"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. […]
A Associação de Jornalistas de Educação (Jeduca) do Brasil publicou um guia para orientar a cobertura de jornalistas escrevendo sobre propostas de candidatos para a educação pública. Em novembro, o país escolhe novos prefeitos e veradores em 5.570 cidades. "Jornalistas devem ficar atentos às promessas dos candidatos, checando sempre se elas são condizentes com as […]
"In an unprecedented decision, [Revista Semana was ordered] to eliminate the publication of legal interceptions made of the family of the star witness against [former President Álvaro] Uribe, Juan Guillermo Monsalve. The ruling puts the protection of sources and the professional practice of journalism at serious risk." Read original article (Spanish)
"The São Paulo Civil Police launched an investigation to investigate a death threat against journalist Pedro Zambarda, a contributor to website Diário do Centro do Mundo. Last Friday (10.02.2020), Zambarda denounced, through a police report, a message he received on his cell phone after he published an article about 'waves of hate' on social networks […]
"Federal deputy Bia Kicis (PSL-DF) asked for content to be removed via provisional protection at least six times, in addition to filing another five criminal cases against professionals, press outlets or social media users. The actions target reports, articles and posts about the conduct of the parliamentarian shared on journalists' social networks. In an exclusive […]
"At least 44 Honduran journalists have requested protection measures for fear of losing their lives. From 2001 to September 2020, 87 Honduran journalists have died after receiving death threats in the country, and of these there are around six prosecuted cases. For this year, three journalists have already died despite the pandemic, said Carlos Ortiz, […]