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The Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas is launching a year of celebrations leading up to its 25th anniversary, and we’re kicking it off with two events that reflect our mission to defend and strengthen press freedom and quality journalism throughout the region: a webinar on a quarter-century of press freedom in Latin America, and a documentary screening about a chapter of Salvadoran history that has long been silenced.
Since the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas was founded in 2002 by Professor Rosental Calmon Alves, journalism in the region has faced mounting pressure. Press freedom in the Americas has fallen 14 points in Reporters Without Borders’ World Press Freedom Index since 2022, and at least 17 journalists were killed in Latin America in 2025.
Moderated by Alves, the 90-minute webinar, scheduled for 10 a.m. Central Time Monday, Nov. 16, 2026, will bring together four leading voices to examine how conditions for journalists have changed over the past 25 years and what challenges lie ahead:
The webinar, in English without interpretation, is free. Register to attend here.
For the second event, “1932: El Salvador Forbidden History,” we’ll screen the documentary Ama: The Memory of Time. The film tells the story of José Feliciano Ama, a Pipil leader accused of leading the 1932 uprising against El Salvador’s right-wing military dictatorship that resulted in the brutal massacre of around 30,000 Indigenous civilians. Seen through the eyes of his nephew, Don Juan Ama, it explores Indigenous resistance and the effort to preserve Indigenous memory.
The screening, from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2026, on the University of Texas at Austin campus in DMC 5.102, will be followed by a Q&A with filmmaker and poet Daniel Flores y Ascencio.
Both events are part of the university’s International Education Week. The screening is co-sponsored by UT’s Moody College of Communication, the Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies (LLILAS), and the School of Journalism and Media.