In January 2008, the Inter-American Dialogue organized an intensive, full-day workshop to review a set of challenges facing the media in Latin America and the Caribbean and to begin to think about ways to enable the press to be a more positive force for democracy in the region. The conference was specifically concerned with four issues: government laws and regulations regarding the media, concentration of media ownership, indirect censorship, and the nexus of media responsibility and the quality of democracy.
Inter-American Dialogue: Media and Governance: A Reform Agenda in Latin America and the Caribbean
The Inter-American Dialogue released this report [PDF] on improving journalism in Latin America and reforming the government’s relationship with the media.