Global Investigative Journalism Network (https://archive.gijn.org/tag/venezuela/)
When a team at Armando.info set out to find individuals linked to the Venezuelan government who might have secret investments — and even residency permits — in the United States, they never imagined the scale of what they would find once they started following the money.
This latest installment of the GIJN Bookshelf offers a compilation of recommended investigative books from reporters across Latin America. From lithium extraction to political murders, migration hardships to water privatization, and from Mexico in the north to Chile in the south, the titles cover a range of issues and span the continent.
Two editors from India and Hungary, respectively, Ritu Kapur and Peter Erdelyi, offer survival tips based on how their outlets have managed to stay afloat in the face of press freedom challenges in backsliding democracies.
Six outstanding investigative projects from Large Outlets have been selected as finalists for the 2023 Global Shining Light Awards (GSLA) — the prize honoring watchdog journalism in developing or transitioning countries that was carried out under threat, or in perilous conditions.
This week GIJN’s Top 10 in Data Journalism features the Wall Street Journal’s dive into how COVID-19 changed the daily lives of Americans, the Straits Times on Singapore’s gold medal history at the Southeast Asian Games, and how data journalists visualized the coronation of King Charles III.
Una periodista mujer que se ha hecho espacio en una fuente dominada por hombres, comprometida con el trabajo con perspectiva de derechos humanos y que sigue demostrando valentía con sus investigaciones. En esta entrevista nos da cinco claves sobre su carrera.
Venezuelan journalist Ronna Rísquez has covered violence and organized crime in South America for more than 20 years. In conversation with LatAm Journalism Review, Rísquez talks about the challenges she has faced practicing journalism as a woman and about the threats she received before publishing her first solo book.
Censura. Prisión. Amenazas y violencia. Acoso en línea. Batallas legales. Exilio. La lista de desafíos que enfrentan los reporteros de investigación en América Latina es extensa. Pero a pesar de las dificultades, los periodistas de toda la región están haciendo un trabajo increíble y exigiendo que los que están en el poder rindan cuentas.
Yvette Sierra de Mongabay (Perú), Joseph Poliszuk de Armando.Info (Venezuela) y el Hyury Potter de Reporter Brasil (Brasil) hablaron de sus investigaciones sobre minería ilegal y compartieron lecciones aprendidas para mejorar la cobertura de este delito ambiental. Relatoría del Latam Journalism Review.
Yvette Sierra da Mongabay (Peru), Joseph Poliszuk do Armando.Info (Venezuela) e Hyury Potter da Reporter Brasil (Brasil) falaram sobre suas investigações sobre mineração ilegal e compartilharam lições aprendidas para melhorar a cobertura deste crime ambiental. Reportagem da Latam Journalism Review.