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A public school teacher holds a Venezuelan's flag during a march for higher salaries and payment of their full benefits, in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, Jan. 30, 2023. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

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Journalists combat information vacuums on Venezuela's border by bringing news to the streets

César López Linares | LatAm Journalism Review

Information vacuums are common in Táchira, a Venezuelan state on the border with Colombia. In 11 of its 29 municipalities, there are not enough media outlets providing local information, according to the Atlas of Silence by the Venezuelan Press and Society Institute.

The Museum of Graffiti in Wynwood reopens in a new location Thursday.

Sarah Palin v. NYT, The Leopard Opera, the Museum of Graffiti

Leslie Ovalle Atkinson

A court battle challenging the freedom of the press. A popular Italian novel turned opera will be performed by the Frost School this weekend. Plus, graffiti — is it art?

Police officers are shown arresting <em>Des Moines Register</em> reporter Andrea Sahouri after a Black Lives Matter protest she was covering on May 31, 2020, in Des Moines, Iowa. Sahouri went on trial Monday on charges of failing to disperse and interfering with official acts.

Iowa Reporter Goes On Trial In Case That Raises Press Freedom Concerns

Scott Neuman

The Des Moines Register reporter, Andrea Sahouri, was arrested as she covered a Black Lives Matter protest. "Treating media work as a crime is a human rights violation," Amnesty International said.

Detained Reuters journalists Kyaw Soe Oo and Wa Lone are escorted by police as they leave after a court hearing in Yangon, Myanmar, in August. Myanmar's top court rejected their appeal Tuesday, letting their seven-year prison term stand.

Reuters Journalists Jailed In Myanmar Lose Appeal, Will Stay In Prison

Matthew S. Schwartz

Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo were jailed for allegedly violating Myanmar's Official Secrets Act. They claimed they were framed by police after uncovering evidence of a massacre against Rohingya Muslims.

The photos of five people slain in the Capital Gazette newsroom adorn candles at a vigil in June. The attack was mentioned in the analysis of Reporters Without Borders' annual World Press Freedom Index.

The U.S. Now Ranks As A 'Problematic' Place For Journalists

Sasha Ingber

"Never before have US journalists been subjected to so many death threats," Reporters Without Borders said in its annual World Press Freedom Index, adding that President Trump "exacerbates" problem.

Editorial: A Free And Independent Press Doesn’t Serve Itself. It Serves All Of Us.

Tom Hudson

We are not your enemies.The President’s language regarding news coverage he disagrees with is disingenuous, dishonest and dangerous. Some cheer at his…

Hundreds Of Newspapers Denounce Trump's Attacks On Media In Coordinated Editorials

James Doubek

Staff members of the editorial page at The Boston Globe coordinated a campaign for hundreds of papers to simultaneously publish opinion pieces defending the role of the free press.