Despite the challenges faced by the media industry, the Haitian Times –a print and digital newspaper catering to Haitian immigrants in the United States– has managed to not only survive but thrive by adapting to the changing needs of its audience. Through a combination of smart financial decisions, leveraging technology like AI, and deeply understanding […]
"UNESCO is inviting professional photographers from all over the world to send a sample of their best photographs reporting on environmental issues and emergencies. [...] The selected photographs will help to raise awareness on the work on environmental journalists and the importance of journalism and freedom of expression in the context of the current global […]
“The Association of Journalists of El Salvador (Apes, for its acronym in Spanish) recorded at least 319 attacks against the press in the last general elections, the majority during the presidential votes, according to a report presented this Tuesday [March 5] by representatives of the entity. Data from the Apes Electoral Monitoring Center indicate that […]
“In September 2023, the Third Global Summit on Disinformation presented a series of meetings that addressed the current state of disinformation, how it affects journalism and news readers and what strategies are used today to combat it. Five months later, the Gabo Foundation, an ally of the event, and Proyecto Desconfío, which organizes it annually […]
“The Center for Archives and Access to Public Information (Cainfo) expresses its concern about the internal investigation organized by the Ministry of the Interior [of Uruguay] to investigate the sources of journalist Eduardo Preve for journalistic publications about the use of the device known as ' The Guardian' and other cases involving the police. The […]
"A raging fire that broke out in the early hours of Tuesday [Mar. 5] completely destroyed the office where the digital magazine Anfibia, a prestigious Argentine publication of journalistic crónicas, operated. The fire started during the early hours of the morning and consumed the entire floor where the newsroom was located in the Balvanera neighborhood […]
"The Minister of Communication and Information of the Government of Venezuela, Freddy Ñáñez, announced this Monday [Mar. 4] the expulsion of the German channel Deutsche Welle from all cable service companies in the country, accusing the television station of 'broadcasting content and promoting hate propaganda' against the nation. The measure has had an immediate effect. […]
"The newspaper La Prensa, the oldest in Nicaragua, reaches 98 years old, resisting from exile and with a commemorative edition published by its journalists from Nicaraguan territory on the San Juan River. 'This year, journalists, using a Costa Rican boat with the right of free navigation on the San Juan River, Nicaraguan territory, have created […]
“Following the announcements of President [of Argentina] Javier Milei, the national government closed the state news agency Télam. Personnel from the Police of the City of Buenos Aires fenced off their buildings in Buenos Aires and on its website www.telam.com.ar a message appeared with the Argentine shield and the phrase: 'Page under construction.' It is […]
"[Brazil's] Superior Court of Justice (STJ, for its acronym in Portuguese) annulled the popular jury's decision that convicted four of the five defendants accused of planning and executing the death of radio presenter Valério Luiz in 2012. The appeal was a request from the defense of Maurício Sampaio, identified as the mastermind of the crime. […]
“In a signed open letter, 123 journalists, correspondents and professionals who teach journalism spoke out against Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador's harassment of the chief correspondent for the New York Times, after the head of state released their data personal during a morning press conference. The document highlights that such acts have been emulated […]
"[...] along with Uruguay, Costa Rica is the only full democracy in Latin America, according to the latest Democracy Index by The Economist, and has been ranked second on the entire continent, after Canada, in the Press Freedom Index from Reporters Without Borders (RSF, for its acronym in French). [...] That's why it has become […]