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Brazil: Independent journalism organizations monitor violence during municipal elections

"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 […]

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Media outlets in the interior of Brazil report tensions during electoral coverage

"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 […]

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Rigor and credibility mark the King of Spain Awards for Journalism

"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 […]

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Brazilian prosecutor sues and encourages actions against fact-checking agency

"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 […]

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Procurador brasileiro processa e incentiva ações contra agência de combate a fake news

"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.

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Peruvian journalists association records 16 attacks on photojournalists and reporters in the last 48 hours

"The National Association of Journalists of Peru (ANP, for its acronym in Spanish) deplores the actions of the police who, in the last 48 hours, within the framework of the exercise of the legitimate citizen right to protest, have repressed photojournalists, reporters and protesters. At least 16 photojournalists, video reporters and reporters from the group […]

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AMLO asks for investigation of Mexicans Against Corruption; 'We do not operate in secrecy,' it responds

"Mexicans Against Corruption and Impunity (MCCI) responded, through a statement, that the organization does not operate in secrecy and that its financing comes from donations that are reported to the tax authorities. The foregoing, after President Andrés Manuel López Obrador warned in his morning press conference that financial support for the organization, which he said […]

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‘Nos faltan 3,' a documentary about the Ecuadorian journalistic team that was abducted and murdered

"Gabriela Loja and Marisol Pesantez are the directors of the documentary 'We are missing 3,' about the abduction and murder of three Ecuadorian journalists on the Colombian border. The film opens this Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2020, at the Ochoymedio cinema, in Quito. […] This production is a historical and descriptive work of the events that […]

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Journalists and protesters shot and beaten in Cancun, Mexico

"Police from Quintana Roo and from Benito Juárez shot protesters and reporters who were covering the march against femicides in this city [Cancún] tonight. [...] The police began to shoot after the protesters moved from the prosecutor's office to the Municipal Palace of Benito Juárez. The police attacked anyone who recorded the shots they fired […]

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Argentine site Red/Acción doubles homepage traffic with curation, brevity and social network format

“[...] In April of this year, the site [Red/Acción] carried out an investigation on the habits of digital media consumption and found that, in addition to the oversupply of information, the lack of time on the part of readers to be properly informed was another of the main problems. To solve these challenges, the site set […]

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Mexican journalist Israel Vázquez is shot and killed while reporting

“Journalist Israel Vázquez Rangel died after being shot in the municipality of Salamanca, [state of] Guanajuato, while reporting. According to the first reports, the attack took place on [Nov. 9] Monday morning in colonia Villa Salamanca 400, where the journalist went after hearing a report on the discovery of human remains. When Israel was preparing […]

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Six out of ten female journalists in Colombia have suffered gender violence

“[...] A significant number of women journalists are forced to quit their jobs, after having faced sexual violence. In fact, about 4 out of 10 communicators have made the decision to leave work spaces, 2 out of 5 have abandoned sources and 1 in 4 have stopping covering certain issues, after having been victims of […]