"Journalist and writer Fernando Morais has taken legal action against OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, over the alleged unauthorized use of copyrighted content. According to CartaCapital magazine, the author of works including 'Olga' and 'Chatô: O Rei do Brasil' argued that the platform is capable of reproducing content from books he wrote. The lawsuit initially […]
"Supreme Court justices Flávio Dino and Alexandre de Moraes called for the court to reconsider its decision to waive the requirement of a journalism degree to practice the profession. During a hearing before the court’s First Panel on Tuesday, Aug. 18, Dino said the absence of such a requirement makes it difficult to determine who […]
"A study prepared by the Inter-Union Department of Statistics and Socioeconomic Studies (Dieese, for its Portuguese initials), at the request of the National Federation of Journalists (FENAJ)—based on data from the 2025 Annual Report on Social Information (RAIS)—reveals that a significant portion of Brazilian journalists remains subject to working hours exceeding those prescribed by the […]
“The first edition of the Journalism Labs project identified 44 experimentation spaces aimed at undergraduate students in Brazil. They are linked to 39 higher education institutions — 23 public and 16 private — across 17 states in the country’s five regions. The survey focused on extracurricular labs, where journalism students have the opportunity to produce […]
"Journalists at IstoÉ Publicações, a publishing group that includes the brands IstoÉ, Dinheiro, Gente, Motorshow, Planeta, Menu and Dinheiro Rural, declared a strike this Thursday [May 14] due to constant delays in the payment of wages and benefits. The problem occurs in the midst of scandals involving Entre Investimentos e Participações, of businessman Antônio Carlos […]
“The Journalists' Union of Paraguay (SPP for its initials in Spanish) has raised concerns over the ‘deterioration of purchasing power that affects workers in general, and our sector in particular.’ According to the union, food prices have increased by more than 40% over the past four years, while wages have not kept pace. The SPP […]
The State of Journalism 2025 survey, conducted by media and public relations firm Muck Rack, is now open for submissions. Journalists from all disciplines — reporters, editors, freelancers and independents — are invited to contribute their experiences to help map what’s working, what’s changing and what’s next for journalism. The survey takes between 12 and […]
“Journalists, photographers, and workers gathered on the afternoon of April 6 in Mexico City to demand better working conditions following the tragic deaths of Berenice Giles and Miguel Hernández, who were killed during the first day of the Axe Ceremonia Festival that weekend. On Saturday, a decorative metal structure fell on the victims, who were […]
"The Jorge Duprat Figueiredo Foundation for Occupational Safety and Medicine (Fundacentro, for its acronym in Portuguese) and the National Federation of Journalists (Fenaj) launched this Tuesday (April 9) the national survey on the mental health of journalists. The project has support from the Public Ministry of Labor (MPT). The objective is to identify the impacts […]
"In August 2023, newspaper El Nacional of [the southern Ecuadoran city] Machala, founded in 1964, ceased publication. After the closure of the newspaper, 27 former employees and retired workers did not receive their severance payments, nor answers from the shareholders. Now, with a ruling of the [regulatory body] Superintendency of Companies, the company that owned […]
"Following the resignation on Friday [March 22] of producer Juan Parodi as director of the [Argentine state-owned channel, TV Pública] –less than two months after his appointment on Feb. 5–, yesterday Mateo Baldarenas, director of human resources, and Eugenia Bereciartua, director of administration and finance of Radio y Televisión Argentina (RTA), also resigned. […] According […]
"Former workers of the newspaper Página Siete filed a labor lawsuit against the publishing company Luna Llena, whose main shareholder is Raúl Garafulic, for the payment of social benefits, severance payments and salaries owed for seven months. According to lawyer Álvaro Vásquez, who represents the former workers, the debt amounts to one and a half […]