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Participants of Medioscopio, a Media Literacy Project, Present Their Work

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A podcast, a show on Facebook Live and a Facebook page, as well as a photo exhibition, were the projects developed by a group of youngsters from Loíza presented during the closing of Medioscopio, a media literacy and citizen reporters initiative conducted in partnership between the Center for Investigative Journalism, the Puerto Rico Museum of Contemporary Art and its “MAC en el Barrio” program, and ASPIRA Puerto Rico.

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CPI Scores Federal Court Win Against Fiscal Control Board and For Access to Information

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The US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit in Boston rejected the Fiscal Control Board for Puerto Rico claim that due to “sovereign immunity” it did not have to submit to the right of access to information recognized under the Commonwealth’s Constitution and deliver documents on their processes requested by the Center for Investigative Journalism (CPI, in Spanish). “In this case, the Board stated that, under the PROMESA law, it enjoyed complete immunity from the people’s claims of access to the information in its archives. Through this decision, the First Circuit Court in Boston rejected this assertion that highlights the Board’s impunity and total power. A court has finally put a stop to some of the Board’s abuses. The people of Puerto Rico have the right to know what their de facto rulers are doing.

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CPI logra victoria federal contra la Junta de Control Fiscal y a favor del acceso a la información

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El Tribunal de Apelaciones para el Primer Circuito en Boston rechazó la pretensión de la Junta de Control Fiscal de que por “inmunidad soberana” no tenían que someterse al derecho de acceso a la información reconocido bajo la Constitución del Estado Libre Asociado y entregar documentos sobre su gestión que le solicitó el Centro de Periodismo Investigativo

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CPI and Todas Launch Gender Investigative Unit

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Puerto Rico’s Center for Investigative Journalism and feminist media outlet Todas launched the Gender Investigative Unit, a new collaborative project that seeks to produce in-depth investigations and reports aimed at changing the reality of systemic gender violence in Puerto Rico and train journalists from the island to do better coverage of these issues.

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CPI y Todas lanzan Unidad Investigativa de Género

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El Centro de Periodismo Investigativo y el medio feminista Todas estrenaron un nuevo proyecto colaborativo, la Unidad Investigativa de Género, que busca producir investigaciones y reportajes a profundidad dirigidos a cambiar la realidad de la violencia de género sistémica en Puerto Rico y a la vez capacitar a periodistas del país para hacer una mejor cobertura de estos asuntos.

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Puerto Rico’s Government has Problems Complying With its Transparency and Open Data Laws

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More than two years ago, laws were passed to ensure the availability of specific data generated by public agencies and to establish procedures to access government information. The Center for Investigative Journalism (CPI, in Spanish) found that the government has appointed 98% of the Public Records Officers and only 36% of the Data Officers in the agencies, while the contact information for the majority of these appointed officials has not been made available to the public. Approximately 20% of both types of officers’ appointments occurred after the CPI sent public information requests in January. In an exercise to oversee the implementation of Act 122 of 2019, “Puerto Rico Open Government Data Act,” and Act 141 of 2019, “Transparency and Expedited Procedure for Public Records Access Act,” the CPI sent information requests on the compliance of these statutes to La Fortaleza (the Governor’s Office), the Office of Management and Budget (OGP, in Spanish), and the Puerto Rico Innovation and Technology Services (PRITS). In light of the information received in response to these requests, it is clear that there is duplicity, and even confusion, with regards to the appointments of Public Records Officers and Data Officers.

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CPI pide al Tribunal Supremo ser amigo de la corte para proteger a las fuentes periodísticas

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El Centro de Periodismo Investigativo (CPI) solicitó al Tribunal Supremo de Puerto Rico que le permita participar como amigo de la corte para apoyar con sus argumentos a periodistas demandados de Noticentro de WAPA TV, en un caso que considera trascendental para el “privilegio del reportero” y su deber ético de protección de las fuentes de información. “Debido a nuestra práctica haciendo periodismo investigativo, el CPI quiere ser escuchado por el Tribunal para dejarle ver la importancia de la protección de este privilegio tan neurálgico para el periodismo y para nuestras aspiraciones democráticas como país. La protección de las fuentes es un deber profesional al que nos obligan los códigos de ética para periodistas en Puerto Rico, Estados Unidos e internacionalmente”, dijo Carla Minet, directora ejecutiva del Centro. 

La solicitud para someter un amicus curiae radicada con el apoyo de la Clínica de Asistencia Legal Facultad de Derecho Universidad Interamericana de Puerto Rico, se refiere al caso del fiscal Ildefonso Torres Rodríguez versus Noticentro de Puerto Rico, en el cual el funcionario exige que los periodistas Alex Delgado y Yesenia Torres revelen quién fue la persona que les hizo llegar un documento que usaron en su reportaje y que era parte de una pesquisa del Negociado de Investigaciones Especiales. “La controversia no estriba en si la fuente tenía la autoridad de divulgar el documento, sino si se puede obligar al periodista a revelar la identidad de tal persona con quien tenía un compromiso de confidencialidad. Desde los Pentagon Papers… hasta Deep Throat y Watergate…, y el más reciente Telegram chat en Puerto Rico, han sido los esfuerzos periodísticos los que históricamente han informado al público sobre lo que estaba ocurriendo a sus espaldas”, señala parte de la petición de intervención del CPI. 

El llamado “privilegio del reportero”, o sea la protección de la identidad de las fuentes de información utilizadas por el periodista en su labor investigativa, forma parte de su función de informar a la ciudadanía.

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Medioscopio Project Kicks Off With Youth in Loíza

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The Medioscopio project — an initiative to develop critical media consumers promoted by the Center for Investigative Journalism (CPI, in Spanish), with the collaboration of the Museum of Contemporary Art and its MAC en el Barrio program, and ASPIRA Puerto Rico — got underway a few weeks ago with the participation of youth from the Belén Blanco de Zequeira School in Loíza. The workshops began at the Gregorio Lanzó Cirino Community Center in the Parcelas Suárez sector and will take participants on tours and exercises through the Bosque de Piñones and the University of Puerto Rico. This pilot program, coordinated by journalist Laura Moscoso, also seeks to foster skills so that participants can develop their own stories as citizen reporters. “We kicked off Medioscopio in Loíza with the extraordinary participation of young people and teachers that filled us with inspiration. Our goal with this effort is to develop active youth in their community by offering them strategies to repel misinformation and tools to tell their stories,” said Carla Minet, executive director of the CPI.