Instituto de Formación Periodística

The youth media literacy project Medioscopio held its closing event Saturday at the Cacique Comerío Cultural Center.

For lawyer and journalist David McCraw, defending press freedom is a value that must be protected not only by people who work in the media, but by the public as well, because democracy benefits when journalists are free to do their jobs.

David McCraw will spotlight escalating threats to press freedom and discuss landmark transparency litigation in the United States and Puerto Rico, in a talk presented by the Centro de Periodismo Investigativo during Sunshine Week.

To counter the propaganda of public officials and political leaders, Puerto Rican attorney Luis José Torres Asencio used a recent keynote address to urge both the press and the general public to exercise their right to access information more frequently and with greater urgency.

Students from Lares, Jayuya, and Adjuntas received training on how to critically consume media and create their own stories.

In the third edition of the Medioscopio project, the Centro de Periodismo Investigativo brought together 20 young residents of Vieques for workshops on media literacy, that involves the ability to access and analyze media messages as well as create, reflect and take action.

With bomba music playing and a photo exhibition, 20 youngsters from the southern regions towns of Arroyo, Patillas, Guayama, Salinas and Santa Isabel celebrated the closing of the second edition of Medioscopio, the media literacy and development project for citizen reporters promoted by the Center for Investigative Journalism.

“The issue of climate change is intersected by capitalism, colonialism and racism.” Gloriann Sacha Antonetty Lebrón, founder and editor of Revista étnica, said during her participation in the panel “Intersections of poverty, race, gender and climate crisis,” as part of the lineup of activities during the Caribe Fest event that took place May 4-6 in […]

Caribbean islands such as Puerto Rico, before reaching this dramatic point of disappearance, could see the consequence that fresh water becomes too salty to drink, coastal communities disappear, and temperatures become so high that it will be difficult or even impossible, to survive. Conditions for agriculture and, therefore, the island’s ability to produce food, will also become complicated.

During a video interview on the climate crisis, as part of the Caribe Fest held in Puerto Rico, climate finance policy adviser David Eckstein explained the vulnerability climate indicators that Caribbean countries such as Puerto Rico and Haiti have been known for from 2000 to 2019.

The Center for Investigative Journalism (CPI, in Spanish) kicked-off the Caribe Fest today with a call from its Executive Director, Carla Minet, to promote collaborative investigations, particularly among journalists from the Caribbean, a region that is united by common problems and experiences such as the climate crisis, which is the central theme of this event […]

Acting as spokespeople for their community and applying critical thinking to analyze the news are the main lessons given to a group of youngsters from Loíza who participated in workshops during four months with a lawyer, a photographer, an anti-racism educator, librarians, community leaders, and, above all, many journalists. “I know how to tell my […]

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.

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 […]