“Énois, a representative journalism laboratory, launched Monday Aug. 3 the Diversity in the Newsroom program, in alliance with Google News Initiative. The program will select 10 newsrooms throughout Brazil (with the exception of the capitals of São Pablo y Río de Janeiro) that already have practical actions of diversity directed at teams, stories developed and […]
"On Wednesday Aug. 12, a Red Uno television news team from Bolivia was surrounded and attacked by protesters that interrupted the circulation of vehicles in the region of Santa Fe of Yapacani, in the municipality of San Carlos, located 120 kilometers from the city of Santa Cruz de la Sierra. According to the journalist Marco […]
“At least two local Journalists have been threatened by an executive member of the A Partnership for National Unity/Alliance For Change (APNU/AFC) [political party] in Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam). Based on reports received, Romario Blair of Kaieteur News and TV host Ravi Mohan were threatened on social media by the executive, Prince Holder after they published […]
"Laura Molino, the judge of San Luis, sentenced the journalist Diego Masci today for 'violation of privacy,' to pay $90,000 [Argentinian] pesos in the case initiated by the then Minister of Education of the province as a result of a video going viral in which the official acknowledged having used drugs during a trip to […]
"Registration has been open since Tuesday Aug. 11 for the largest gathering of journalism in Latin America. The 15th International Congress of Investigative Journalism Abraji will be held virtually, Sept. 11 and 12, 2020. Due to the economic and health crisis, free registration is an option, but participants are invited to donate whatever amount to […]
“Bolivian authorities should quickly and thoroughly investigate the attack on journalist David Sapiencia, identify those responsible, and hold them to account, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. On August 5, about two dozen protesters in the central Bolivian town of Mairana attacked Sapiencia, a freelance photojournalist, according to news reports and the journalist, who […]
"On the first anniversary of the submission of the sexual violence case of journalist Jineth Bedoya in the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, an analysis of its importance for post-conflict Colombia and the unique opportunity it represents for women journalists of the continent." Read original article (Spanish)
"Aos Fatos launched today, August 10th, the public facade of an unprecedented real-time monitoring system built to fight disinformation. Radar Aos Fatos is a monitor that detects potentially misleading content that is circulating on social platforms by topics. Through its automated system, publications are swept by an algorithm that maps language patterns and classifies them […]
"Armed men shot at the office of the newspaper Diario de Iguala, Tuesday morning. This attack occured two days after the killing of reporter Pablo Morrugares Parraguirre. According to the police report, around 11 a.m., armed men shot the building's facade and gate." Read original article (Spanish)
"The Journalistic Ethics Observatory (objETHOS, in its acronym in Portuguese) is launching the COVID-19 Guide to Ethical Coverage, a free publication for journalists. The guide was based on some of the main manuals and lists of recommendations that have been circulating internationally since the beginning of the pandemic." Read the full article and download the […]
"Journalist Alex Braga was beaten up on the night of 23.20.2020, after having his car hit by another vehicle, in the Flores neighborhood, in Manaus (AM). He is the host of the news show Amazonas Diário, from Grupo Diário de Comunicação (GDC), in which he criticizes the state government." Read the full article (in Portuguese).
"According to a survey by the National Federation of Journalists (FENAJ), there were 3,930 journalists that work under a formal contract for newsrooms, in 16 unions in the country, who had their salaries and work hours reduced during the pandemic. Another 81 journalists had their work contracts suspended and 205 were laid off." Read original […]