Inter American Press Association
AbbreviationIAPA
Formation1943
Typepress advocacy group
HeadquartersMiami, United States
Websitewww.sipiapa.com

The Inter American Press Association (IAPA; Spanish: Sociedad Interamericana de Prensa, SIP) is a press advocacy group representing major media organizations in North America, South America and the Caribbean. It is made up of more than 1,300 print publications throughout the Western Hemisphere and is based in Miami, Florida. Every year it issues its IAPA/SIP Excellence in Journalism Awards in the fields of cartoon, online news coverage, news coverage, coverage on mobile phones, features, human rights and community service, photography, infographics, opinion, data journalism, in-depth journalism and press freedom.[1]

IAPA has two autonomous affiliates – the IAPA Press Institute, which offers Latin American members advice on technical publishing matters and politics and the IAPA Scholarship Fund, which provides funds for educational activities.

IAPA is a member of the International Freedom of Expression Exchange, a global network of more than 70 non-governmental organisations that monitors press freedom and freedom of expression violations worldwide.

It has been criticized by many Latin American journalists' trade unions, who claim that it only represents the owners of the large media corporations, that it does not seem to defend journalists themselves, and that it is closely related to right-wing parties.

History

IAPA was conceived at the first Pan American Congress of Journalists in 1926, with a Permanent Commission established in 1942 after the second Congress. IAPA was founded in 1943, and in 1950 became an organisation fully independent of the region's governments.[2] In 1954 it reached a record membership of 373, with the approval of 10 new member organizations.[3]

In 1977 it was reported by Penthouse that IAPA was funded by the CIA.[4]

In 2000 the IAPA inaugurated a new headquarters building, which it named after Jules Dubois, who was Chairman of the Committee on Freedom of the Press and Information for 15 years (1950-1965).[5]

Chapultepec Index

2023 Chapultepec Index
  Full freedom (81–100 points)
  Low restriction (61–80 points)
  Partial restriction (41–60 points)
  High restriction (21–40 points)
  No freedom (0–20 points)
  No data

The Chapultepec Index is an index on press freedom in the Americas that is created for the Inter American Press Society by the Andrés Bello Catholic University in consultation with various academics, attorneys and media experts in the region.[6]

Press freedom scores are organized as follows:[7]

  •   Full freedom (81–100 points)
  •   Low restriction (61–80 points)
  •   Partial restriction (41–60 points)
  •   High restriction (21–40 points)
  •   No freedom (0–20 points)
Country 2020[8] 2021[9] 2022[10] 2023[11]
 Argentina 77.20 53.27 Decrease 55.14 Increase 51.34 Decrease
 Bolivia 39.80 52.71 Increase 42.72 Decrease 33.88 Decrease
 Brazil 37.20 31.60 Decrease 44.26 Increase 48.41 Increase
 Canada 71.40 75.81 Increase 80.42 Increase 75.30 Decrease
 Chile 80.00 82.06 Increase 73.35 Decrease 78.85 Increase
 Colombia 57.50 57.23 Decrease 59.34 Increase 52.30 Decrease
 Costa Rica 76.75 73.16 Decrease 73.83 Increase 61.60 Decrease
 Cuba 6.20 11.11 Increase 15.68 Increase 14.30 Decrease
 Dominican Republic 47.00 77.91 Increase 78.30 Increase 81.08 Increase
 Ecuador 42.50 55.86 Increase 49.55 Decrease 43.85 Decrease
 El Salvador 42.60 41.74 Decrease 40.82 Decrease 34.25 Decrease
 Guatemala 46.00 48.28 Increase 38.40 Decrease 32.07 Decrease
 Honduras 53.00 61.47 Increase 53.07 Decrease 36.50 Decrease
 Jamaica 65.00 78.36 Increase 80.40 Increase 76.78 Decrease
 Mexico 55.00 49.21 Decrease 42.14 Decrease 41.82 Increase
 Nicaragua 16.00 17.20 Increase 9.50 Decrease 8.50 Decrease
 Panama 55.00 65.97 Increase 66.15 Increase 65.24 Decrease
 Paraguay 67.40 69.22 Increase 66.25 Decrease 51.63 Decrease
 Peru 67.80 69.85 Increase 55.14 Decrease 50.69 Decrease
 United States 49.60 61.57 Increase 67.26 Increase 60.79 Decrease
 Uruguay 74.40 84.10 Increase 78.90 Decrease 69.81 Decrease
 Venezuela 3.80 5.71 Increase 10.58 Increase 12.74 Increase
Average: 51.42 55.61 Increase 53.69 Decrease 47.84 Decrease

Presidents

References

  1. ↑ "Call for entries - Inter American Press Association". sipiapa.org.
  2. ↑ "History of IAPA". Archived from the original on July 19, 2011.
  3. ↑ "Editor & Publisher 1954-10-02: Vol 87 Iss 41". Duncan McIntosh. 2 October 1954.
  4. ↑ Joe Trento and Dave Roman, "The Spies Who Came In From the Newsroom," Penthouse, August 1977, pp. 44-46, 50
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 "Inicio- Sociedad Interamericana de Prensa". www.sipiapa.org.
  6. ↑ "El Perú vuelve a caer en índice regional de libertad de expresión". Consejo de la Prensa Peruana. 2023-11-10. Retrieved 2024-01-10.
  7. ↑ "INDICE CHAPULTEPEC - FICHA METODOLÓGICA" (PDF). IAPA. 2020.
  8. ↑ "ÍNDICE CHAPULTEPEC de Libertad de Expresión y Prensa 2020" (PDF). IAPA. 2020.
  9. ↑ "ÍNDICE CHAPULTEPEC de Libertad de Expresión y Prensa 2021" (PDF). IAPA. 2021.
  10. ↑ "ÍNDICE CHAPULTEPEC de Libertad de Expresión y Prensa 2022" (PDF). IAPA. 2022.
  11. ↑ "ÍNDICE CHAPULTEPEC de Libertad de Expresión y Prensa 2023" (PDF). IAPA. 2023.
  12. ↑ "Inicio- Sociedad Interamericana de Prensa". sipiapa.com.


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