"With the aim of contributing to a report by Revista AzMina—funded by Reporters Without Borders—a survey has been launched to investigate the gender-based violence faced by journalists covering cases of violence against women in Brazil. The questionnaire seeks to map the experiences, patterns, and impacts of such violence. The questionnaire, completed anonymously, is aimed at […]
"Former First Lady Michelle Bolsonaro posted a video on Saturday (March 14, 2026) in which Cris Mourão, a supporter of former President Jair Bolsonaro, claims that journalists who were in front of the DF Star hospital in Brasília, covering the hospitalization of former leader, were wishing for his death. In the footage, it is not […]
"A São Paulo court ordered journalist Luan Araújo to pay one minimum wage (R$ 1,621, or about US $300) for the crime of defamation against former congresswoman Carla Zambelli, currently imprisoned in Italy. Luan Araújo is the man who, in 2022—on the eve of the second round of the presidential elections—was chased by Zambelli in […]
"The press in Ecuador is doing its work amid the government’s war on drug trafficking, which has turned the country into the most violent in Latin America, with a record 54 homicides per 100,000 inhabitants in 2025 — equivalent to one every hour, according to official data. 'Having six journalists killed in just one year […]
"Oaxacan journalist and head of the news site OM Noticias, Óscar Merino Ruiz, was shot and wounded in an attack Tuesday night in Santiago Pinotepa Nacional, a town on Oaxaca’s coast, the National Forum of Journalists and Communicators confirmed. The shooting took place in a public area and left him seriously injured. He was taken […]
More than 50 videos on YouTube featuring actors posing as journalists have amassed 32 million views in a coordinated push to legitimize Interim President Delcy Rodríguez. The campaign, spanning 14 channels, is connected to the Buenos Aires-based advertising agency FG Medios Sociedad Anónima. Cazadores de Fake News determined the presenters who narrate the videos are […]
"Estefany Rodríguez, the Nashville Spanish-language news reporter arrested by ICE, was granted a $10,000 bond Monday but remains detained in Louisiana after government lawyers reserved their right to appeal, according to her attorney. Joel Coxander, Rodríguez’ attorney, said she has been subject to 'inhumane and difficult treatment' since her arrest in Nashville by ICE agents […]
"The families of two Haitian journalists who were reported kidnapped last week pleaded Monday for information about them, with many fearing that gangs had killed them. Junior Célestin of Radio Television Megastar and Osnel Espérance of Radio Uni FM were reporting in downtown Port-au-Prince on Friday when they were taken, according to Radio Uni FM. […]
"Media owners point to shifting reading habits as the primary reason two legacy newspapers have folded in the Caribbean so far this year: Guyana’s Stabroek News and Trinidad and Tobago’s Newsday. Stabroek News printed its final edition on Sunday and halted its online publication. Meanwhile, Trinidad and Tobago’s Newsday stopped publishing its print and online […]
Two Haitian journalists were abducted on Friday, March 13, in downtown Port-au-Prince by armed members of a gang. The victims, Osnel Espérance of Radio Uni FM and Junior Célestin of Radio Television Megastar, were kidnapped while reporting in the lower part of the capital, The Haitian Times reported. Their employers confirmed the double abduction, which […]
"In apparent violation of Brazilian law prohibiting the indiscriminate use and distribution of copyrighted journalistic content, Grok —the artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot developed by Elon Musk— has been ‘tearing down’ news outlets’ paywalls by delivering full newspaper articles that normally require a subscription to access. To test how this works in practice, O Globo newspaper […]
"Nine out of 10 news websites in Brazil lack protocols to prevent data collection by artificial intelligence companies, allowing their content to be used to train large language models. According to the study 'The Protocol Gap,' released this Thursday (March 12, 2026), 93% of the 4,025 news websites in the country analyzed do not have […]