Miami (August 27, 2025) – The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) announced today that the Thomson Reuters Foundation will receive the 2025 Chapultepec Grand Prize, in recognition of its crucial role in promoting and defending press freedom and supporting journalists worldwide.
The unanimous decision was made by IAPA’s board, which praised the Foundation’s professionalism and steadfast dedication to ensuring that media outlets can operate freely and independently.
“The Thomson Reuters Foundation’s exemplary commitment to strengthening global journalism is evident through the training, tools, technical assistance, and legal support it provides—resources that are fundamental to protecting journalism and, with it, democracy,” said IAPA President José Roberto Dutriz.
The IAPA highlighted the Foundation’s TrustLaw program, its pro bono legal service that has provided critical support to journalists worldwide, safeguarding them against censorship, violence, and intimidation.
“By exposing and confronting threats to press freedom and advocating for the safety of journalists, the Thomson Reuters Foundation embodies the principles enshrined in the 1994 Chapultepec Declaration and the 2001 Inter-American Commission on Human Rights’ Declaration of Principles on Freedom of Expression,” added Dutriz, CEO and General Director of La Prensa Gráfica, El Salvador.
The Chapultepec Grand Prize will be presented during the IAPA’s 81st General Assembly, to be held October 16–19 at the Westin Punta Cana Hotel in the Dominican Republic.
Previous recipients of the Chapultepec Grand Prize include the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ); Martin Baron, former executive editor of The Washington Post; the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press; Alberto Ibargüen, former president and CEO of the Knight Foundation; Colombian jurist Catalina Botero; Nobel laureate Mario Vargas Llosa; human rights defender José Miguel Vivanco; the Inter-American Court of Human Rights; and U.S. journalists Anthony Lewis and Arthur O. Sulzberger.
The IAPA is a non-profit organization dedicated to defending and promoting freedom of the press and expression in the Americas. It comprises more than 1,300 publications from the western hemisphere and is based in Miami, Florida, United States.