As in the US, Brazil has a regional press rather than a national one. Even the top Rio papers are a little parochial; elsewhere, newspapers are the best mediocre but are always valuable for listings of local events. Brazil is one of Latin America’s most violent countries for the media. With threats, physical attacks during demonstrations and murders. Brazil is the 105th country in the World Press Freedom Index from 2019. The ranking has settled since last year with -3.
Journalists are often killed in connection with their work, in most cases, these reporters, radio hosts, bloggers or other information providers were covering stories linked to corruption, public policy or organized crime in small or mid-sized cities, where they are more vulnerable. People came with hate speeches, disinformations, violence against journalists and disrespect for human rights after Jair Bolsonaro was elected as president in October 2018. That created a shady era for democracy and press freedom in Brazil. Medias ownership continues to be very intense.
In 2019 there have not been any journalists killed yet, but to this day there have been 42 journalists that got killed in Brazil. The latest one that got murdered was Abadullah Hananzai, a video journalist. On April 30, 2018, he was killed in a double suicide bomb attack. This happened in Habul, Afghanistan. And left over 25 dead, among them were at least nine journalists including Hananzai. The confidentiality of journalists’ sources is always under attack and many investigative reporters have been subjected to abusive judicial proceedings.