"A new shooting attack at the offices of Televisión Litoral in the city of Rosario, Argentina -the second attack in two weeks- was condemned on Dec. 29, 2022 by the main news organizations in the country. This happened in the context of an environment of insecurity related to drug trafficking that affects the city. 'This […]
"'El emoji de la tapa' [the front page emoji], a project of the social media team of the newspaper La Capital [of Rosario, Argentina], won the Digital Journalistic Innovation Award 2022. The award recognizes journalistic projects that seek to connect with new audiences and news consumption trends in order to democratize access to information. Google […]
"A poster with threats against the media hung on the headquarters of a television channel in Rosario (central Argentina) on Tues. Oct. 10 with. This TV channel denounces day by day the situation of violence the city is going through. The poster displayed on the front of the Telefe Rosario channel included phrases such as 'We're […]
"The justice system of Neuquén, in the southwest of Argentina, has placed in custody the attacker who shot at press workers and wounded a woman during municipal workers protests who were demanding back pay. The Argentine Association of Graphic Reporters (ARGRA, for its Spanish acronym) issued a statement contextualizing and condemning what happened. The statement […]
"For the first time in its 20 years, [news organization] FOPEA presented before the United Nations (UN) a warning about attacks from the political power towards journalism that affect freedom of expression in Argentina. Specifically, three cases of judicial harassment of journalists in [Argentina] were highlighted. These relate to the persecutions suffered by journalists Irene […]
“More than 2,500 entrepreneurs, journalists, developers and designers from around the world will gather to 'think about the future of the media industry' at the tenth edition of the #MediaParty, one of the most important innovation conferences in Latin America to be held on August 25, 26 and 27 at Ciudad Cultural Konex, Buenos Aires, […]
“The Argentine Journalism Forum (FOPEA, for its acronym in Spanish) celebrates the ruling of the Tucumán Courts that establishes that journalist Irene Benito was being unfairly criminalized. The ruling of the criminal judge Alicia Freidenberg dismisses the complaint filed by Alfredo Falú, a lawyer and public official who had been investigated by Benito and the […]
[Argentine news outlet] "La Nación" won first prize in the category Best Digital Journalism Project in Latin America at the Digital Media Awards Latam 2022, an award granted by the World Association of News Publishers (WAN-IFRA). The special "A Fondo: Yeah, the neighborhood, drugs and luxury. This is what rappers (traperos) sound like and talk […]
"The closing of the press bargaining agreement signed by the business chambers and the Union of Press Workers of Buenos Aires (UTPBA, by its Spanish acronym) for a 60% increase in basic salaries did not succeed in calming down the union. [...] The sector workers have lost purchasing power that, as of May this year, […]
"In November of last year, La Capital de Rosario joined the list of Argentine media that started to implement a subscription model in their websites. In an interview with Adepa, Vito Scaglione, the news outlet general manager, explains the details of this strategic change in their business model. After carrying out an exhaustive study of its […]
"The Civil Court ratified this Friday, April 29, the rejection of a lawsuit filed in 2016 by Vice President Cristina Kirchner against journalist Eduardo Feinmann for what he had said during a political debate in the program 'Animales Sueltos' [Loose animals]. The former president had been called a 'bribe-taker' and an 'idiot.' In the court's […]
"The Association of Argentine Journalistic Organizations (ADEPA) and the Argentine Journalism Forum (FOPEA) expressed their concern tonight about the Government's initiative through which it would aim to regulate opinions on social media. Through communiqués, both entities criticized the declarations of the Secretary of Strategic Affairs, Gustavo Beliz, and warned that "this type of initiative implies […]