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Silvio Waisbord

Silvio Waisbord is Associate Professor and Director at the Journalism Resources Institute of Rutgers University. He is the author of Watchdog Journalism in South America: News, Accountability, and Democracy (Columbia U. Press 2000), and co-editor of Media and Globalization: Why the State Matters (Rowan & Littlefield, 2001).

Recent articles


Grandes gigantes: media concentration in Latin America

A perspective from Latin America adds a refreshingly different perspective to the debate on media ownership. Giantism (and duopoly) increasingly rule the continent, but among the explosion of content there are spaces of diversity and seriousness.

Hybrid media helps democracy breathe

Latin America has been stony ground for public broadcasting. In the era of privatisation, political timidity in the face of business has facilitated “state capture” by media moguls. But can local, democratic vitality and imaginative use of new technology add diversity to the media landscape?