Patricia Torres-Burd
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Acting Prog. Dir. LATAM & M.D. /MAS @mdiforg Posts are for information & not endorsements - @[email protected]
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CPJ will hold a press conference to mark the one-year anniversary of Guatemalan journalist José Rubén Zamora’s imprisonment. 🗓️ July 26, 9:30 a.m. EDT 📍National Press Club, Washington, D.C. Register by July 25: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI… cpj.org/2023/07/cpj-to…
🇬🇹 After 1 year in jail, it’s time to #FreeJRZ! MDIF and 36 other orgs supporting #media and #pressfreedom call on the authorities in #Guatemala to release elPeriódico’s #ZamoraLibre #FreeJRZ immediately! Join us and sign the #ZamoraLibre petition ➡️mdif.org/petition-free-… #mediadev
.Daily Maverick's transformation project called "Securing our Future" led to the outlet growing from a startup into a serious, award-winning #media house, with its readers' needs at the heart of its editorial focus. Via WAN-IFRA Styli Chara wan-ifra.org/2023/07/idea-i…
“From raising funds to launching innovation programs, localization drove our work as never before,” says our CEO Harlan Mandel about last year. Read more about our #mediadev & #impinv work in our Portfolio Review 2022 📑👉 mdif.org/mdif-portfolio…
Generative AI is here to stay. Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas Rosental are hosting a free webinar "Generative AI: What journalists need to know about ChatGPT and other tools!"Thursday, Aug. 17, 2023, at 11 a.m. (CST) multi language translation utexas.zoom.us/webinar/regist…
Guess who just made my day? Warby Parker. Thanks #teamwarby! (Special shout-out to Marco!) Customer Service is everything! THANK YOU
.Daily Maverick was forced to temporarily block internet traffic from #India after a large-scale denial of service attack caused its site to crash, only hours after it published a report on the Indian Prime Minister's refusal to get off his plane. dailymaverick.co.za/article/2023-0…
A Guatemalan appeals court on Friday overturned a six-year prison sentence handed down to independent #journalist #ZamoraLibre #FreeJRZ on trumped-up money laundering charges. The court also ordered a new trial date to be fixed. Via FRANCE 24 #ZamoraLibre #FreeJRZ france24.com/en/live-news/2…
Rishad Alan Soon #splicebeta the guys who make Splice #splicebeta Beta family happen. Grateful to be here in this powerful room.
From Nigeria to Brazil to the Philippines, Dataphyte, Nexo Jornal, and PumaPodcast all have one thing in common – MDIF Ventures. Discover how our equity fund is empowering media worldwide. Applications open until 10 Dec 🗓️👉 mdif.org/news/mdif-vent… #mediabiz #mediadev
"There are a whole lot of stories of women that aren't told. And the fact that these stories aren't told is just as important" said Media Hack's Laura Grant in a #GIJC23 panel on reporting on femicide. Via Global Investigative Journalism Network gijn.org/stories/humani…
🔴 Comienza la mesa 'Periodismo en el exilio' con Carlos Dada de El Faro, Carlos Fernando Chamorro de Confidencial Nicaragua, Luz Escobar de DIARIO DE CUBA y moncho de elPeriódico Modera Neus Tomàs Gironi de elDiario.es eldiario.es/eventos/encuen… x.com/i/broadcasts/1…
Hailed as a "victory for all defenders of #pressfreedom and democracy," the final version of the European Media Freedom Act no longer refers to the possibility of spying on #journalists on the basis of vague "national security" imperatives. Via @EFJEUROPE europeanjournalists.org/blog/2023/12/1…