Reporting at Risk

How Latin American Journalists Are Using Collaborations To Get Around Censorship Laws

How Latin American Journalists Are Using Collaborations To Get Around Censorship Laws

Leer en español. Violence shook El Salvador’s streets yet again in late March. With 87 random murders, the country’s gangs sent a message to the administration of President Nayib Bukele…
August 3, 2022
Carlos Eduardo Huertas
Así es como los periodistas de latinoamérica están colaborando para evitar ser censurados

Así es como los periodistas de latinoamérica están colaborando para evitar ser censurados

Translated by Marisol Chavez. Read in English. La violencia volvió a sacudir las calles de El Salvador a finales de marzo. Con 87 asesinatos indiscriminados, las pandillas del país enviaron…
August 3, 2022
Carlos Eduardo Huertas
In Ghana, Only a Handful of Journalists Are Able To Do Critical Reporting

In Ghana, Only a Handful of Journalists Are Able To Do Critical Reporting

On paper, Ghana is a thriving democracy. On the ground, journalists do not have the freedom to do their work
July 19, 2022
Emmanuel K. Dogbevi
The Myanmar Junta’s Wanton Violence Is Forcing Journalists to Flee

The Myanmar Junta’s Wanton Violence Is Forcing Journalists to Flee

On Nov. 21, 2021, my colleague at investigative news magazine Frontier Myanmar, Zar, wiped her laptop and phone of all data and packed them into a single bag with a…
July 13, 2022
Danny Fenster
What It's Like Working in the Deadliest Country in the World for Journalists

What It’s Like Working in the Deadliest Country in the World for Journalists

Every time a reporter is killed, his or her death explodes in the hearts of the country’s other journalists — like an earthquake with expanding effect. It doesn’t matter whether…
July 12, 2022
Marcela Turati
With Dom, We All Died a Little Bit

With Dom, We All Died a Little Bit

“Please never go into the Amazon rainforest again.” The message blinked on my phone right after the news of the disappearance of British journalist Dom Phillips started coming out. Phillips was…
July 6, 2022
Natalia Viana
“We Should Side with Democracy:” Why the War in Ukraine is Existential for Baltic Journalists

“We Should Side with Democracy:” Why the War in Ukraine is Existential for Baltic Journalists

When Reporters Without Borders released its latest World Press Freedom Index in May, the findings were grim: In more than 130 countries, the situation for journalists was classified as being…
June 30, 2022
Karolis Vyšniauskas
Tunisian Journalists Face Police Intimidation and Jail Time for Doing Our Jobs

Tunisian Journalists Face Police Intimidation and Jail Time for Doing Our Jobs

In the early morning of Oct. 3, 2021, Amer Ayed, a Tunisian journalist and TV presenter at Zitouna TV, was sleeping when police circled his home in the city of…
June 29, 2022
Hanène Zbiss
In the Philippines, Will Marcos Give the Media Hell Like Duterte Did?

In the Philippines, Will Marcos Give the Media Hell Like Duterte Did?

The rise of hyper-partisan influencers has made it easier for those seeking power to control the flow of information
June 23, 2022
Glenda M. Gloria
In Turkey, Erdoğan’s Crackdown on the Free Press Intensifies

In Turkey, Erdoğan’s Crackdown on the Free Press Intensifies

Not long after Turkish lawmakers aligned with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s administration presented the parliament with a bill to criminalize disinformation in late May, a new wave of arrests targeting…
June 22, 2022
Emre Kizilkaya