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Salvadoran journalist Carlos Dada wins ICFJ Knight Trailblazer Award

"The International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) announced its annual Knight International Journalism Awards, recognizing excellent reporting that makes a difference in the lives of people around the world... Carlos Dada, the founder and director of the Salvadoran news site El Faro (The Lighthouse), was tapped to receive the ICFJ Knight Trailblazer Award. A leading force for […]

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Award created to recognize non-fiction works by Latin American women authors

"Aware of the importance of good journalism for society and especially for the strength of democracy, the Diego Portales University (UDP, by its Spanish acronym), in Chile, has created the Premio Cátedra Mujeres y Medios award. This award hopes to make visible the extensive journalistic work of generations of women and thus build a platform […]

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IPYS announces the 2022 edition of the Latin American Award for Investigative Journalism

"The Press and Society Institute (IPYS, by its Spanish acronym) announces the 2022 edition of the Latin American Prize for Investigative Journalism, the most important award in the specialty in the region. The organization will receive applications until June 30, the day after which a jury made up of journalists with extensive experience will evaluate […]

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Brazil: Jovem Jornalista Award opens registration for 2022 edition

"Registration is now open for the 14th edition of the Fernando Pacheco Jordão Jovem Journalist Award, promoted by the Vladimir Herzog Institute in partnership with the Brazilian Association of Investigative Journalism (Abraji, for its acronym in Portuguese) and four other organizations. Brazilian students must present proposals for coverage on the theme "The cries the world […]

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Report for the World opens first-ever global call for local newsroom applications

"Report for the World announced on May 2 open applications for local newsroom partners anywhere in the world. The program — which currently supports 15 local reporters in six newsrooms across Brazil, India, and Nigeria — will, for the first time, welcome applications from prospective host newsrooms in an open call that will expand the […]

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Registration for a Masters in Journalism program with newspaper El País for applicants from Latin America closes on May 31

"The Master's Degree in Journalism is a graduate program, a degree from the Autonomous University of Madrid, which lasts 22 months. Of these, 12 months are spent in paid internships with PRISA group news outlets. The rest of the time , students will receive training at the School of Journalism, where they will work in small […]

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Open call for JournalismAI Academy for small newsrooms

"The JournalismAI Academy for Small Newsrooms is a FREE online programme that offers a deep dive into the potential of artificial intelligence to journalists and media professionals from small newsrooms. It is designed by the JournalismAI team at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and powered by the Google News Initiative. [...] The 8-week programme will […]

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The Gabo Award opens its tenth edition and adds new categories

“The Gabo Foundation, an institution created in 1995 by Colombian journalist and Nobel Prize winner Gabriel García Márquez, officially opened the 2022 Gabo Award cycle. The competing works must have been published for the first time between July 1, 2021 and June 7, 2022 and be entered to the award platform before the deadline: Wed., […]

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New round of the Google News Initiative Innovation Challenge in Latin America

"We are delighted to announce the third edition of the Google News Initiative Innovation Challenge for Latin America, designed to stimulate innovation around creating a more sustainable and diverse news ecosystem in the region. (...) In this third edition for the region, we want to promote innovative projects focused (but not limited) in the following […]

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Repórter Brasil offers reporting grants to investigate the financing of socio-environmental violations

"Between 2016 and 2021, banks invested US $37.7 billion in credit to 24 mining companies at high risk of generating deforestation and human rights violations in the world's three largest rainforest areas. Banks from the United States, Japan and Canada are among major funders. In November 2021, Vale, the largest Brazilian company in the sector, […]

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Roche Award for Health Journalism open for submissions

"Roche and the Gabo Foundation tech department invite all interested parties to participate in the tenth edition of the Roche Award 2022, which recognizes excellence and quality journalistic coverage on health issues. [...] Registrations will be available from March 28th to June 27th, 2022. Journalists interested in participating may submit their work in the categories […]

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News outlet ‘Divergentes’, from Nicaragua, and Mexican photographer Sáshenka Gutiérrez are among winners of the Ortega y Gasset awards

"The jury of the 39th edition of the Ortega y Gasset Journalism Awards, met this Wednesday, April 6, at the headquarters of EL PAÍS in Madrid, and announced the winners. (...) In the category of Best Multimedia Coverage, the special 'The challenge behind the massacre: Memory, truth, justice, and non-repetition,' published by the Nicaraguan media […]