“The Brazilian Association of Investigative Journalism (Abraji) has condemned federal lawmaker Júlia Zanatta (PL-SC) for intimidating and discrediting journalism student and intern Matheus Bastos, who works at the outlet ND+. Zanatta devoted a 17-minute livestream solely to exposing and insulting him. The attack followed the publication of a news article authored by Bastos that quoted […]
“In a virtual plenary session held Monday, June 30, the National Federation of Journalists (Fenaj for its initials in Portuguese) officially presented an updated version of its Internal Protocol for Action in Cases of Violence Against Journalists to representatives from journalists’ unions across Brazil. The document organizes existing procedures and introduces faster, more effective guidelines […]
"Journalists, advanced journalism students and communicators with a proven interest in environmental issues and who reside in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico or the Dominican Republic can apply for this opportunity. Climate Tracker opens a new call for its Climate Journalism Mentorship Program, which will strengthen the climate crisis coverage skills of the six selected […]
"Brazil’s federal government on Thursday signed an agreement with the family of journalist Vladimir Herzog, who was tortured and killed by the military dictatorship in 1975. The symbolic act was formalized by Attorney General Jorge Messias and the journalist’s son, Ivo Herzog, at the headquarters of the Vladimir Herzog Institute in São Paulo. ‘The same […]
Berlin-based Thomson Media has opened four calls for audience research and safety assessment studies in Brazil and Colombia, as part of the Advancing Global Innovation and Learning Effectively to Build Resilience in Independent Media (AGILE) project. The initiatives seek to strengthen the resilience of independent media in both countries. In Brazil, the aim is to […]
Journalists, ministers, members of parliament and even family members of authorities were targets of a broad illegal espionage scheme operated within the Brazilian Intelligence Agency (Abin, for its acronym in Portuguese) between 2019 and 2021, during the Jair Bolsonaro government, according to the final report by the Federal Police, released this Wednesday [June 19]. According […]
“Journalist Sílvia Tereza reported on Thursday, June 12, that she was the target of threats, including suggestions of sexual violence, after publishing an article about the 2026 political landscape. In a video posted on social media, she said the comments were made on her blog and Instagram profile, using offensive and threatening language. According to […]
"The State Department of Criminal Investigations (Deic, for its acronym in Portuguese), of the Civil Police of São Paulo, opened an inquiry to investigate journalist Luiz Vassallo, reporter for Metrópoles, after the publication of reports about the assets of Delegate Fábio Pinheiro Lopes, former head of the agency responsible for the investigation. Known as Fábio […]
"Abraji reported that it contacted Governor Tarcísio de Freitas and the Secretary of Public Security of São Paulo, Guilherme Derrite, by means of an official letter, to repudiate and demand action regarding allegations of restrictions on press freedom during coverage of the eviction of the Moinho Favela, in the capital. Last week, this Association and […]
"The Union of Professional Journalists of the Federal District (SJPDF, for its initials in Portuguese) and the National Federation of Journalists (FENAJ) vehemently repudiate the extrajudicial harassment by the Canadian mining company Sigma Lithium S.A. that seeks to censor the work of independent journalism promoted by the Mining Observatory, an organization based in Brasília. The […]
"Luis Augusto Carneiro da Costa, a 46-year-old journalist, was brutally murdered on May 27 by two hooded men who stormed into the community radio studio where he was presenting a popular show focused on local issues. The assailants fired several shots, instantly killing the journalist. With over twenty years of experience in local journalism and […]
"A journalist from Zero Hora —the highest-circulation daily newspaper in southern Brazil—has been ordered to pay 600,000 reais [about US$105,000] in damages after publishing information about the earnings of Judge Iris Helena Medeiros Nogueira, a magistrate of the Court of Justice of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. On Thursday, May, 22, the Brazilian Association of […]