Data 2:
Information about Institutions Involved in the Collaborative Projects
Animal Político
Animal Político is part of the Mexican media group Editorial Animal.
Animal Político is a digitally native media that brings together journalists, designers, programmers and video editors to create content with rigor, precision and designed to serve citizens. It is a media outlet that puts citizens at the center, prioritizing dialogue with them and coverage of issues that affect them such as corruption, insecurity, inequality in the country, gender violence and discrimination. Funding: 15% from subscriptions, 20% from publicity, 20% from donations, 20% from training, 25% commercial content.
(Information translated from Spanish.) Source: https://www.animalpolitico.com/quienes-somos
See also: https://directorio.sembramedia.org/animal-politico/
Bellingcat
Bellingcat is an independent investigative collective of researchers, investigators and citizen journalists brought together by a passion for open source research. They are based in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Founded in 2014, Bellingcat has pioneered the use of open source research methods to investigate a variety of subjects of public interest, ranging from the shooting down of flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine to police violence in Colombia and the illegal wildlife trade in the UAE. Their research is regularly referenced by international media and has been cited by several courts and investigative missions. With over 30 staff and contributors in more than 20 countries, they operate in a unique field where advanced technology, forensic research, journalism, transparency and accountability come together. They believe in the need for collaboration and have partnered with news organisations across the globe.
Source: https://www.bellingcat.com/about/who-we-are
BuzzFeed News
BuzzFeed News began as a division of BuzzFeed in December 2011 in the U.S. In April, 2023, BuzzFeed announced it would shut down BuzzFeed News, which has not produced new content since May 5, 2023. BuzzFeed's funding is based on investments, and it also generates revenue through advertising.
According to its website, "Born on the internet in 2006, BuzzFeed, Inc. is committed to making it better: providing trusted, quality, brand-safe news and entertainment to hundreds of millions of people; making content on the internet more inclusive, empathetic, and creative; and inspiring our audience to live better lives."
Source: https://www.buzzfeed.com/about
El Centro Latinoamericano de Investigación Periodística (CLIP)
CLIP is a non-profit organization, based in Costa Rica, with a Latin American team, that conducts and coordinates collaborative cross-border journalistic investigations and puts its technological innovations at the service of journalism in the region. They want their investigations, always carried out together with media outlets and journalists from Latin America, to uncover abuse of power beyond borders and make it more visible to citizens.
Source: https://www.elclip.org/quienes-somos/#nuestrorollo
Chiapas Paralelo
El Chiapas Paralelo is a digital-native media outlet. Their mission is to practice independent journalism co-created with multicultural communities settled in Chiapas and people in transit through Mexico's southern border. The medium contributes with rigorous information and a diversity of voices in the search for solutions for well-being.
Sources: https://www.chiapasparalelo.com/acerca-de-chiapas-paralelo/
Contracorriente
A digital media outlet for in-depth journalism that tells the reality of Honduras and the region. It relies on transmedia communication to deliver new content that helps us change reality by reporting it, analyzing it, and challenging those in power.
Source: SembraMedia database
El Faro
El Faro was founded in 1998 in San Salvador as the first native internet newspaper in Latin America. Since its inception in 1998, El Faro has had a Central American vocation and has become a regional benchmark for independent, transparent and reliable journalism that covers corruption, organized crime, migration, culture, inequality, impunity and Human Rights, both by monitoring state agencies and the different economic and social spheres of the region. In April 2023, El Faro moved its legal and administrative operations to Costa Rica due to harassment by the Nayib Bukele administration in El Salvador. El Faro's journalists and staff have been exiled from El Salvador due too threats from the Bukele regime since May 2025.
El Faro is a non-profit foundation currently registered in Costa Rica under the name Fundación Periódica. International cooperation projects are El Faro's main source of funding (22%). It also gains funding from sales of content that includes alliances with international media, syndication of its reports and chronicles or royalties for the production of books or documentaries (10%), events (5%), donations and memberships (5%), and income from commercial sources (4%).
Sources: https://elfaro.net/es/info/acerca_de_elfaro, https://elfaro.net/es/202304/columnas/26804/el-faro-se-cambia-de-casa; see also SembraMedia database
Forbidden Stories
Forbidden Stories is a nonprofit organization headquartered in France and founded in 2017. It builds on the support from the public and grants from philanthropic foundations. Forbidden Stories also receives support from other nonprofits and companies, who provide legal support or to reinforce digital security.
According to its website, "Our nonprofit organization, unique in the world, protects the work of threatened journalists and pursues the investigations of reporters who have been silenced. In the face of increasingly organized enemies of the press, we have made collaboration our modus operandi. Because we are stronger together, we activate our international network of journalists to take up these forbidden investigations and disseminate them. We want to send out a clear message: killing a reporter will always be counter-productive.."
Source: https://forbiddenstories.org/about-us/mission/our-mission/
Frontline PBS
FRONTLINE was founded in 1983. It is produced by the WGBH Educational Foundation and based in Boston, Mass. WGBH is a public media organization which serves as the largest producer of PBS content for TV and the web. WGBH and its programs, including FRONTLINE, are supported by a broad mix of funding sources, including more than 150,000 individuals, along with foundations, corporations and the federal government.
According to its website, "FRONTLINE is investigative journalism that questions, explains and changes our world. We tell the stories others can't or won't — from the rise of the NSA's domestic surveillance dragnet, to the hidden history of the NFL and concussions, to the secret reality of rape on the job for immigrant women."
Sources: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/about-us/our-funders/
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/about-us/
The Intercept
Founded in the U.S. in 2014. The Intercept is a non-profit organization which relies on donations from our readers and listeners as a key funding source for our journalism.
According to its website,"At The Intercept, we investigate powerful individuals and institutions to expose corruption and injustice. We see journalism as an instrument of civic action. We're here to change the world, not just describe it. The Intercept aspires to drive meaningful change by empowering the public with information to demand a better world from institutions and leaders. We believe rigorous and courageous journalism plays a vital role in protecting human rights, safeguarding freedoms, checking the influence of money and power, and moving society toward a just future."
Source: https://theintercept.com/about/
International Consortium for Investigative Journalists, ICIJ
The International Consortium for Investigative Journalists, ICIJ, was founded in 1997 as a project of the Center for Public Integrity. ICIJ spun off from the Center and became a fully independent news organization in early 2017. In July 2017, ICIJ was granted nonprofit status. ICIJ is currently supported by governments, foundations, and individuals.
According to its website, "The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists tells stories that punch through the noise, showing how the world really works, triggering positive change. We are driven by the belief that citizens have the right to be better informed, that access to independently-sourced facts is not only essential for democracy but is also a fundamental human right.... ICIJ has directed the largest cross-border reporting initiatives in history, convincing reporters across the globe to set aside traditional rivalries to uncover corruption, abuses of power and grave harms inflicted on the world's most vulnerable people."
Sources: https://www.icij.org/about/corporate/, https://www.icij.org/about/
LightHouse Reports
Lighthouse uses the power of partnerships and innovation to advance investigative journalism that informs change. They
Mexicanos Contra la Corrupción
A non-profit organization based in Mexico, mainly financed through national and international donations.
According to its website, Mexicanos contra la Corrupción is committed to the consolidation of the Rule of Law in Mexico through a comprehensive agenda dedicated to preventing, denouncing, punishing and eradicating systemic corruption and impunity that prevail in the public and private systems of our country.
(Translated from Spanish.) Source: https://contralacorrupcion.mx/quienes-somos/
NBC News
NBC is part of NBC Universal News Group, which is owned by Comcast Corporation. Comcast Corporation is publicly traded. Source: https://www.nbcuniversal.com/about
The New York Times
Founded in 1851. It is owned by The New York Times Company. Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Jr., whose family has controlled the paper since 1896, is both the paper's publisher and the company's chairman.
According to its website, "We seek the truth and help people understand the world. This mission is rooted in our belief that great journalism has the power to make each reader's life richer and more fulfilling, and all of society stronger and more just."
Sources: https://www.nytco.com/investors/faqs/, https://ropercenter.cornell.edu/new-york-times
Noticias Telemundo
Telemundo defines itself as a leader in the production and distribution of high-quality Spanish-language content across multiple platforms for Hispanics in the United States and around the world. The network claims to reach 94% of Hispanic viewers in the United States across 210 markets through 17 owned stations and 57 affiliate broadcast stations. Telemundo also owns WKAQ, a local television station serving Puerto Rico.
Telemundo is part of NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises, a division of NBCUniversal, which is a subsidiary of Comcast Corporation.
Source: https://www.telemundo.com/sobre-telemundoEl Paso Matters
According to its website, El Paso Matters is a member-supported nonpartisan media organization that uses journalism to expand civic capacity in our region. We inform and engage with people in El Paso, Ciudad Juárez and neighboring communities to create solutions-driven conversations about complex issues shaping the border region. Founded in 2019 by journalist Robert Moore, El Paso Matters focuses on in-depth and investigative reporting about El Paso and the Paso del Norte region.
Source: https://elpasomatters.org/about-us/
elPeriódico
Newspaper and website shut down since May 2023.
elPeriódico was founded in Guatemala in 1996 by the donations of 125 citizens who supported its stand on press freedom. One year later, it was purchased by the owners of Prensa Libre. elPeriódico was one of the media outlets that for years dismantled and investigated several governments.
elPeriódico published its last edition on 15 May, 2023. The newspaper had been worn down by government pressures. Its founder José Rúben Zamora remained in jail since July 2022 under unsubstantiated charges of alleged money laundering, blackmail and influence peddling. Journalists and lawyers of the newspaper have also been arrested. Less than a month after being moved to house arrest, a Guatemalan appeals court ordered journalist José Rubén Zamora back to jail on November 15, 2024.
Sources: Kahn 2023/Reuters Institute, https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/meet-journalists-defying-widening-crackdown-press-freedom-guatemala, Vilchez 2024 / Committee to Protect Journalists, https://cpj.org/2024/11/i-will-always-keep-fighting-jose-ruben-zamora-tells-cpj-before-court-orders-him-back-to-jail/
Pie de Página
Pie de Página is an independent journalistic portal, made up of a network of national and international journalists who are experts in social issues and human rights.
At Pie de Página, "we care about information that concerns people, that explains the causes and consequences of the decisions made by power groups in their daily lives, but that also opens spaces for reflection, the search for solutions, and connection with mechanisms of change. We believe in advocacy and in access to public information for accountability by authorities and decision-making by citizens.
At Pie de Página, we work as a team; we are journalists, photographers, and graphic designers, understanding that now more than ever, the integration of different disciplines and regions will allow us to create useful and underrepresented information.
The portal is also a supportive space for journalists displaced due to their work and censored by editorial lines. It is a a supportive space for journalists displaced by their work and censored by the editorial lines of the media, seeking a way to disseminate information that challenges powerful groups, in addition to facing threatening conditions or those that put their work at risk."
(Translated from Spanish.) Source: https://piedepagina.mx/acerca/; see also SembraMedia database.
Plaza Pública
Founded by the Rafael Landívar University in Guatemala, Plaza Pública belongs to the Vice-Rectory of Research and Projection and is financed mainly with the university's budget.
According to its website, "Plaza Pública is a media outlet that aims to provide information and ideas in pursuit of a solid, vigorous democracy, with ethics and social justice... Plaza Pública is a laboratory, a work in progress. With a narrative identity based on long, nuanced, deep texts, and increasingly exploring transmedia narratives and precision journalism, we have reached central places and themes that used to go unnoticed in national journalism. Thus, we seek to recount the injustices committed by previously unmentionable powers in the country – such as child labor in sugar – transitional justice, the relations between economy and politics, and human rights."
(Translated from Spanish.) Source: https://www.plazapublica.com.gt/content/quienes-somos; see also SembraMedia database
Prensa Comunitaria / Km 169
Prensa Comunitaria was founded in Guatemala by Nelton Rivera and legalized as an alternative press agency on December 20, 2012.
According to its website, "we are a group of women and men of Mayan origin Q'anjob'al, K'iché ́, Q'eqchi, Pocomchi', Kaqchikel, Chuj and mestizo. We live in different parts of the country and have diverse experiences. ... Hence the notion of the communitarian... The community journalism that we are doing, part of the use of all these theoretical and conceptual tools, is also transmedia journalism, since we tell the stories in different formats and non-traditional production and distribution platforms. We combine art, testimony, journalism and social sciences to grow our audiences and create a more participatory and active community, creator of content and also dissemination."
(Translated from Spanish.) Source: https://prensacomunitaria.org/quienes-somos/
Prensa Libre
The newspaper was founded in Guatemala in 1951 and since 1996, only an online edition is published. It is owned by Prensa Libre, S.A., a for-profit newspaper with the second highest circulation in Guatemala.
According to its website, it brings to all Guatemalans, inside and outside the country, the most important and breaking news about national and international events.
(Translated from Spanish.) Source: https://www.prensalibre.com/
Proceso
An independent, nonprofit newsroom founded in 2007. Pro Publica's work is powered primarily through donations.
According to its website, "We dig deep into important issues, shining a light on abuses of power and betrayals of public trust — and we stick with those issues as long as it takes to hold power to account. With a team of more than 150 dedicated journalists, ProPublica covers a range of topics including government and politics, business, criminal justice, the environment, education, health care, immigration, and technology. We focus on stories with the potential to spur real-world impact.... Our staff remains dedicated to carrying forward the important work of exposing corruption, informing the public about complex issues, and using the power of investigative journalism to spur reform."
Source: https://www.propublica.org/about/
Retro Report
Retro Report is an independent, nonprofit news organization that gains funding through donations and partnerships.
According to its website, "Retro Report has produced more than 250 short documentaries and video series in partnership with The New York Times, PBS, the New Yorker, VICE, Scientific American, NBC News, Politico, Time, The Guardian, Univision and others. We combine reliable and compelling journalism with history, civics, and media literacy education."
Source: https://retroreport.org/about/
The Texas Tribune
The Texas Tribune is a non-profit, member-supported media organization based in Texas. The Tribune is financially supported by a diversified business model that includes our membership program, major donations from individuals and foundations, corporate sponsorships, events, a paid newsletter and other revenue streams.
According to its website, "We envision a Texas where every Texan is empowered with the civic information they need to become full participants in our democracy. We believe that a more engaged, better informed, more civically aware Texas will help bring about a healthier, better educated, more productive, more prosperous and more equitable Texas."
Source: https://www.texastribune.org/about/
El Universal
According to its website, El Universal was founded on October 1, 1916, on the initiative of engineer Félix Fulgencio Palavicini, who was a member of the Constituent Congress of Querétaro. The aim of the new newspaper was to give a voice to the principles that emerged from the Mexican Revolution. The newspaper defended the principles of the Magna Carta and set out to strengthen the country's economic, social, and legal reconstruction. Since 1996, El Universal became a service provider for Internet users. The website was updated in the early morning, with each edition of the newspaper. In 1999, on the 30th anniversary of the presidency and general management of Licenciado Ealy Ortiz, the newspaper's design was updated to keep it at the forefront among newspapers in the country and around the world. Among the innovations, the incorporation of color on the front page and the pages of the first section stood out.
(Translated from Spanish.) Source: https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/historia-breve/
Univision News
Univision News belongs to the for-profit media network of Univision owned by TelevisaUnivision. It is the largest provider of Spanish-language content in the U.S.
According to its website, "TelevisaUnivision is the world's leading Spanish-language media company. Powered by the largest library of owned Spanish-language content and a prolific production capability, TelevisaUnivision is the top producer of original content in Spanish across news, sports and entertainment verticals.
https://corporate.televisaunivision.com/our-company/
The Washington Post
The newspaper is known for its slogan "Democracy Dies in Darkness." On February 4, 2026, the newspaper cut over 300 jobs . The layoffs cut into the medium's local, international and sports coverage, and reduced its entire work force by about 30 percent. As expressed by The New York Times, "the cuts are a sign that Jeff Bezos, who became one of the world's richest people by selling things on the internet, has not yet figured out how to build and maintain a profitable publication on the internet." According to Marty Baron, former executive editor of The Post, "This ranks among the darkest days in the history of one of the world's greatest news organizations... The Washington Post's ambitions will be sharply diminished, its talented and brave staff will be further depleted, and the public will be denied the ground-level, fact-based reporting in our communities and around the world that is needed more than ever."
La Verdad Noticias
According to its website, at the Mexican La Verdad Noticias, "we believe in a simple but powerful idea: access to truthful information, bluntly and without censorship, is a fundamental right. We were born to be the answer to a world saturated with noise and opinions, with the firm purpose of delivering only facts. Our mission is not to tell you what to think, but to give you the tools to form your own judgment. Because in a free world, informed citizenship is not only an ideal, it is a necessity. That's why our motto is more than a slogan; it is a call to action: Demand the Truth!"
For La Verdad Noticias, "The Truth, Straightforward" means fact-Based Journalism; No Censorship or Agendas; and Context and Depth.
(Translated from Spanish.) Source: https://laverdadnoticias.com/nosotros
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