"A survey conducted by the Brazilian Association of Investigative Journalism (Abraji) shows that in addition to blocking 69 journalists, President Jair Bolsonaro's Twitter account has already vetoed six media outlets. For specialists heard by Abraji, the new strategy signals a clear impediment to the work of press professionals and a discriminatory act. According to Abraji's […]
"Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is publishing a gallery of grim portraits, those of 37 heads of state or government who crack down massively on press freedom. Some of these 'predators of press freedom' have been operating for more than two decades while others have just joined the blacklist... [...] The new entrants also include predators […]
"In Bolivia, Brazil, El Salvador, and Peru, emergency measures in response to COVID-19 restricted the media’s capacity to report freely and the public’s ability to access information, including critical information about public health interventions and the pandemic itself, a report by the Committee to Protect Journalists and Thomson Reuters Foundation’s TrustLaw program found. The report, […]
"This Monday (June 21, 2021) [Brazilian] President Jair Bolsonaro got angry and verbally attacked reporter Laurene Santos, from TV Vanguarda, an affiliate of Globo in São Paulo. The president told the journalist to 'shut up' and stated that Globo does 'scoundrel journalism' after being questioned about wearing a mask and about the fine received for […]
"A declaration [of love] by reporter Erick Rianelli to his husband, reporter Pedro Figueiredo, on account of Valentine's Day, went viral. A cafeteria owner in Brasília and a priest from Mato Grosso attacked the TV Globo journalists. (...) The public prosecutor's office of the state of Mato Grosso opened an investigation into the case and […]
"Coda.Br 2021 has a date! It will run from November 8 - 13, entirely online. You can help build this schedule by submitting activity suggestions [Submit by June 30]. And by joining our membership program, you guarantee full access to the event." View site with membership and activity details
“The Rio Civil Police delegate, Pablo Dacosta Sartori, summoned journalist Leandro Demori, from The Intercept Brasil, to testify on Thursday (June 10, 2021). According to information from the site Metrópoles, the reason for the summons was the May 8 newsletter published by the site with accusations against civil police in Rio de Janeiro. In the […]
"The [Brazilian] Federal Supreme Court (STF, for its acronym in Portuguese) decided on Thursday [June 10] that the government should grant compensation to photographer Alex Silveira, who lost his sight after being hit by a rubber bullet while participating in the news coverage of a protest in São Paulo Paulo, in 2000. The understanding follows […]
"The Rio Civil Police Deputy Pablo Dacosta Sartori summoned journalist Leandro Demori, from The Intercept Brasil, to testify on Thursday (June 10, 2021). According to information from the site Metrópoles, the motivation for the subpoena was the May 8 newsletter published by the website, with accusations against civil police officers in Rio de Janeiro. In […]
"The International Center for Journalists will present its 2021 ICFJ Knight International Journalism Awards to Natália Leal, a Brazilian fact-checker who debunked deadly misinformation in that pandemic-ravaged country, and to Pavla Holcová, a Czech reporter who courageously carried on an investigation after the murder of a fellow journalist. Leal is the head of content at […]
“The SJPMRJ (Union of Professional Journalists of the Municipality of Rio, for its acronym in Portuguese) and Fenaj (National Federation of Journalists - of Brazil) repudiated the attacks on CNN reporter Pedro Duran during coverage of the demonstration promoted yesterday morning [May 23] in Rio de Janeiro by President Jair Bolsonaro. The reporter was prevented […]
"Since last week, lawyer and researcher Alan Kardec Cabral Junior and reporter Thalys Alcântara, from newspaper O Popular, in Goiás, have been facing attacks by groups linked to the Association of Military Police Officers and Goiás Military Fire Brigade (ASSOF -Goiás). The motive is the publication of the article 'Only one in 200 deaths by […]