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Advisory Board Members of the Center for Media Integrity of the Americas, Dr Pedro Vaca and Patricia Janiot participated in the 55th Regular Session of the OAS General Assembly in Panama, where the importance of free, independent, and sustainable journalism across the Americas took center stage. Ms.Janiot delivered opening remarks, followed by Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression Pedro Vaca and the European Union’s Ambassador to Panama. All speakers emphasized the c

The Center for Media Integrity of the Americas (CMIA) convened a Latin American Media Sustainability Seminar in partnership with Agencia Media in Mexico City, June 3-5, bringing together journalists, editors, and media business executives from across Latin America to explore how independent media organizations can strengthen their relationships with audiences and build sustainable business models. The program’s first two days combined presentations and practical workshops foc

The Media and Information Literacy (MIL) Alliance of Latin America and the Caribbean, operating under UNESCO’s auspices, held a two-day virtual summit in October 2025, that raised awareness of the critical importance of media literacy in the Americas. The event was the first regional MIL Week and a building block towards the celebration of a Global MIL Week. Convening experts, educators, policymakers, and advocates to address key challenges such as misinformation, artifici

Since our founding three years ago, the Center for Media Integrity of the Americas (CMIA) has been proud to count among its partners the...

On July 14, the CMIA, International Center for Transitional Justice (ICTJ) , Cyrus R. Vance Center for International Justice and...

The Center for Media Integrity of the Americas , in partnership with the Cyrus R. Vance Center for International Justice , the...

The Center for Media Integrity of the Americas (CMIA), in collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), hosted a...

CMIA Executive Director John Feeley participated in a panel discussion December 3 on the future of the United States and U.S.-Mexico...

CMIA Journalism Seminar Alumna, Lara Loaiza Arias, recently won a prestigious Simón Bolívar Journalism Award

unque Lucía e Iván trabajan para diferentes medios de comunicación, lograron hacer equipo y trabajar de forma colaborativa

The Center for Media Integrity of the Americas is working with Rolli, an exciting start-up company that connects journalists with subject...

The CMIA was present at the Washington Post's commemoration of World Press Freedom day in Washington, DC, on May 3. Organized by the...

In partnership with the United Nations Development Programme, the Center for Media Integrity of the Americas hosted a week-long seminar...

Teresa Cebrian of PBS NewsHour was one of two small grant award winners from CMIA’s June 2023 seminar. Using her award, Teresa wrote and...

The Center for Media Integrity of the Americas, represented by our dear friend and advisor, José Luis Sanz, gave a speech on the...

On October 18, we formalized our agreement to work with UNDP on journalism related to development issues. Future seminars and conferences...

CMIA Advisor and AP Miami Bureau chief, Joshua Goodman, was among this year’s winners of the prestigious Maria Moors Cabot Gold Medal for...

Following our Board of Advisors' retreat in December 2022, and after several months of consultation with our partners at the Philip...

CMIA Advisory Board Member, Sebastian Rotella from ProPublica, and the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression of the Inter-American...

The first in-person meeting of the Center for Media Integrity of the Americas’ Board of Advisors was held on December 5th and 6th, 2022,...