News of journalism

Argentina’s drops 11 places in press freedom ranking

08-05-2023 22:51 Reporters Without Borders calls out consolidation of media ownership, polarisation, gaps in public policy, and low pay as primary threats to press freedom in Argentina.

by Api Dhadda

NEWS MEDIA & JOURNALISM

A day of reckoning for journalism in the age of polarisation

25-02-2023 06:22 We live in a post-modern world where trust for traditional institutions has been receding for quite some time. When it comes to journalism there are no doubts that we are in the midst of a crisis that goes beyond the economic situation of news publishers, broadcasters, and radio stations.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

ChatGPT & ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

The horror and the beauty of ChatGPT

18-02-2023 06:39 A recent wave of excitement, fear and even dystopian predictions has taken over as users have become massively exposed to ChatGPT. Ultimately it’s not about the technology but how we put it to work as individuals, groups and society as a whole.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

CLAMPDOWN IN NICARAGUA

Nicaragua stops travellers bringing cameras and video cameras into country

26-01-2023 13:43 Daniel Ortega's government has restricted the entry of photographic and video cameras into the country, as well as lenses, lights and accessories for recording images and sound.

OBITUARY

Editorial Perfil co-founder Alberto Fontevecchia dies aged 93

15-09-2022 01:42 Alberto Guido Fontevecchia, who died last Saturday at the age of 93, was variously described in his obituaries as a man of action, a man of the world and a man of the street and all three things were true of the founder of Editorial Perfil.

JOURNALISM

Three for one and one for all

09-06-2022 01:09 Argentina’s National Press Academy awards Pluma de Honor prizes to Robert Cox, Elisabetta Piqué and Daniel Enz.

by Michael Soltys

THE FUTURE OF JOURNALISM

The great dichotomy

10-12-2021 23:33 Journalism is still in the middle of its transformation into a new discipline, and media companies continue to face a critical situation, particularly in Argentina where economic crisis is the norm.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

CRIME & SECURITY

Gang attacks offices of Clarín newspaper with molotov cocktails

23-11-2021 16:07 Political leaders, press groups condemn attack on offices of Clarín newspaper in Barracas. At least nine homemade incendiary devices were thrown at building’s entrance by attackers.