]
"Federal prosecutor Ailton Benedito, former secretary of Human Rights and Collective Defense of the Federal Public Ministry (MPF), announced on his social networks that he is suing the fact-checking agency Aos Fatos. Ailton, who declares himself to be conservative and is aligned with Bolsonaro, was pointed out by the fact-checking site as one of the […]
"O procurador federal Ailton Benedito, ex-secretário de Direitos Humanos e Defesa Coletiva do Ministério Público Federal (MPF), anunciou em suas redes sociais que está processando a agência de checagem Aos Fatos. Ailton, que se declara conservador e está alinhado ao ideário bolsonarista, foi apontado pelo site de fact-checking como um dos principais propagadores de conteúdo sobre cloroquina". Leia o artigo original.