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Registration for Coda.Br 2022, the largest data journalism conference in Latin America, is now open

"Registration for the 7th edition of the Brazilian Conference on Journalism of Data and Digital Methods (Coda.Br 2022) is open. Aimed at journalists and civil society organizations, the event will be held in a hybrid way: online from Oct. 31 to Nov. 3 and in person on Nov. 5 and Nov. 6 at ESPM in […]

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Brazil: Attacks against women journalists increase 250% in September

"September marked a new record for assaults on women journalists [in Brazil] in 2022: 28 alerts were registered throughout the month, almost one per day. The figure represents a third of the total number of cases against women journalists registered throughout the year and an increase of 47.7% compared to September 2021. The data results […]

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Brazil: Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira's cell phone and documents found

"On the eve of the fourth month since the execution of Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira, a team from the Union of Indigenous Peoples of the Javari Valley (Univaja) found, on Wed., Sept. 28, the satellite communication device used by the English journalist executed on June 5, along with Bruno Pereira. In addition to the […]

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Brazilian presidential communications agency paid almost U.S. $600,000 to broadcast false and misleading Bolsonaro speeches

"A report by fact-checking agency Aos Fatos revealed that Secom [Special Secretariat for Social Communication of the Brazilian Presidency] paid 3.2 million reais [more than U.S. $590,000] to Brazil's public communication company [EBC], between January and May of this year, to broadcast events in which Bolsonaro disseminated at least 287 false and misleading statements. The […]

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Brazilian Justice censors UOL feature stories on Bolsonaro clan's real estate

"The Court of Justice of the Federal District and Territories ordered the withdrawal of the air of two UOL feature stories on the use of cash for the purchase of real estate by the family of President Jair Bolsonaro. The decision, by Judge Demetrius Gomes Cavalcanti, heeded the appeal filed by the defense of Senator […]

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Brazilian organizations promote an act in São Paulo in defense of journalism and democracy

"The Brazilian Association of Investigative Journalism (Abraji, by its Portuguese acronym) and 12 other organizations announced this Wed. Sep. 21, the call for an act in defense of press professionals and democracy. The event is a response to the escalation of threats, aggressions, physical and virtual attacks, and attempts of censorship and intimidation against journalists. […]

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New attack on journalist Vera Magalhães is the result of a wave of pro-Bolsonaro intimidation of journalism, organizations in Brazil said

"The undersigned organizations address Brazilian society to express their indignation and revolt over a new attack against Vera Magalhães, host of the program Roda Viva, of TV Cultura, and columnist for the newspaper O Globo and CBN radio. Magalhães was harassed and verbally assaulted on Tues. night on Sept. 13, by Sao Paulo state deputy […]

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Brazil: Two of those arrested for the murder of Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira had government contracts

"Jânio Freitas de Souza and Otávio da Costa Oliveira, arrested by the Brazilian Federal Police a month ago for involvement in the murder of English journalist Dom Phillips and Indigenous activist Bruno Pereira, had government contracts during the administration of Mayor Dênis Linder Rojas de Paiva (União Brasil) of Atalaia do Norte, Amazonas state. Otávio […]