Newsrooms big and small are embracing AI to translate, script and fact-check in real time. In a Knight Center round table, five top journalists examined its visible and hidden risks.
Laís Martins talks about uncovering the labor, politics and infrastructure behind AI—and what’s at stake for communities in the Global South.
After a fallen Brazilian bank executive was arrested for threatening to assault a journalist, a police operation exposed nebulous ties with politicians, judges and even the media.
Journalist Pablito Aguiar uses comics to cover climate tragedies and the preservation of the Amazon rainforest in his permanent post at Sumaúma.
Gênero e Número and Instituto AzMina help monitor hate on YouTube and proposed laws that affect women and LGBTQ communities.
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.
Brazil’s celebrity gossip accounts, with larger audiences than legacy news outlets, are being used to promote favorable narratives about public figures outside traditional journalistic scrutiny.
A new law recognizing “multimedia professionals” has drawn opposition from labor unions, which warn it could undermine journalist protections in a time of job losses, automation and rising misinformation.
In Brazil, a new generation of storytellers is blending western journalism ethics with Indigenous narrative traditions, reshaping how the rainforest is seen and heard.
A 2013 conviction of a Brazilian columnist over a work of fiction became a symbol of a broader phenomenon. More than ten years later, hundreds of lawsuits reshape how journalists do their work.
Journalists say José Luiz Datena’s sensationalist record and human-rights violations make him incompatible with EBC’s mission, and call his appointment political interference.
Brazilian social media users now favor news creators over traditional brands, a Reuters Institute study finds. The trend opens opportunities for collaboration between creators and newsrooms.