A paper by economists Rafael Di Tella of Harvard and Ignacio Franceschelli of Northwestern shows a strong correlation between government advertising dollars and front-page newspaper coverage of corruption scandals, Joshua Benton reports for the Nieman Journalism Lab. read more »

The Brazilian Association for Investigative Journalism (Abraji) reported an alleged assault on Fábio Oliva, editor of Folha do Norte in Januária, Minas Gerais. The journalist says he was punched and kicked by Fabrício Viana, the city’s ex-Finance Secretary. read more »

Wellington Raulino, owner of TV Integração, was beaten by four men while crossing the Parnaíba River on a boat towards the northern city of Benedito Leite, Maranhão, where his station operates, read more »

A recent story by Inter Press Service gives details of the winning entries of the seventh annual Prize for the Best Journalistic Investigation of a Case of Corruption in Latin America. The awards are made by the Press and Society Institute (IPYS) of Peru, and Transparency International. See this story about this year’s winners. read more »

According to a complaint by the Andean media watchdog group Fundamedios, Carlos Proaño, journalist and anchor of the program Notivisión on Radio Visión in Quito, received a unidentified phone call warning him to be careful. “We know that you have the documents. If you open your mouth, we don't know what could happen." read more »

Two series of reports that revealed public corruption in Brazil and the existence of illegal accounts within Costa Rica's Catholic Church were the leading winners of the 7th annual Prize for the Best Journalistic Investigation of a Corruption Case in Latin America or the Caribbean. The contest is organized by Transparency International and Peru's Press and Society Institute (IPYS). read more »

Danny Bueno de Moraes, a journalist who is president of the Movement to Combat Electoral Corruption (MCCE) in Ouro Preto do Oeste, Rondônia state, received death threats for having reported electoral corruption to the state's public ministry, including vote buying and economic read more »

After the broadcast of audio tapes revealed corruption in oil contracts and caused the shakeup of a government cabinet, several of the journalists involved in spreading the so-called "Petroaudios" have left their jobs at the El Comercio news company, Peru.com reports. read more »