Danger in South America: Inter American Press Association finds hard-hitting journalism more fatal in rural areas

    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Format:
    Journal article
    Publication Date:
    1998
    Published:
    International
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C24467
    Journal Title:
    Editor and Publisherf
    Journal Title Details:
    131(47) : 10-13
    Subject Term:
    Brazil, Colombia, coverage, journalism, journalists, Latin America, reporting, risk communication, rural areas, and rural communities
    Notes:
    Researcher for the Inter American Press Association: "practicing investigative journalism can be far more dangerous in small-town South America than in the capitals." Cites deaths of reporters who exposed drug traffickers and corruption, and criticized politicians and ruling elite in rural areas of Colombia and Brazil.

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