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From Argentina to Mexico, small newsrooms build big defenses against viral falsehoods

With help from MediaFact Latam’s mentorship program, outlets with scarce resources are building flexible teams to take on bot farms and fake videos.

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Argentina’s newsrooms are leading the AI revolution, but risk getting devoured by it

A new report finds one-third of Argentine news outlets use AI to boost efficiency and better serve their audiences. But experts warn weak oversight leaves them vulnerable to the very platforms they rely on.

Crowd of men, women and a child with expressive, somber faces in a painting by Antonio Berni, titled Manifestación. A version of this artwork is featured on the cover of Fernando Ruiz’s book El periodismo y la fábrica de derechos en América Latina, which explores journalism's role in shaping democratic rights across the region.

How journalism helps build — or break — democracy

In a new book, Argentine professor and journalist Fernando Ruiz maps the life cycle of citizen rights. He argues in an interview with LJR that journalism can strengthen or erode them at every step.

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Milei’s first year: 739,000 words, 4,000 insults and a war on the press

An AI-driven investigation by La Nación into President Javier Milei’s speeches and interviews found he routinely uses personal attacks to shape a new national narrative. Here’s how a multidisciplinary team conducted the analysis.

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Martín Caparrós, long a chronicler of frontiers and revolutions, now writes his own story

Over more than 40 books, Argentine journalist and writer Martín Caparrós has chronicled the contradictions that define nations and individuals. Now, confronted with an ALS diagnosis, he turns inward to explore memory, identity, and a lifetime of storytelling.

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Journalists under threat: study reveals violence suffered by women in Argentine journalism

A study conducted by the Argentine Journalism Forum reveals that 70% of the women journalists interviewed have suffered psychological violence in the exercise of their profession.

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'Obsess over your community of readers': Chani Guyot bets on journalism by and for humans

In LJR’s “Five Questions,” the veteran Argentine editor and media entrepreneur encourages colleagues to continue believing in “healthy” journalism that centers audience needs and the human stories that are transforming the world.

Who’s laughing now? Latin American creators of digital satire shape public discourse with criticism of power

Digital satire programs, such as Mexico’s “El Pulso de la República” or Colombia’s “La Pulla,” are gaining increasing visibility and having big impacts on public discourse in their countries. They’re also filling the gap in sociopolitical criticism left by traditional media, according to research by Peruvian journalist and academic Paul Alonso.

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How these Argentinian newspapers attracted hundreds of thousands of subscribers amid rising inflation

Clarín and La Nación managed to make so much progress where many around the world have failed. From installing paywalls to offering exclusive content, here's how they've done it.

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Online violence silences women journalists in Argentina: Coverage of abortion and femicide draws the most attacks

As women’s rights have advanced in Argentina, six in ten women journalists are facing a backlash of online violence, Amnesty International finds. ‘When progress is made, resistance is greater,’ said one editor.

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Diversity in perspective and audience helps Latin American digital native media tackle polarization, according to researcher

Brazilian journalist Vanessa de Macedo Higgins Joyce focused on Argentina, Brazil and Colombia and found ways in which digital news media can build consensus in polarized societies.

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Laura Zommer, a fact-checking pioneer in Argentina, tackles disinformation in Spanish in US

In five questions with LJR, the Maria Moors Cabot Award special citation recipient talks about AI, her experiences at Argentina’s Chequeado and her new project in the U.S.