Category: Freedom of Expression

Five people speaking on a panel

Coloquio | April 24, 2024

Exilio, prisión y muerte: las dificultades de periodistas en Nicaragua son tema de panel en el Coloquio Iberoamericano

By André Duchiade

Read this article in English below Exilio, riesgo de prisión, amenazas a familiares, violaciones de derechos humanos, problemas financieros: la situación que viven los periodistas nicaragüenses es una de las peores de la región y estuvo en el centro del debate, junto a ejemplos de resistencia y perseverancia ante de la adversidad, en el panel …  Read More

Four people speaking

Coloquio | April 23, 2024

“Nosotros, por supuesto, vamos a defender los principios del periodismo”, periodistas hablan sobre libertad de prensa en el Coloquio Iberoamericano de Periodismo Digital

By Silvia Higuera

Read this article in English below Hablar del estado actual del periodismo digital no es posible sin tocar uno de los problemas más graves que enfrentan los medios: las violaciones a la libertad de prensa. Esto es particularmente cierto en América Latina. Por eso, el 17º Coloquio Iberoamericano de Periodismo Digital tuvo como protagonista el tema …  Read More

Man speaking in front of audience

Coloquio | April 23, 2024

Periodistas comparten en el Coloquio innovadores proyectos que buscan mantener el periodismo vivo en América Latina

By Katherine Pennacchio y César López Linares

Read this article in English below Con una ronda de “sesiones relámpago” sobre proyectos de innovación y libertad de prensa en América Latina culminó el 17º Coloquio Iberoamericano de Periodismo Digital, celebrado el pasado 14 de abril. A través de presentaciones de sólo cinco minutos, periodistas de Argentina, Brasil, Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, Honduras, Panamá y Perú …  Read More

Four people on stage

Freedom of Expression | April 21, 2024

ISOJ panelists present on the state of journalism in Afghanistan, Mexico, Israel and Ghana

By Carolina de Assis

Lee este artículo en español abajo Opening the second day of the 25th International Symposium on Online Journalism (ISOJ), four journalists shared the current state of journalism in their countries in the first part of the panel “Global roundup: Lightning presentations about the state of journalism around the world.” They are all fellows of journalism programs …  Read More

Panelist at the 25th ISOJ.

Featured | April 13, 2024

Meduza’s strategies to outwit Kremlin censorship shared with 25th ISOJ audience

By André Duchiade

Lee este artículo en español abajo The co-founder, CEO, and publisher of Meduza — the largest Russian-language independent media outlet published in both Russian and English while operating in exile — shared the news site’s challenges fighting Russian censorship at the 25th International Symposium on Online Journalism (ISOJ) on April 12. For Galina Timchenko, whose keynote session …  Read More

Woman on stage

Freedom of Expression | April 17, 2023

International journalists keep up the good fight despite government attacks, appreciative 24th ISOJ audience hears

By Kylee Howard

View video of the panel here. This article has been updated.* Journalists from around the world discussed the precarious state of media in their home countries during a panel chaired by Ann Marie Lipinski, curator of the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University, at the 24th annual International Symposium on Online Journalism (ISOJ) on April …  Read More

Man at a podium

Featured | April 17, 2023

Journalists call on organizations, lawmakers to support reporters in exile, ISOJ audience hears

By Sierra Juarez

View video of panel here. A group of journalists who have been exiled because of their reporting called on lawmakers, news organizations, and nonprofits to help find ways to sustainably support reporters in similar situations. The journalists gathered at the International Symposium of Online Journalism (ISOJ) in Austin on April 15 to discuss how they …  Read More

Featured Image for ISOJ 2023 Exile Journalism Panel

Freedom of Expression | February 20, 2023

‘Exile Journalism:’ ISOJ to discuss how journalists use technology to cover the countries they were forced to abandon

By Teresa Mioli

They work in newsrooms that have been relocated to neighboring countries, or sometimes, much farther from home. They left after being imprisoned, threatened with criminal charges, or labeled as “foreign agents.” Despite all this, they continue to report on the places they left behind. Cases of “exile journalism” have been proliferating around the world and …  Read More