SIP opens its assembly in Bogotá with warnings on press freedom, AI and media funding
The 82nd SIP General Assembly opened at the Hilton Hotel in Bogotá and will run until Sunday, October 25. The organization's president, Pierre Manigault, warned about pressure on the press across the Americas, including the United States, and about violence against journalists in Mexico, Ecuador, Peru, Colombia and Guatemala. Andrés Mompotes of El Tiempo flagged disinformation and artificial intelligence; José Antonio de Brigard of RCN flagged the shift in advertising investment. Mayor Carlos Fernando Galán signed the Chapultepec Declaration and the Salta Declaration.
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- The 82nd SIP General Assembly is being held in Bogotá until October 25, with press freedom, AI and business models on the agenda.
- Pierre Manigault said press freedom is under pressure across the Americas, including the United States, and warned about violence against journalists in Mexico, Ecuador, Peru, Colombia and Guatemala.
- Andrés Mompotes of El Tiempo cited disinformation and the rise of AI as new challenges and called for defending journalism's intellectual property.
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