"The organization of the Vladimir Herzog Amnesty and Human Rights Award announced the winners of its 45th edition this Tuesday (Oct. 10). The judging session was held at Espaço Vladimir Herzog, at the Journalists Union of São Paulo, with broadcast live on social media. The awards ceremony will be on Oct. 24, at 8pm, at […]
"Justice and climate change and data for human rights investigations are some of the topics that will be debated in the 8th edition of the Brazilian Conference on Data Journalism and Digital Methods (Coda.Br), in addition to hands-on workshops that address the use of artificial intelligence and automations in journalism; gender, race and inequality, elections […]
"Andreza Matais, executive editor of the Estadão newspaper in Brasília, had her account hacked on Gov.BR, the Brazilian federal government website that brings together services for citizens. The fraudsters changed the journalist's password and demanded money in order not to reveal her fiscal data. Before the hacking, the journalist was attacked on social media for […]
"The courts have condemned the mayor of Oriximiná (Park, Brazil), Delegado Fonseca, for assaulting a journalist in a public place with a kick and a punch, and damaging the journalist's cell phone as a result. The incident took place in June last year. Judge José Gomes de Araújo Filho handed down the first-degree sentence in […]
"The increase in cases of judicial harassment against journalists and other attacks on communicators led ten institutions to sign an agreement and a work plan, starting immediately, against violations of press freedom at a national level. Signed this Thursday (Sept. 21) at the headquarters of the Brazilian Press Association (ABI, for its acronym in Portuguese), […]
"Judge George Alves de Assis, of the [Brazilian state of] Bahia's Court of Justice, ordered on Thursday (Sept. 14) the removal of a report published by The Intercept Brasil about the struggle of quilombo leaders [descendants of emancipated slave communities] Mãe Bernadete and her son, Binho. [...] In the censored report, The Intercept Brasil provided context […]
The 15 winners of the 17th Mulher IMPRENSA Trophy, an initiative coordinated by news outlet IMPRENSA, include for the first time two Indigenous women. The awards will be presented at a ceremony to be held on Sept. 28 in São Paulo, Brazil. Luciene Kaxinawá, the first Indigenous journalist on Brazilian television, won in the "Regionality: […]
"During two months, 30 selected journalists will participate in eight virtual meetings that will seek to highlight how climate change losses and damages are exacerbating multifaceted and interrelated problems in the region, such as climate-induced migration, population displacement, food insecurity and other factors, such as water scarcity, malnutrition and poverty. [...] For this edition, we […]
"A reporter who specializes in the police beat for TV Vitória, a subsidiary of the Record [network] in [the Brazilian state of] Espírito Santo, was the victim of a wave of online attacks and has even received death threats. The attacks began last week (Aug. 15), after Alexandre Ramalho, state secretary of Public Security and […]
"The undersigned journalism and press freedom organizations strongly condemn the attempt to criminalize journalist Tai Nalon, executive director of the fact-checking agency Aos Fatos. In a criminal complaint filed with the Rio de Janeiro courts, Jornal da Cidade Online accused Nalon of unfair competition and defamation, and tried to coerce her into criminal proceedings. Jornal […]
"Registration for the 7th International Congress of Educational Journalism, organized by Brazil's Association of Education Journalists (Jeduca, by its Portuguese acronym), is now open. This year, the theme of the congress is 'What kind of society do we want? Education journalism in the national debate.' The event will be held Sept. 18-19, at the Álvares […]
"The former president [of Brazil Jair Bolsonaro] was convicted by the 4th Chamber of Private Law of the São Paulo Court of Justice for 175 attacks against the press. The public civil action was brought by the Union of Journalists of the State of São Paulo. The fine is R $50,000 [about US $10,000]. Bolsonaro […]