"The Gabo Foundation, in alliance with Bancolombia and Sura Groups and their affiliates in Latin America, opened up the eleventh call for submissions to the Gabo Journalism Awards. This year the awards have the slogan 'Journalism Lives On.' The works must have been originally published in Spanish or Portuguese between Jun. 7, 2022 and Mar. […]
"Ashley Ann Presinal and Nasha Cruz, two journalists from Listin Diario, received recognition in the category of digital investigative journalism (on Jan. 24). During a ceremony held at the Center for Digital Culture of the Dominican Institute of Telecommunications (INDOTEL, by its Spanish acronym), the Technological Institute of Santo Domingo (INTEC) and the American Embassy […]
"The International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) seeks nominations for the 2023 ICFJ Knight International Journalism Award. Nominees can be reporters, editors, technologists, media managers or citizen journalists who are from and work in Africa, Asia, Central/Eastern Europe, Latin America/Caribbean or the Middle East. [...] The deadline is Feb. 5." Read full call for submissions
"The application form for the second round of the fellowship for young journalists interested in covering key biodiversity issues is now available. The deadline to submit applications for the second round is February 10." Read original call for submissions (in Spanish)
"Journalists, communication professionals and other interested parties can attend this free and open online course. Chicas Poderosas is organizing the 'Diversities in Command' course, which will be held in March 2023 in both Spanish and Portuguese. Participants can choose to take the classes live or watch them asynchronously. The course will aim to teach journalism, […]
"Journalists working or contributing to Latin American media outlets can apply for this virtual training in Spanish. The Thomson Reuters Foundation launches the workshop "Reporting and Communicating on Women's Economic Justice," Jan. 31 to March 9, 2023. Successful candidates will gain tools, knowledge and context for reporting on the intersections between economic and gender justice, […]
"An increase in environmental crimes poses significant risks to the Amazon Region. Wildlife trafficking, illegal logging, unsustainable fishing, and the expansion of mining and agricultural activities are some of the issues threatening the Amazon ecosystem, and the Indigenous peoples and local communities it is home to. Journalists, independent news outlets, and environmental defenders, already constrained […]
"The World Press Institute (WPI) will hold its 58th annual journalism fellowship program this spring and has invited 10 journalists from Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Finland, France, Nigeria, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and Turkey to participate in the program. The program will run from Mar. 3 through May. 6, 2023. The fellows will spend these nine […]
"Fake news in the science universe is dangerously popular. Misleading data about drugs and vaccines became even more common in the COVID-19 pandemic, but misinformation about biology, chemistry, physics, computer science and mathematics also goes viral with force, often hand-in-hand with fake studies and low-quality research. It was because of this scenario that the International […]
"The Inter-American Press Association (IAPA) has announced its Excellence in Journalism 2023 contest, aimed at media and communication professionals from North America, Latin America, the Caribbean, and Spain. (...) The contest is open to works published between July 1, 2022, and June 30, 2023, in print media, whether newspapers, weeklies or magazines, digital native media, […]
"'I don't work to win awards, I work because it excites me, because I like photography, because I like journalism,' said photojournalist Pedro Valtierra upon receiving the Fernando Benítez National Tribute to Cultural Journalism awarded by the Guadalajara International Book Fair (FIL, by its Spanish acronym). He dedicated this recognition 'to all my fellow photographers, but […]
"The Fund for Investigations and New Narratives on Drugs -FINND, by its Spanish acronym- in its fourth edition, seeks to support research and publication of innovative journalistic works that address the obstacles, challenges and opportunities related to drug policies in Latin America. The FINND was created from an alliance between the Gabo Foundation and the […]