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Climate Tracker and Oxfam call journalists from 9 Latin American countries to apply for workshop on climate change impact

"During two months, 30 selected journalists will participate in eight virtual meetings that will seek to highlight how climate change losses and damages are exacerbating multifaceted and interrelated problems in the region, such as climate-induced migration, population displacement, food insecurity and other factors, such as water scarcity, malnutrition and poverty. [...] For this edition, we […]

Open call announced for 8th generation of the LATAM Network of Young Journalists

“As every year, Distintas Latitudes and the organization Factual 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 sense of journalism, to apply to our call to join the eighth generation […]

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Brazil: Anti-racist education and coverage of attacks on schools, among topics of Jeduca's 7th Educational Journalism Congress

"Registration for the 7th International Congress of Educational Journalism, organized by Brazil's Association of Education Journalists (Jeduca, by its Portuguese acronym), is now open. This year, the theme of the congress is 'What kind of society do we want? Education journalism in the national debate.' The event will be held Sept. 18-19, at the Álvares […]

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Application open for the sixth edition of the Mercosur Science Journalism and Popularization Award

"The National Council of Science and Technology (CONACYT, by its Spanish acronym) announces the sixth edition of the MERCOSUR Science Dissemination and Journalism Award with the support of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), as an initiative of the MERCOSUR Specialized Meeting on Science and Technology (RECYT). This call is aimed at […]

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Call for submissions - CAPIR offers funding for research and reporting in Latin America

The Consortium to Support Independent Journalism in the Region (CAPIR, by its Spanish acronym) invites individual journalists, teams of journalists and news outlets in Latin America to submit proposals in the following categories: Call for national investigations Call for cross-border investigations Call for journalists and news outlets in exile Call for special coverage Selected proposals […]

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IAPA extends closing date of its Excellence in Journalism contest

"The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) informed media professionals in North America, Latin America, the Caribbean and Spain that it has extended by one week the deadline for its Excellence in Journalism 2023 contest. The new deadline for receiving applications will expire on Friday, July 7 at midnight. Only journalistic pieces published between July 1, […]

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Mexican journalist María Teresa Montaño to receive CPJ's International Press Freedom Award 2023

"The Committee to Protect Journalists [CPJ] will celebrate four extraordinary journalists from Georgia, India, Mexico, and Togo with its 2023 International Press Freedom Awards. […] María Teresa Montaño (México) is a prominent investigative reporter […]. Her journalism features investigations of corruption, transparency, gender violence, and accountability. […] In 2021, in retaliation for her reporting, she […]

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Gabo Foundation announces 15 finalists for Gabo Awards 2023

"The Gabo Foundation, an institution created in 1995 by journalist and Nobel Prize in Literature Gabriel García Márquez, announced the finalists of the eleventh edition of the Gabo Awards, the most important journalism recognition in Spanish and Portuguese. The list of finalists is made up of three works in each of the five contest categories: […]

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Gabo Foundation announces the 50 nominees for the Gabo Prize 2023

"The Gabo Foundation, an institution created by journalist and Nobel Prize in Literature Gabriel García Márquez, announced the 50 nominees for the eleventh edition of the Gabo Award, the most important journalism recognition in Spanish and Portuguese. The list of nominees is made up of 10 works in each of the five categories of the […]

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13 Latin Americans join Reuters Institute's climate journalism network

"13 Latin American journalists joined the fourth cohort of the Oxford Climate Journalism Network that will run from July to December 2023. Journalists from Argentina, Brazil, Colombia and Mexico are some of the participating nationalities. The Oxford Climate Journalism Network (OCJN) is a programme of the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism at the […]

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Argentine journalist Germán de los Santos receives award for his investigations on drug trafficking

"The National Academy of Journalism (ANP, by its Spanish acronym) [in Argentina] awarded the Pluma de Honor [Pen of Honor] prize to Germán de los Santos, for his investigations on drug trafficking, in a ceremony held at the Augusto Raúl Cortazar Hall of the National Library. It also made a special recognition to Graciela Fernández […]

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Latin American journalists among new corps members of Report for the World

Journalists from Chile, El Salvador, Mexico, and Nicaragua are part of the latest cohort of Report for the World, an international journalism program that connects local newsrooms with talented journalists to report on little-known issues around the world. 'Fifteen journalists are joining this latest cohort, bringing Report for the World’s current corps size to 45 […]