“According to the Federal Police (PF), advertising executive Thiago Miranda, of communications agency MiThi and a partner at Portal Léo Dias, allegedly coerced and intimidated two journalists and an investment consultant at the behest of former banker Daniel Vorcaro [who is in prison as part of a massive financial fraud investigation]. The information was revealed […]
"The Brazilian Association of Investigative Journalism (Abraji) expresses concern over a recent episode of judicial harassment brought by the Federation of Industries of the State of Mato Grosso do Sul (Fiems) against journalists at MidiaMax. In recent weeks, 15 criminal lawsuits were filed against reporters, editors and the outlet’s co-founder over publications covering investigations and […]
“Members of a team hired by Daniel Vorcaro to target critics of Banco Master told the banker they had hacked the email of journalist Consuelo Dieguez and, in a separate incident, accessed the systems of Piauí magazine. Messages extracted from the former banker's cell phone, obtained by SBT News, also show that Vorcaro himself ordered […]
"Amid concerns over violence against the press in region of Antioquia, authorities confirmed the finding of the body of Julián Hincapié, a 23-year-old journalist who had been missing since Sept. 10 in [the town of] Anorí. With this murder, two journalists have now been killed this year in the department. The young journalist was found […]
"The Association of the Press of Huehuetenango filed a complaint with Guatemala’s public prosecutor’s office and called for a ‘rigorous and transparent’ investigation into the killing of 34-year-old journalist Evelio Lisandro López Sánchez, which occurred Friday, Oct. 2, in San Pedro Necta, in the department of Huehuetenango. López Sánchez, founder and director of the local […]
“RSF analysed Javier Milei’s X account between April and May 2026 and found that in 47 days, Argentina’s head of state posted 1,674 posts attacking journalists and the media, including reposts — which is more than what Elon Musk posts against the press in a year(opens in new tab). These staggering figures illustrate the extent of […]
"In the early morning hours of Friday [Sept. 25], an unknown individual broke into the home of journalist César Candia, a correspondent for the media outlets SNT and C9N in the city of Yasy Cañy, Canindeyú department [in Paraguay], and set fire to the journalist's car. In a conversation with ABC Cardinal on Friday, Candia, […]
"Women accounted for the majority of online attacks targeting journalists during the initial weeks of the 2026 electoral campaign. Monitoring identified misogynistic aggression in which attempts to delegitimize news reporting were combined with gender-based insults directed at female professionals. Between August 16 and September 12, the Coalition in Defense of Journalism (CDJor), in partnership with […]
"On the night of September 17, 2026, Kenny Yucra, journalist and director of the digital news outlet La Lupa, received death threats in the southern Ica region. Via WhatsApp messages from an unknown number, the reporter received two videos showing a firearm simulated to shoot at him. The messages also explicitly referenced his home address […]
"The weather forecast warned us early on. That July 17, 1986, was going to be a scorching day in Matamoros, Tamaulipas: thermometers were already reading 28 degrees Celsius [82°F] before seven in the morning. In the distance, I managed to spot the small Ford Bronco truck belonging to [El Popular] director Ernesto Flores Torrijos parked […]
“The ICL Notícias columnist Juliana Dal Piva was the journalist who faced the most online attacks on social media platform X (formerly Twitter) between Aug. 30 and Sept. 12, according to monitoring of attacks on the press during Brazil's 2026 elections by the Coalition in Defense of Journalism (CDJor, by its acronym in Portuguese). […] […]
“Article 19 reported that journalist Jaime López, coordinator of the news website Contramáscaras, has been threatened and harassed in recent days following information published by the outlet questioning [governor of the Mexican state of Puebla] Alejandro Armenta Mier. In a statement, the organization said that between Sept. 2 and 4, the journalist received threatening messages […]