A Supreme Court decision awarding damages to a photographer blinded while covering a protest highlights how attacks on journalists can discourage them from doing essential work.
The nonprofit plans to collect whistleblower leaks and partner with newsrooms to hold platforms accountable. But should journalists be picking sides?
After 20 years reporting on public safety, journalist Cecília Oliver says the issue isn’t information, it’s political will.
In one of the city’s most touristic areas, a modest Instagram page has built a large following serving up community announcements, public safety notices and traffic alerts.
After police say a man killed his two children and himself, some Brazilian outlets focused on unproven claims about the mother — raising questions about gender bias, online abuse and whether courts should order content removed.
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.