Exilio de periodistas mujeres en ecuador entre 2019 y 2024

Abstract

Abstract: The exile of women journalists is evidence of the vulnerability of the journalistic exercise and the crisis of insecurity that Ecuador is experiencing. Journalism is facing a crisis of censorship, self-censorship, a business model that depends on advertising and the lack of guarantees from the State. The research is a descriptive-chronological analysis of the risks of practicing journalism, and the responses of the four governments in office, between 2019 and 2024. Journalists Blanca Moncada, Yalile Loaiza and Karol Noroña were interviewed, and two experts linked to the issue of insecurity, Michelle Maffei and Katherine Herrera, were consulted to identify the main topics of risk coverage, evaluate the psychological impact caused on journalists and analyze the effects on freedom of the press, objectives of the research. The study shows that coverage of issues such as corruption, organized crime, drug trafficking and the prison crisis represent a latent risk. The State does not provide an effective response to these issues. Press freedom is rated 5/10, a situation that is deteriorating according to the interviews conducted.