Video - Freedom of Expression in the Americas: Fall AQ Launch

On October 23, AS/COA launched the Fall 2013 issue of Americas Quarterly: Freedom of Expression. This year’s gold medal recipients of the 75th Annual Maria Moors Cabot Prizes for their excellence in journalism in Latin America and the Caribbean participated in the event. The panelists discussed the impact of crime and violence, the challenge of media concentration, and the increasing use of laws and regulations to control media and threaten journalists. 

Speakers:

• Josh Friedman, Director, Maria Moors Cabot Prizes
• Carlos Lauría, Senior Americas Program Coordinator, Committee to Protect Journalists

Panel Discussion: 

• Jon Lee Anderson, Staff Writer, The New Yorker, 2013 Cabot Award Winner
• Santiago A. Canton, Director, Robert F. Kennedy Partners for Human Rights
• Donna DeCesare, Documentary Photographer and Freelance Writer, 2013 Cabot Award Winner
• Mauri König, Special Reporter, Gazeta do Povo, Curitiba, 2013 Cabot Award Winner*
• Christopher Sabatini, Editor-in-Chief, Americas Quarterly (Moderator)