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: A single brown women’s sandal lies on cracked pavement, surrounded by yellow police tape in a dimly lit alleyway. No people are visible.

Brazilian journalists say newsrooms need better training to report on femicides

With high rates of violence against women, coverage of the crime has improved in the country, but sensationalism and superficiality persist.

Illustration showing a magnifying glass focusing on a web page with check marks, surrounded by multiple browser windows, symbolizing analysis and validation of information across digital platforms.

Brazilian fact-checker eliminates ‘false’ and ‘misleading’ labels in shifting strategy against misinformation

Comprova, a collaborative fact-checking project in Brazil, bets on more explanatory language to connect with audiences resistant to corrections.

Marcelo Beraba, pioneering investigative journalist and visionary editor at Brazil’s top newspapers, dies at 74

Beraba held top positions at Brazil’s four largest newspapers and co-founded the Brazilian Association of Investigative Journalism. Colleagues from across Latin America have eulogized him for his generosity, restlessness and rigor.

Panel discussion at the International Congress of Investigative Journalism hosted by Abraji in São Paulo, featuring five speakers on stage discussing AI's role in journalism, with audience members seated in red theater chairs facing the stage.

Major Brazilian newsrooms express enthusiasm and concern as AI advances

Top Brazilian news executives warn AI could cannibalize web traffic and trigger mass layoffs, even as they adopt the technology to streamline everything from transcription to data analysis.

Mapa estilizado do Brasil com divisão por regiões destacadas por cores sólidas: Norte em roxo, Nordeste em laranja, Centro-Oeste em amarelo, Sudeste em verde e Sul em rosa. O fundo é preto com padrões geométricos sutis, e o mapa utiliza uma textura pontilhada em cada região, sem nomes de estados ou legendas.

News deserts in Brazil shrink 7.7% in two years, driven by growth of digital outlets

Despite the reduction, approximately 10.2% of the population still lives in a municipality without access to local news. Out of every 20 Brazilian municipalities, nine are classified as news deserts.

Jair Bolsonaro smiles during a ceremony with the Brazilian flag in the background

Brazil’s intelligence agency spied on reporters to discredit them, police say

A federal police report says Brazil’s intelligence agency illegally surveilled national and local journalists under the Bolsonaro administration. Victims say key details on how and why they were targeted remain hidden.

Logo da série "Cinco Perguntas" da LatAm Journalism Review, com o texto “Cinco Perguntas para Míriam Leitão” ao lado de uma foto da jornalista Míriam Leitão sorrindo, de pé, usando uma blusa azul escura, em frente a uma estante de livros.

‘This is a time to protect journalism at all levels’: Brazilian journalist Míriam Leitão reflects on a 53-year career

Recently elected to the Brazilian Academy of Letters, the journalist talks about the role of the press in defending democracy, attacks she faced throughout her career and the role of artificial intelligence in journalism.

Audience at GlobalFact 12 watches Brazilian Supreme Court justices Cármen Lúcia (left screen) and Alexandre de Moraes (right screen) speak remotely during the opening panel in Rio de Janeiro

Big tech profits from information chaos, Brazilian Supreme Court judges tell fact checkers

At a global gathering of fact-checkers in Rio, top Brazilian authorities warned that unchecked digital platforms are reshaping public debate in ways that threaten democratic norms. Their remarks shed light on the legal and political reasoning behind Brazil’s push to regulate online disinformation.

An illustration of a woman holding her head, with a tangled white line inside her head being pulled by a dark silhouette of a hand, symbolizing psychological manipulation

A student journalist investigates her own therapist and reveals years of psychological abuse

Laren Aniceto sought therapy looking to save her marriage. She wound up uncovering that her therapist had lost her medical license and had been accused of manipulating and defrauding her patients.

Brazilian journalist Cecília Olliveira seen from behind at her home office desk, working on a notepad while surrounded by monitors, documents, and books related to organized crime and public security.

A journalist looks inside the rise of Rio de Janeiro’s militias — and why people join them

Cecília Olliveira, co-founder of Intercept Brasil, investigates how police officers become militiamen. In her new book, she reveals how these groups evolved into sprawling criminal empires with deep political connections.

Dom Phillips em pé na floresta amazônica, com boné, camiseta azul e mochila, segurando um caderno, posicionado entre as raízes de uma grande árvore.

Friends of slain reporter Dom Phillips trace his steps to finish book on saving the Amazon

Three years after Dom Phillips was killed alongside Indigenous rights expert Bruno Pereira, fellow journalists completed his final work. He sought to answer how to save the world’s largest rainforest — and why.

Three Federal Police officers, seen from behind, stand in front of a Brazilian Social Security (INSS) office.

How two journalists exposed Brazil's biggest social security fraud

A series of reports from Metrópoles uncovered a billion-dollar scheme, triggering further investigations and actions that led to the recovery of funds for retirees and the resignation of a minister. It all began with a Christmas story.