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Count the dead: Puerto Rico’s Centro de Periodismo Investigativo, and new media formats and scenarios as watchdogs for government transparency and democracy’s watchdogs

Mon, May 27, 12:30 to 2:00pm, TBA

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Media convergence and new communication technology has changed media landscape in Puerto Rico, along with investigative reporting experiences insisting for political accountability and democratic governance. For example, since 2007 Puerto Rico’s Centro de Periodismo Investigativo has become one Puerto Rico’s leading democracy and government transparency watchdogs through their journalism coverage and investigative reporting, gaining international relevance with their count the dead campaign in the aftermath of hurricane Maria. This session discusses the role of the Centro de Periodismo Investigativo and new media formats and scenarios as watchdogs in Puerto Rico as part of a growing trend in Latin American news ecosystem of investigative reporting and reporters undercovering political and economic wrongdoing, some ending up in judicial investigations. Puerto Rico’s news media has been challenged by a decline in newspapers and broadcast news stemming from the news industries budget constraints and the island’s ongoing economic crisis, among other factors. The island’s democracy is beign contested by the common and widespread corruption among Puerto Rican politicians and civil servants, and the concentration of powerful financial groups behind mainstream news media, harming freedom of expression and journalism practice. This session examines The Centro de Periodismo Investigativo and growing number of web-based new media formats and scenarios have emphasized investigative reporting and function as watchdogs for government transparency and democracy.

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