La Asociación Mundial de Periódicos y Editores de Noticias (WAN-IFRA) y el Foro Mundial de Editores (WEF) se unen al repudio contra el homicidio del periodista Javier Valdez en Culiacán, Sinaloa y demandan justicia.

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Despite presidential promises, soft censorship - most conspicuously in the form of partisan allocation of government advertising - remains a powerful impediment to a free, independent and pluralistic media in Mexico. This is the main conclusion of “Breaking Promises, Blocking Reform: Soft Censorship in Mexico”, a new report by the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA), the Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) and Fundar, Center of Analysis and Research.

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Guardian Witness' UGC co-ordinator Caroline Bannock, Senior engagement editor at ProPublica Amanda Zamora and eyewitness media expert Fergus Bell spoke at European Journalism Centre’s News Impact Summit in Paris earlier this month on the 'Future of User Engagement'. They took time to talk to Angelique Lu about the media's need to develop verification skills of user generated content. 

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The recent murder of a Mexican citizen journalist who used social media to report on cartel activity has highlighted new dimensions in the killing of journalists with impunity: the exploitation of online virality by perpetrators, and the increasing risk posed to sources who 'go direct'. Alice Matthews and Julie Posetti report.

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