The Impunity Project, launched in 1995, has as its principal objective the reduction of the impunity surrounding the majority of crimes against journalists.
A determining factor for the success of the Project is the generous and unrestricted financial support of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, which has provided a total of $7.7 million between 1992 and 2011 to the anti-impunity campaign and the press freedom program.
The main action strategies of the Impunity Project are:
Education: through the dispatch of missions to problem locations and in resolutions and special petitions;
Investigation: through the investigative reporters of IAPA’s Rapid Response Unit;
Promotion: through a public advertising campaign in print and online media to shed light concerning impunity and demand justice;
Training: through seminars and conferences to help reporters reduce the risks to them in covering the news.
Juan Francisco Ealy Ortiz. El Universal, México, DF
Vice President:
Ulilo Acevedo. Hoy Diario del Magdalena, Santa Marta, Colômbia
Members:
Carlos Salinas. El Diario de Coahuila, Saltillo, Coahuila, México Heriberto Cantú Deándar. El Mañana de Nuevo Laredo, Nuevo Laredo, México Alejandro Domínguez. Diario La Nación, Asunción, Paraguay Miguel Franjul. Listín Diario, Santo Domingo, Rep. Dominicana Miguel Henrique Otero. El Nacional, Caracas, Venezuela Louis M. “Skip” Perez. The Ledger, Lakeland, Florida Robert Rivard. San Antonio Express-News, San Antonio, Texas Roberto Rock. El Universal, México, DF Edward Schumacher. Rumbo, Houston, Texas Clemente Vivanco Salvador. Diario La Hora, Quito, Ecuador John Yearwood. The Miami Herald, Miami, Florida
Regional Vice Presidents:
Brasil
Demócrito Dummar. O Povo, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brasil Sidnei Basile. Grupo Abril, São Paulo, Brasil
Colombia
Gustavo Bell Lemus. El Heraldo, Barranquilla, Colombia
México
Juan Fernando Healy. El Imparcial, Hermosillo, México
Staff
Director:
Ricardo Trotti.
Coordinators:
Melba Jiménez. Mauricio Montaldo.
RR Unit Investigative journalists:
Jorge Elías. Argentina Clarinha Glock. Brazil Diana Calderón. Colombia María Idalia Gómez. México
