"Federal authorities recognized that the spiral of violence in Iguala and the threatening of the local press is due to the division of the criminal group Guerreros Unidos, suspected of the disappearance of 43 college students in 2014." Read original article (in Spanish)
"Venezuela and Brazil dominated the Roche Awards for Health Journalism in sound, digital and daily health coverage, which were delivered virtually on Thursday night." See the list of winners (in Spanish)
"The Argentine Journalism Forum (FOPEA, for its acronym in Spanish) warned Miriam Lewin, the head of the Ombudsman of Audiovisual Communication Services, that the creation of the Observatory of Disinformation and Symbolic Violence (NODIO) implies a clear risk to freedom of expression and the plurality of voices in the country. Faced with the announcement of […]
"[...] Carlos, Claudine, Gabriela, Kamil and Victorios [...] had to flee their countries of origin - Venezuela, Democratic Republic of Congo, Nicaragua, Turkey and Syria - due to the threats they suffered as reporters. They sought refuge in Brazil, where they had to remake their lives, most of them far from the profession. The five […]
"Inter-American Press Association (IAPA) reported this Tuesday that it launched the Immortal Pencils campaign 'to raise awareness about the impunity that surrounds most crimes against journalists; the lack of justice that encourages more violence, censorship and self-censorship.' The official launch of the action will be on Oct. 21 and the IAPA requests the collaboration of […]
"Given the death of the Dominican journalist Andrés Estrella Núñez, who was found dead last Friday in Santo Domingo, the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) regrets the loss of its colleague and demands that the Dominican authorities solve his death. Organizations such as the National Union of Press Workers of the Dominican Republic (SNRP), an […]
"Governments around the world have used the COVID-19 pandemic as cover to expand online surveillance and data collection, censor critical speech, and build new technological systems of social control, according to Freedom on the Net 2020, the latest edition of the annual country-by-country assessment of internet freedom, released today by Freedom House... Political leaders are also using […]
"The amount of content to fact-check during the 2020 U.S. presidential campaign is so considerable that FactChat‘s Spanish-speaking allies, Univision and Telemundo, have increased the size of their teams to both translate their partners’ work into Spanish and produce their own articles. Nearly 30% of the fact-checks published by these two television channels for FactChat’s […]
“The Ortega regime reactivated the process to approve the two new repressive laws with which it will criminalize the publications of citizens on social networks and of the media, as well as the financial espionage of organizations, companies and individuals that receive financing from associations and foreign governments." Read original article (in Spanish)
"Reporters Without Borders, Spanish section, opens the period for receiving requests for its third edition of the Temporary Reception Program for Journalists from Latin America. The program is aimed at journalists who face censorship problems or threats directly related to the exercise of their profession. [...] The objective of this period is to offer a […]
"UNESCO partnered with UNDP to launch an online consultation to combat disinformation and address the ever more urgent concern for those working to build informed and inclusive societies. The consultation Forging a Path for a Better Information Ecosystem: Effective Governance, Media, Internet, and Peacebuilding Responses to Disinformation aims to gather innovative evidence, experiences, and perspectives […]
The Association of Education Journalists (Jeduca) of Brazil published a coverage guide for journalists writing about candidate proposals for public education. In November, the country chooses new mayors and city councilors in 5,570 cities. "Journalists should be attentive to the candidates' promises, always checking whether they are consistent with the duties of mayors and councilors. […]