Paola Nalvarte
LatAm Journalism Review
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COVID-19 challenges Latin American media to be more creative and accessible after it takes over the headlines
*Teresa Mioli and Júlio Lubianco contributed to this report Adapted map of the COVID-19 outbreak in Latin America, updated on 18 March 2020. Credit: CC BY-SA 4.0 In less than three months, COV → Read More
Latin American women journalists march for equal rights and against gender violence
On International Women's Day, March 8, thousands of women, including journalists, took to the streets in the main cities of Mexico, Brazil, Argentina and Chile. Etiqueta contra los #MediosM → Read More
Parliamentary leader Juan Guaidó creates Presidential Commission to restructure Telesur
Juan Guaidó, Venezuelan opposition leader, announced on Twitter that he will “rescue” the state channel Telesur – which also covers news from Latin America – “to p → Read More
180 journalists sign statement against harassment of female colleagues in Chile
After a journalist covering Chile’s recent national celebrations was the subject of unsolicited touching and kissing while on camera, 181 journalists signed a letter expressing their firm reject → Read More
Cuban journalist detained in the United States receives asylum, but has yet to be released
Cuban journalist Yariel Valdés González was granted asylum by a U.S. judge on Sept. 18 after spending five months in detention centers of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the W → Read More
Ojo Público’s reports on sex trafficking inspire traveling theatrical production in Peru
Between 2017 and 2018, Peruvian site Ojo Público published three investigative reports looking into the experiences of Peruvian girls and adolescents who were sexually exploited by traffickers. → Read More
Colombia declares 1998 murder of journalist Nelson Carvajal a crime against humanity
Twenty-one years after Nelson Carvajal Carvajal was killed, the Attorney General's Office of Colombia declared the journalist’s murder a crime against humanity. That means that the crime ca → Read More
Group of renowned Latin American journalists launch center for transnational investigative journalism
Five renowned journalists in Latin America just launched a new journalistic project that seeks to use collaborative investigative journalism to explain phenomena that cross borders in the region. The → Read More
Journalistic foundation FNPI of Colombia changes its name to Fundación Gabo
After 24 years, the journalistic foundation founded by the Colombian journalist and nobel laureate for literature, Gabriel García Márquez, has changed its name. The Gabriel García → Read More
Journalistic foundation FNPI of Colombia changes its name to Fundación Gabo
After 24 years, the journalistic foundation founded by the Colombian journalist and nobel laureate for literature, Gabriel García Márquez, has changed its name. The Gabriel García → Read More
Peruvian journalist says she is being harassed in the courts following reporting on religious community
Peruvian investigative journalist Paola Ugaz is the target of a second lawsuit, this time for allegedly making false statements as a witness during the defamation trial against her colleague Pedro Sal → Read More
Peruvian journalist launches first collaborative journalism platform on public health in Latin America
Salud con Lupa is the first platform in Latin America dedicated to collaborative journalism covering topics related to public health. The platform was launched in early July with a regional series of → Read More
Court orders case reopened for Salvadoran journalist detained in U.S. for more than one year
A Salvadoran journalist who has been detained for 15 months by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), now has the possibility to request asylum and bond, according to a press release from his → Read More
Journalist Braulio Jatar is freed from house arrest, but prohibited from leaving Venezuela
Chilean-Venezulean journalist Braulio Jatar Alonso, who has been under house arrest since May 2017 after spending nine months in prison, was freed on July 4, according to CNN en Español. Brauli → Read More
Paraguayan legislator sues journalist for defamation after reporter denounces alleged bribery attempt
A Paraguayan journalist for the newspaper ABC Color was sued for calumnia and defamation by a lawmaker who the reporter said participated in an attempt to bribe him so that he’d stop investigati → Read More
Latin American news sites share innovations to overcome censorship and lack of funding
By Silvia Higuera and Paola Nalvarte A "lightning round" focused on innovative projects ended the 12th Ibero-American Colloquium of Digital Journalism on April 14, an event held the day afte → Read More
Colombian organization asks authorities for speedy investigation of death threats against journalists
Colombia’s Foundation for Press Freedom (FLIP, for its acronym in Spanish) called on the Attorney General and the Ministry of the Interior to promptly investigate recent death threats made again → Read More
Mexican protection mechanism for journalists set to run out of funding, spurring press advocates to action
The Protection Mechanism for Human Rights Defenders and Journalists will run out of funding at the end of September, mobilizing press advocates to demand the federal government guarantee resources for → Read More
Third Mexican journalist murdered in span of two months in Quintana Roo
Another journalist has been killed in Quintana Roo, the third media professional to be murdered in the Mexican state in the past two months. Motives behind his death are still unclear, but journalists → Read More
Four Venezuelan journalists facing defamation suits are now banned from leaving the country
A court order is preventing four Venezuelan journalists from Armando.info, three of them founders of the site, from leaving the country. The 11th Trial Court of the Metropolitan Area of Caracas issued → Read More