To mark International Fact-Checking Day on April 2, 2026, the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas and Agência Lupa are hosting a free webinar on tackling the challenges of disinformation in the age of AI.
Learn practical strategies for crafting precise prompts, developing reusable templates and integrating AI into everyday newsroom tasks in a consistent and responsible way.
Laís Martins talks about uncovering the labor, politics and infrastructure behind AI—and what’s at stake for communities in the Global South.
Explore how AI is transforming journalism across the region in two virtual roundtables offered by the Knight Center in Spanish and Portuguese.
El Colectivo 506 created a free AI chatbot to help reporters develop stronger pitches for articles that focus on solutions for the region’s problems.
A report from Observatório Lupa finds AI-generated falsehoods have tripled since 2024, including videos blending real and fabricated clips, fake text exchanges and selfie videos targeting public officials.
From Patagonia to Montevideo, independent newsrooms are creating their own artificial intelligence prototypes — no coding expertise required.
Journalists at the Peruvian newsroom automated some of their work to build tools so readers could compare dozens of candidates’ backgrounds and proposals. AI handled the repetitive tasks, but journalists provided the judgment.
As artificial transforms newsrooms, a new study reveals how emerging regulations on the topic could affect journalism and those who practice it.
Research on AI-driven disinformation remains scarce in Latin America, even as it booms in the U.S. and Europe. The authors of a new study urge universities to collaborate across borders to share resources and compare regional realities.
LJR’s annual list spotlights 10 projects that tracked criminal economies in the Amazon, exposed abuses against migrants, countered online scams and celebrated a rock icon’s legacy.
Digital tools such as FactFlow, Archive.org and OSoMeNet help journalists and fact-checkers in Latin America track false narratives, analyze dissemination networks and authenticate online content.