Google News Initiative Innovation Challenge: Technological Innovation Triggers by Google Grants

Lucia Mesquita,  Mathias-Felipe de-Lima-Santos & Amalia Nurul Muthmainnah  The global proliferation and escalating threat posed by major tech corporations, notably Facebook and Google, have engendered considerable scholarly debate. Notably, these corporations have recently made substantial investments in journalistic endeavors to cultivate healthier relationships with news media. On a global scale, Google has channeled substantial sums of money into pioneering …

Visual Political Communication in a Polarized Society: A Longitudinal Study of Brazilian Presidential Elections on Instagram

Mathias-Felipe de-Lima-Santos, Isabella Gonçalves, Marcos G. Quiles, Lucia Mesquita, Wilson Ceron In today's digital age, images have emerged as powerful tools for politicians to engage with their voters on social media platforms. Visual content possesses a unique emotional appeal that often leads to increased user engagement. However, research on visual communication remains relatively limited, particularly in the Global South. …

Teacher Education in Media and Information Literacy – TeaMLit First Report

The TeaMLit: Teacher Education in Digital and Media Literacy: Providing Guidance, Resources and Support for Teacher Trainers in Europe project, funded by the European Media and Information Fund (EMIF), launched its first – in a series of 3 – reports based on the conducted research, which spans in the period of 18 months between January 2023 and …

COLLABORATIVE JOURNALISM AND NORMATIVE JOURNALISM: LESSONS FROM LATIN AMERICAN JOURNALISM

10.5565/rev/analisi.3541 Collaboration in journalism has become increasingly important, in the face of the challenges posed by digitalisation and platformization. The development of information and communication technologies has led to collaborative journalism committed to democratic and public-oriented methods. However, it is unclear how this commitment is reflected in practice, and whether it varies according to political, …

Blurred Boundaries of Journalism to Guarantee Safety: Approaches of Resistance and Resilience for Investigative Journalism in Latin America

March 2023 Journalism Studies DOI: 10.1080/1461670X.2023.2185078 News organizations and journalists around the world have seen an increase in threats and attacks against themselves and their work. In Latin America, this is heightened by the ongoing state of violence. To continue producing quality investigative journalism, professionals must find ways to deal with the situation. This study analyzes …

Collaborative journalism and normative journalism: intersections and implications of normative roles in the collaborative action of journalists, media practitioners and news organisations in Latin America

Ph.D Thesis In this study, I investigated the commitments, norms, characteristics and processes of collaborative journalism, an emergent practice of journalism. Collaborative journalism is a practice in which journalists from different news organisations, universities, nongovernmental organisations and other actors cooperate to conduct a journalistic investigation that would otherwise not be possible. Over the last few …

Harnessing Data and Digital Journalism in Latin America

Mathias-Felipe de-Lima-Santos, Lucia Mesquita, Gabriela Gruszynski Sanseverino, Giuliander Carpes, Kamila Fernandes & Ramón Salaverría The plurality of different journalisms worldwide is not always apparent in the industry. In this chapter, we discuss how the Latin American news ecosystem is evolving and reshaping the relationship between newsrooms and audiences. News media in the region are embracing new tools and capabilities that have …

A nova/velha tática de reprimir o jornalismo

por LUCIA MESQUITA Não há nada de novo em usar ações judiciais para silenciar e punir profissionais de mídia e empresas de mídia. O que é novo é o armamento de tais ações. A escalada da violência contra jornalistas em países latino-americanos pode ser sem precedentes. Nem mesmo durante regimes ditatoriais vimos tantos ataques e …

An RQ1 read: Journalism, Data and Technology in Latin America, edited by Ramón Salaverría and Mathias-Felipe de-Lima-Santos

By MARK CODDINGTON AND SETH LEWIS By Olga Lopes “We are what we do, especially what we do to change what we are,” wrote Eduardo Galeano in Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent. A deep dive into the state of the journalism practiced in that particular region, often …

O que o caso Facebook Papers ensina sobre a cobertura dos veículos de comunicação? Colaboração é sempre o melhor caminho?

O Boas Polêmicas do site Desinformante coloca em pauta o jornalismo e a produção colaborativa. Afinal, o que o #facebookpapers pode ensinar sobre a prática em equipe? As convidadas para refletir sobre a questão são Laís Martins, jornalista pela PUC-SP, mestra em comunicação política pela Universidade de Amsterdam e repórter do Núcleo; e Lucia Mesquita, doutoranda e …