"Journalists from Ibero-American countries can now submit their work for the 2025 Gabo Prizes. Submissions are open until Feb. 18, 2025 and accept journalistic productions originally published in Spanish or Portuguese between Feb. 29, 2024 and Feb. 17. 2025. To participate, interested parties must register on the official registration platform. The 13th edition of the […]
"The Ortega y Gasset Journalism Awards open the call for their 42nd edition. The EL PAÍS awards recognize the best journalistic works originally published in Spanish during 2024. Candidates can apply for four categories: Best journalistic story or investigation, Best multimedia coverage, Best photography and Professional career. Applications can be made through the awards website […]
The International Women's Media Foundation (IWMF) and UNESCO are leading the action “Safeguarding Women's Voices: Enhancing Gender-Sensitive Security Strategies”, with the objective of supporting media outlets in different regions, with a special focus on the Global South, to strengthen security policies and address gender-based threats. Media participating in the initiative will benefit from one-on-one consultations […]
"Created in 1997, the annual UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize honours a person, organization or institution that has made an outstanding contribution to the defence and, or promotion of press freedom anywhere in the world, and especially when this has been achieved in the face of danger. [...] UNESCO is now receiving nominations for […]
"We invite two journalists from countries with restricted freedom of press and information to Berlin for a period limited to six months. During their stay, media professionals take time off from their daily obligations to recover from their difficult working conditions and to expand their personal and professional horizons. At the end of the six […]
“The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) and Google News Initiative (GNI) announced the start of the application period for South American media outlets interested in participating in the Digital Revenue Accelerator. This program is developed by the IAPA with the support of the GNI and has the technical backing of Marktube Group. Up to 20 […]
The EFE news agency and the Secretary of State for International Cooperation, through the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID, for its initials in Spanish), opened the call for the King of Spain International Awards for Journalism 2025, which recognize the best works of journalism in Spain and Latin America. Next year will be […]
The Consortium to Support Independent Journalism in the Region (CAPIR, for its acronym in Spanish) launched a call for journalists and media outlets in exile in Latin America. The initiative aims to finance innovative projects that offer creative and effective solutions to the challenges faced by media outlets and journalists who have had to leave […]
The Serrapilheira Institute of Brazil, in partnership with the Latin American Center for Investigative Journalism (CLIP), is accepting applications until Nov. 12 from Latin American journalists who want to conduct data-based investigations on biodiversity. Selected individuals will receive a monthly grant of $600 for three months. They will also participate in in-person training in Rio […]
"What is the role of news media in the struggle against feminicide? Media coverage of feminicide is essential to make gender-based violence visible and challenge it. Based on the prior research and community building of Data Against Feminicide, we know that a large number of activists produce data from press monitoring. But beyond data, the […]
The Latin American Conference of Investigative Journalism (COLPIN, by its Spanish acronym) held the Javier Valdez Award ceremony, one of the most prestigious awards for investigative journalism in Spanish, on the evening of Oct. 25, in Madrid. First place went to “Operación Cacería” (Operation Hunting), a TV report by Venezuelan journalist Ricardo Calderón, which recounts […]
On Thursday night (Oct. 24), at a ceremony held in Miami, the winners of the 2024 Roche Health Journalism Award were announced. Among the awarded works, two highlight issues from Latin America. In the Digital Journalism category, the report “Challenges and solutions to improve prenatal coverage in riverside communities in the Amazon,” produced by Amazônia […]