This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. In June of 2013, the Brazilian streets became scenes of protest. Our next speaker, armed with smartphones and cameras, brought the sights and sounds of these protests to the world’s attention. Together with his group of citizen-journalists, Midia Ninja,...
Simon Hartog's definitive 1993 investigation into the power of TV in Brazil, and the power of TV Globo in particular. Partly a history of TV in Brazil; partly an examination of Globo's innovations and its cultural power; partly a revelation of how that cultural power was used to support successive right-wing regimes.
Video: Large Door,...
Simon Hartog's definitive 1993 investigation into the power of TV in Brazil, and the power of TV Globo in particular. Partly a history of TV in Brazil; partly an examination of Globo's innovations and its cultural power; partly a revelation of how that cultural power was used to support successive right-wing regimes.
Video: Large...
Simon Hartog's definitive 1993 investigation into the power of TV in Brazil, and the power of TV Globo in particular. Partly a history of TV in Brazil; partly an examination of Globo's innovations and its cultural power; partly a revelation of how that cultural power was used to support successive right-wing regimes.
Video: Large Door,...
Simon Hartog's definitive 1993 investigation into the power of TV in Brazil, and the power of TV Globo in particular. Partly a history of TV in Brazil; partly an examination of Globo's innovations and its cultural power; partly a revelation of how that cultural power was used to support successive right-wing regimes.
Video: Large Door,...
Papo Reto, Portuguese for “Straight Talk”, formed as a citizens’ journalist collective in 2010 in response to government efforts to rid Complexo do Alemão – one of Rio de Janeiro’s largest favelas –of the drug-trafficking gang Comando Vermelho. We met the group in April as it celebrated a bittersweet victory. Thanks to Papo Reto’s reporting...
CPJ is honored to present its 2017 International Press Freedom Award to Mexican journalist Patricia Mayorga. Mayorga, who covers human rights and other issues for the Mexican newsmagazine Proceso, was forced to flee Chihuahua state after receiving threats in relation to her reporting.
Video: CPJ, 2017
Patricia Mayorga: 2017 Acceptance Speech at the International Press Freedom Awards (IPFA)
Video: Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), November 2017
Journalists in Mexico face many dangers, especially when they're covering the country's ongoing drug war.
Video: Al Jazeera English, May 2018
Chile's broadcasting laws criminalise broadcasting without a licence. For six years Radio Aukan has been unable to get a broadcasting licence.
Radio Aukan is a vibrant community radio station collective which reports on topics including indigenous rights and the environment.
In 2015 Radio Aukan's equipment was been seized and Francisco Orellana, a member of staff, was charged by the public prosecutor...