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Scholars say disinformation, political pressure and tech disruption are reshaping journalism in Latin America

Scholars warn that press freedom in Latin America is threatened not only by dictatorships but also by democratic governments and media capture. At the Iberoamerican Colloquium on Digital Journalism, they called for innovative, collaborative responses.

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Survey finds surveillance and job insecurity commonplace for journalists across Latin America

Researchers from the Worlds of Journalism Study examined safety, editorial freedom, and pressures facing journalists in 11 Latin American countries. At the Iberoamerican Colloquium on Digital Journalism in Austin, they shared findings from Costa Rica, El Salvador, and Mexico.

For Nicaraguan journalists, exile and statelessness are the cost of reporting amid repression

As systematic persecution by the Ortega-Murillo regime forces entire newsrooms to flee, exile has become a defining feature of Nicaraguan journalism. At the Ibero-American Colloquium on Digital Journalism, reporters shared their efforts to report, resist and stay safe.

Registration open for new free online course on the intersection of satire and journalism

In recognition of satire’s growing impact on political communication, the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas is offering a free online course, Satiric Infotainment in the Digital Age. This course will explore how satire in magazines, TV and digital platforms challenges traditional media and shapes political discourse globally.

Understanding Protomaps: Join new low-cost workshop on open-source mapping

The Knight Center is excited to present an accessible and practical workshop: Understanding Protomaps: An Introduction to Open-Source, Interactive Maps for News with mapping and data expert John Keefe.

Displaced journalists must adapt to new culture, language, climate, and even a different color of the sky, says Luz Mely Reyes of Venezuela

“You have to go” is the phrase that defines the exile of Venezuelan journalists and the title of the most recent investigation by Luz Mely Reyes, co-founder of digital media outlet Efecto Cocuyo. Her new study reveals how censorship and persecution have forced many to leave their country and reinvent themselves abroad.