The goal is to highlight the growing threats to press freedom
Miami (July 29, 2025) — The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) announces the relaunch of its podcast Journalism in Danger, an initiative that aims to delve into the challenges, risks, and responsibilities of journalism at a critical moment for freedom of expression in the region.
Driven by the IAPA’s Committee on Freedom of the Press, the program -available at this link- returns for a second season with a journey through countries in the Americas where practicing journalism has become a dangerous profession.
Featuring interviews with reporters, editors, activists, communication experts, and media directors, Journalism in Danger is designed as a deep and empathetic conversation to help understand the context behind the threats and attacks against the press.
“People usually speak up when a specific incident occurs, but behind every attack on the press there’s a complex story explaining how things reached such a serious point. We believe the podcast format is ideal to unravel those stories and understand how they evolve,” said Martha Ramos, president of the IAPA’s Committee on Freedom of the Press and Information and editorial director of the Mexican Editorial Organization (OEM).
Journalism in Danger was launched in 2019 as a platform to share the IAPA’s work and remained active until 2023. In this new phase—marked by a sharper decline in press freedom in several countries—the podcast becomes a key tool for humanizing the statistics the organization publishes in its periodic reports.
“Unlike the written reports we present twice a year with specific data on each country, the podcast allows us to tell real stories, with voices that convey emotion. We want to generate empathy for journalism, which is currently facing an unprecedented credibility crisis,” said Ramos.
The first episode of the new season is already available and focuses on the case of Peru. In it, Alejandro Jiménez, national opinion editor of the Mexican Editorial Organization (OEM), interviews the executive director of the Peruvian Press Council about the serious deterioration of press freedom in that country.
With more than three decades of media experience, Jiménez specializes in political analysis and freedom of expression. He writes the column Disco Duro for El Sol de México and maintains a personal blog reflecting on journalism in the digital age.
Episodes will be available on the IAPA’s platform and on major audio applications like Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Deezer, Amazon Music, and Acast.
Since its debut in 2019, Journalism in Danger has documented common censorship patterns in Latin America, such as the rise of authoritarian regimes. “Governments that feel uncomfortable with a critical press end up seeing it as an enemy to be defeated. Public discourse becomes violent and discrediting, and journalists are exposed to legal persecution, social media harassment, and even physical violence,” Ramos warned.
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.