Entries for the Digital Media Awards Americas 2025, organized by the World Association of News Publishers (WAN-IFRA), are open until Feb. 14. Eligible categories include Best Data Visualization, Best Fact-Checking Project, Best Use of Artificial Intelligence in the Newsroom, among others. The 2025 edition also features new categories focused on innovative formats and the social […]
"Clarice Herzog, a publicist and widow of journalist Vladimir Herzog, has been awarded a lifetime pension due to her husband's murder by the Brazilian state during the military dictatorship 50 years ago. According to a preliminary ruling by the Federal Court, Clarice will receive nearly R$35,000 (US $6,075) per month. Judge Anderson Santos da Silva […]
"The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) condemns the harassment campaign orchestrated by the Chief of the Joint Staff of the Armed Forces of Honduras, Roosevelt Hernández, against journalists and media outlets. In an unprecedented attack on press freedom, the military high command has pushed legal actions to force 12 media outlets to reveal their sources, […]
Applications are open until Feb. 24 for the seventh annual International Women’s Media Foundation’s (IWMF) Exprésate initiative, which offers grants, workshops, and resources for journalistic investigations. Exprésate “aims to support the production of high-quality journalism with a gender and LGBTQ+ focus, highlighting the issues faced by women and LGBTQ+ individuals in Latin America,” according to […]
“As Ecuador’s presidential election campaign enters its final stretch ahead of the vote on Feb. 9, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) urges all candidates to make enforcing journalists’ safety a chief goal. At least 19 journalists have been forced into exile in the past two years, a sign that the country’s deepening security crisis is pushing […]
“The government of Argentina announced on Feb. 4 the dissolution of the Office of the Press Secretary, a measure that had been previously reported by presidential spokesman Manuel Adorni and that comes less than a week after its head, Eduardo Serenellini, resigned. The Office of the Press Secretary, in charge of the government's communication policy, […]
"Chequeado has announced the creation of a network of local news outlets in Argentina with the goal of strengthening the news agenda with innovative and data-driven approaches. The initiative, supported by the International Fund for the Media in the Public Interest, brings together ADN Sur, Aire Digital, Corrientes al Día, Ruido and Todo Jujuy in […]
The editor of the digital newspaper Hondudiario, Arístides Aceituno, denounced on Friday, Jan. 31, that he is wanted by the International Police (Interpol), due to a lawsuit against him filed by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the Armed Forces of Honduras, Roosevelt Hernández. Apparently, the lawsuit stems from a report published […]
“Journalist Alan García Zúñiga was released the morning of Sunday [Feb. 2] after being abducted on Jan. 22 in Poza Rica, Veracruz [Mexico]. In a press release, the State Commission for the Attention and Protection of Journalists (CEAPP, by its Spanish acronym) said that, thanks to a joint operation between federal and state authorities, García […]
"Google News Initiative launched the Mexico News Accelerator, a comprehensive nine-month program to strengthen the technological infrastructure of news media in Mexico. The objective of this initiative is to improve the user experience of media sites as well as the knowledge of their audiences. The initiative includes training sessions and in-person events, and interested media […]
"A 61-year-old journalist was shot dead on Saturday (Jan. 25) in Potim, a city in São Paulo with 21,000 inhabitants located in the Paraíba Valley. The criminals fled and had not been identified as of Monday (Jan. 27). According to the police , Geraldinho, as he was known in the city, was arriving home with […]
"Pope Francis expressed concern over the impact of social media, warning against excessive scrolling, which he described as causing 'brain rot.' Pope Francis made the remark at the Jubilee of the World of Communications in Rome, an event which attracted around 9,000 journalists and writers from 138 countries, both in person and online. The pope […]