Periodistas venezolanos están en riesgo psicológico de padecer trastornos asociados con el estrés
Los periodistas venezolanos tienen un alto porcentaje de problemas de somatización, es decir, que el cuerpo se expresa a través de molestias físicas o una angustia emocional no liberada que interfieren en el desarrollo personal, laboral y social.
In response to government-sanctioned oppression, media and journalism are reinventing themselves in Venezuela
The response to the restrictive policies of Nicolás Maduro’s government has been new media on the web, joint ventures with international networks, and investigative work focusing on corruption.
Investigative journalism: Latin America’s riskiest business
In the past decade, journalism has become a deadly profession in Latin America. Attacks on freedom of expression aren’t restricted to journalists; human rights and environmental activists have been targets as well.
Chávez is dead, long live Trump
The US president’s style, deviating attention away from his reforms and toward controversy, should remind any careful observer of the late Venezuelan leader
The press freedom crisis in Brazil
Despite Brazil’s image as a regional leader, South America’s largest democracy has become one of the most dangerous places in the world for journalists. According to research by the Committee to Protect Journalists, at least fourteen journalists have been killed since January 2011. Will President Dilma Rousseff improve conditions in the lead up to next year’s Olympics?
Violence, self censorship and culture
This past May, El Salvador suffered its highest murder rate since the end of the country’s civil war 23 years ago. But this grisly flash of news—what journalists in the region call the nota roja—doesn’t give the wider context. There’s another story to be told here beyond the numbers: how Latin American journalists are affected by the violence they cover and how, in turn, their coverage is creating a cultural acceptance of violence.