Tag: journalism

• Friday, October 20th 2023 - 09:09 UTC

  Brazil: Bolsonaro fined for abusing reporters verbally

  

  Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was sentenced Thursday by a Sao Paulo court to pay journalists R$ 50,000 (US$ 9,900) for collective moral damages which will go to the State Fund for the Defense of Diffuse Rights.

• Friday, May 26th 2023 - 09:29 UTC

  Unesco to create spaces for Latin American reporters at risk

  

  The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco) announced that the global project Supporting Safe Spaces for Journalists in Conflict Situations will reach Latin America, starting in Costa Rica in the second half of 2023, it was reported Thursday.

• Monday, January 23rd 2023 - 15:58 UTC

  A news site set AI to write text and had to cancel the whole thing: it turns out bad

  

  The U.S. technology website CNET has stopped publishing articles written by Artificial Intelligence (AI), at least for the time being, as reported by The Verge.

• Friday, September 16th 2022 - 09:43 UTC

  Guild of Venezuelan journalists feels threatened by unlicensed teachings

  

  In a country where some people claim freedom of expression is at risk after many radio stations were shut down, Venezuela's National College of Journalists (CNP) Thursday issued a press release warning against journalism workshops that do not lead to a qualifying degree.

• Tuesday, May 3rd 2022 - 09:24 UTC

  Angela Rayner, porn in parliament and a depressing week for British politics

  

  By Lindsey Blumell (*) - There are more women in the UK parliament and government than ever before – making up about one-third of the total 650 members. Yet, there are still cases like The Mail on Sunday running the headline “Stone the crows! Tories accuse Rayner of Basic Instinct ploy to distract Boris”. An unnamed source had told the outlet that Labour's deputy leader, Angela Rayner, crosses and uncrosses her legs to “distract” the prime minister during parliamentary sessions. In case anyone was in doubt about the reference, the article was accompanied by the famous image of Sharon Stone from the film.

• Wednesday, February 9th 2022 - 22:01 UTC

  Cabello judicially seizes Caracas' El Nacional newspaper

  

  Caracas' El Nacional newspaper has been handed over to United Socialist Party of Venezuela Deputy Chairman Diosdado Cabello Rondón, thus executing a judiciary ruling issued late in January in a damages suit against the publication.

• Saturday, June 26th 2021 - 09:40 UTC

  Mexican government accused of spying on non-acquiescent columnists

  

  The Mexican government of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) has been accused this week of mounting an espionage scheme to intimidate journalists, it was reported by the newspaper El Universal.

• Tuesday, June 22nd 2021 - 09:45 UTC

  Bolsonaro lashes out at Brazil media giant Globo for its “journalists who do not help at all” regarding covid-19

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro Monday lashed out at national media giant Globo for its stance on covid-19, which differs completely from what the Government calls “an early treatment,” a cocktail made up of controversial drugs such as chloroquine.

• Saturday, June 12th 2021 - 09:06 UTC

  Pulitzer “special citation” for a teenager who caught on video the murder of George Floyd by police

  

  A teenager whose video of the murder of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer sparked worldwide protests against racial injustice was awarded a “special citation” on Friday by the Pulitzer Prize Board.

• Wednesday, September 9th 2020 - 09:17 UTC

  US blasts Beijing's new restrictions on international press: “why is CCP afraid of an independent media?”

  

  The United States on Tuesday accused China of fearing a free media as it denounced Beijing's new restrictions on the international press. China's foreign ministry “has informed us that they plan to further limit access for foreign journalists working in the PRC,” State Department spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus said.