Colombians win 3 prizes in International Journalism Awards
Three Colombians have picked up prizes at the Rey de España International Journalism Awards in Madrid, Spain, Caracol Radio reported Monday. In a ceremony presided over by King Juan Carlos…
Three Colombians have picked up prizes at the Rey de España International Journalism Awards in Madrid, Spain, Caracol Radio reported Monday. In a ceremony presided over by King Juan Carlos…
Colombian journalist Esperanza Serrano died of a heart attack in Miami, newspaper Noticiero el Llano reported Monday. Serrano, a native of Villavicencio, worked at several radio stations in Bogota, including…
Two Colombian journalists win the Rey de España journalism award in the television category for a program on people who have been “disappeared” in the South American country, reports newspaper El…
Colombian journalist Jorge Enrique Botero denies being a mouthpiece for Colombia’s largest guerrilla group the FARC after releasing material of his stay in a guerrilla camp. This is false, but…
Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos says his government is dedicated to freedom of the press and protecting journalists, and aims to end the assassination of journalists in the country. Santos…
Over 70 journalists have been assassinated in Colombia in the past two decades. In more than half of those cases the murder was directly related to the reporter’s work. But…
The myth of objectivity that dominates the media (particularly the mainstream media) ultimately only results in a defense of the political, social and economic status quo. I believe that all…
The International Women’s Media Foundation on Wednesday awarded Colombian investigative journalist Claudia Duque with a Courage in Journalism Award. Duque, an investigative journalist for Colombia’s Radio Nizkor, told a crowd…
Three journalists have been killed in Colombia since the beginning of 2010, according to statistics from The Press Emblem Campaign (PEC), a watchdog NGO focused on freedom of the press.…