Carlos Dada of El Salvador recently shared this news about how the digital newspaper he founded with colleagues in 1998, El Faro (the LIghthouse), has incorporated more multimedia storytelling into its work. read more »

The largest Hispanic media company in the United States has agreed to feature short- and full-length programs on YouTube, including new and archived programs from the Univisión, TeleFutura and Galavisión networks, Reuters and AFP report. read more »

The international blogging community Global Voices has launched Threatened Voices, a site that tracks the suppression of online expression. The site centralizes information from a range of free speech advocacy networks with a map and timeline of threats, arrests, and violence due to online speech. read more »

The first night I drove into Austin, Texas, in 1993, I’d never logged onto the Internet, but I already knew of the city’s attractions, including the Sixth Street live music magnet. read more »

Darío D’Atri, editor of Clarin.com, will present the course “Newsroom Integration: Is It Possible?” from Nov. 12-14, 2009, in Monterrey Mexico. The course is part of the digital journalism training series offered by Mexico's Autonomous University of Nuevo León. read more »

The newspaper ABC Color recently conducted a workshop on digital journalism so its journalists could learn to integrate new tools into their reporting. The training was planned and conducted by investigative reporter Mabel Rehnfeldt. read more »

CNN has remade its international and U.S. sites, with less focus on text and more emphasis on video and photographs.

Like many other news outlets, CNN is trying to keep current with changes in technology and the way people consume news, editorsweblog.org says.

The Latin America news section incorporates more video from CNN en Español. read more »

For Chilean writer and blogger Juan Pablo Meneses, “literature is always going to be where there is someone wanting to say something. read more »

Whether you teach journalism or communication in a classroom or newsroom, or you’re trying to expand your own knowledge, there are 18 course plans/syllabi available at this very useful site created by Serena Carpenter, a professor at Arizona State University.

The documents come from 18 instructors. All are in English. (Online translators available.)

The five-week, Spanish-language course “Digital Tools for Investigative Journalism Instructors” will take place Nov. 2–Nov. 29, 2009, and was created by Argentine journalism trainer Sandra Crucianelli. Latin American and Caribbean instructors may apply online until Oct. 18.

The class is offered free of charge, and spaces are limited. Preference will go to journalism educators who teach at the undergraduate or graduate level in colleges or universities and have experience in print or electronic media but have limited opportunities to attend training courses. read more »

Mexico's Autonomous University of Nuevo León continues its series of classes in digital journalism Oct. 1–3, 2009, with the course The Future of Journalism: How will the media be? How will journalists be? read more »

The International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) will train 18 community radio journalists and citizen reporters to produce higher-quality programming, and a new web-based service of the Public Radio Exchange (PRX) will allow broadcasters to share and rebroadcast stories across borders. read more »

Forty-eight members of journalism organizations from 18 countries in the Americas and Europe gathered in Austin Sept. 11-12, for the Austin Forum on Journalism in the Americas. They discussed how digital technology could lead to journalism ventures that promote democracy in Latin America and the Caribbean. read more »

The John F. and James L. Knight Foundation is accepting applications until Oct. 15, 2009, for the 2010 Knight News Challenge. The contest will award up to $5 million for ideas that use digital experiments to transform community news.

The Knight News Challenge is open to innovators worldwide and has three rules. “Projects must use digital, open-source technology, distribute news in the public interest and be tested in a local community.” read more »

The Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas is offering for the second time its free online course "Introduction to Computer-assisted Reporting (CAR)." The class will take place in Portuguese from Sept. 2–Oct. 25, 2009.

It will cover these topics:
*Internet search techniques
*Advancement beyond basic search tools
*Using spreadsheets for journalism
*Data organization, filtering, and calculation
*Introduction to databases and other free and paid resources read more »

Journalists from Latin America and the Caribbean have until Aug. 30 to apply for the free course “Digital Tools for Investigative Journalism,” which takes place Sep. 14-Oct. 18, 2009. The class is taught in Spanish by Sandra Crucianelli, an internationally known journalist and instructor from Argentina who has conducted several other courses with the Center since 2004. read more »

The 2nd International Digital Journalism Program will offer five three-day courses at the Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León (UNAL) in Monterrey, Mexico from Sept. 3, 2009 – Jan 23, 2010. The program will be taught in Spanish and is targeted towards a broad range of journalists, including traditional reporters, social media coordinators, and graduate students. read more »

NPR (National Public Radio), seeking to attract more online and mobile audiences, has relaunched its website NPR.Org. The new site emphasizes written reporting over audio reports, The New York Times explains. See The New NPR.org on YouTube. read more »

During a recent trip to Brazil, Talese, a celebrated author and a pioneer of New Journalism, was asked his opinion of current reporting practices. Brazilian media highlighted Talese's lack of interest in Internet and technology and his reliance on habits he's used for more than 50 years. read more »

Journalists from Latin American and the Caribbean have until July 27 to apply for the free Spanish course "Advanced Digital Tools for Investigative Journalism," which takes place Aug. 10–Sept. 13, 2009. The class is taught by Sandra Crucianelli, an internationally known journalist and instructor from Argentina who has conducted several other courses with the Center since 2004. read more »