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When we organize a workshop at InquireFirst, we put journalists to work! MEDELLIN, Colombia — When we organize a workshop at InquireFirst, we put journalists to work! That’s exactly what happened during our day-long March 27 workshop at the World Conference of Science Journalists in Medellin. Almost 40 journalists from 14 countries joined us for … Read more

Salvador Rizzo joins InquireFirst Board of Directors InquireFirst is pleased to announce that Salvador Rizzo, crime and justice reporter for The Washington Post, has joined our Board of Directors. Salvador reports on complex racketeering trials, financial fraud and espionage, international terrorism cases and major crimes in the Washington metro area. He previously was a reporter … Read more

Photos by Lalo de Almeida/Folhapress National Geographic Brazil publishes Historias Sin Fronteras environmental investigation National Geographic Brazil has published our cross-border environmental investigation on Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s plans to build an international highway that will cut through the most biodiverse region in the Amazon and divide the territories of 10 indigenous communities in Peru … Read more

Check out our science, health, environmental and investigative reporting grants for Latin American journalists An Investigative Journalism Grants Project For Latin American Reporters An Investigative Journalism Grants Project For Latin American Reporters Strengthening Science Journalism In Latin America Voices from the Andes and the Amazon Investigative Journalism For The Next Generation Of Latin American Reporters

Historias Sin Fronteras project is shortlisted for award for Outstanding Investigative Reporting We are thrilled to announce that “Transgender in Latin America,” a cross-border science journalism project reported and written by Latin American science writers Valeria Román, Debbie Ponchner, Margaret López and Carmina de la Luz Ramírez has been shortlisted by the Fetisov Journalism Awards … Read more

Tune in to our new radio program on science, health & the environment reported by indigenous journalists for Mexico’s indigenous communities We’re thrilled to announce the launch of En Común: conocimiento en voz viva, our new radio program on science, health and environment for Mexico’s indigenous communities. During our first season of En Común, we … Read more

InquireFirst launches science podcast for Mexico’s rural communities Mexico’s indigenous people form a multicultural mosaic of diverse ethnic identities, ancestral knowledge and cultural values, but their communities and their unique stories have been overlooked by traditional media organizations and particularly by science, health and environment reporters. As a result, Mexico’s indigenous people – an estimated … Read more

ONE JOURNALIST CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE1000 JOURNALISTS CAN RESHAPE THE FUTURE Your contribution will provide reporting grants and professional training for Latin American journalists who are covering Covid-19 and the climate change and environmental issues that are devastating their region.You are also supporting investigative journalists as they probe sensitive issues that affect the stability of … Read more