This manual has been adapted from the International Center for Journalists’ operational handbook and has been used by our trainers for more than a decade. It pulls together long-proven methods of training adults in general, professional journalists and managers in particular, and international journalists and managers especially. It comes from lessons learned (sometimes the hard way) in more than 20 years of training by the Center, its staff, and its hundreds of adjunct faculty and consultants who have made a science out of imparting information and skills to others.

It is essential that journalists in Latin America think about ethics in their profession, talk about ethics with their colleagues and their audiences, and develop ethical standards and guidelines that fit their needs and circumstances. To encourage these things is the purpose of this video and handbook. Ethics for the media in Latin America must emerge from those who write and edit the news, from the publishers and station owners, and from the workers who sell the advertising and subscriptions to sustain their businesses. Developing ethical standards is a personal exercise in part and a...

This manual intends to illustrate the most serious threats to freedom of expression and freedom of the press in Latin America, and it reviews international treaties that guarantee freedom of expression as a fundamental human right necessary for democracy. Some 350 journalists from more than 150 communities in Latin America participated in seminars and shared their individual experiences. Journalists working in major cities, as well as those from provinces and small towns where the media generally are more easily intimidated, discussed threats to freedom of expression and of the press, and...

La radio es instantaneidad, rapidez, simultaneidad e inmediatez. A diferencia de la prensa escrita o la televisión, la radio sólo cuenta con la palabra y los efectos sonoros para hacerle llegar a la audiencia un mensaje que se entienda. Los oyentes no pueden releer nuestra historia ni completarla con imágenes visuales: sólo tienen una oportunidad de escucharla. Por tanto, deben entender inmediatamente las noticias que estamos transmitiendo.