“Facebook today announces a three-year investment program in Brazil to support news outlets, of all sizes and regions, and to train thousands of journalists. As part of the initiative, the company has signed commercial agreements with 20 news organizations. In addition, Facebook will invest, in addition to these agreements, more than US$ 2.6 million in […]
Newsrooms from Argentina, Brazil and Venezuela are among the finalists for the 2021 Online Journalism Awards. The awards honor excellence in digital journalism and are a program of the Online News Association. Winners will be announced on Oct. 15. The finalists from Latin America are: GENERAL EXCELLENCE IN ONLINE JOURNALISM Agência Pública (Small Newsroom Finalist) […]
“A journalist throughout his life, Gabriel García Márquez rarely published an interview. He liked to do it and then create a more in-depth crónica or report, but he was never in favor of this genre, less since tape recorders were used and memory and notes were no longer used. The few that he did publish, […]
"Abraji's 16th International Investigative Journalism Congress will last seven days (August 23-29). There are 70 hours of workshops, lectures and debates that will be available for 30 days on the event platform. For the second year in a row, due to the health and economic crisis, registration is free. But participants are invited to donate […]
“As every year, Distintas Latitudes and the Factual organization call on young journalists from Latin America and the Caribbean, as well as students or recent graduates of communication, film, journalism, international relations and the like, and people who create content with a journalistic sense, to apply for our call to join the sixth generation (2021-2021) […]
"On Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2021 at 2:00 p.m. Argentina, at SembraMedia we launched Amuna Digital, an initiative focused on Argentina that we developed with the support of the Facebook Journalism Project. Amuna Digital is an education and acceleration program for digital media in Argentina that was born with a federal perspective. The initiative seeks to […]
"The Inter-American Press Association (IAPA) and the Latin American Council for Accreditation of Education in Journalism (CLAEP, for its acronym in Spanish), opened the registration process for a virtual diploma for the professionalization of journalists. Under the general title of "Discovering the secrets of Journalism," the IAPA/CLAEP diploma will begin on Aug. 28 and will […]
"The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) announces today the winners of the 2021 Excellence in Journalism Award. Journalists from national and local media and collaboration platforms from Argentina, Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, the United States, Mexico, Peru and Venezuela obtained awards and mentions in 14 categories." Read original release
"Registration for the largest journalism meeting in Latin America is now open. Abraji's 16th International Congress of Investigative Journalism will be held virtually, for seven days, from Aug 23, 2021 to Aug 29, 2021. Due to health and economic crises, registration will be free for the second year in a row. Click here to register." […]
"The Consortium to Support Independent Journalism in the Region (CAPIR, for its acronym in Spanish) calls on independent media from Mexico, Honduras, Bolivia and Venezuela to participate in the Initiative for Integral Media Development (IMDI), which seeks to strengthen the institutional capacity of independent media to protect their journalists, increase the reach of their audience […]
"Following the announcement of the second edition of the Google News Initiative's Innovation Challenge in Latin America in March of this year, more than 300 news organizations from across the region submitted their entries. Today, we announce the innovative projects that will receive support from Google through from a $2 million fund. With this initiative, […]
"The 2021 Global Investigative Journalism Conference is this November 1-5, and for the first time, we’re doing it all online. The conference is the seminal international event in investigative journalism, featuring practical panels and workshops on the latest investigative techniques, data analysis, online research, cross-border collaboration, and more by the best journalists in the field. […]