The Foundation for Press Freedom or "FLIP" (Spanish: ''La Fundación para la Libertad de Prensa''; abbreviated "FLIP") is a non-profit organization originally created to protect threatened journalists in Colombia. Currently, FLIP also follows and denounces violations to freedom of press in Colombia and defends and promotes freedom of expression and the right to access public information.
Journalist
Ignacio Gómez
Ignacio Gómez (born c. 1962; also known as "Nacho") is a Colombian journalist known for his high-risk reporting on organized crime, corruption, and paramilitary groups. In 2000, he received the "Special Award for Human Rights Journalism Under Th ...
co-founded the organization in 1996 and served as the group's director until 2001.
In 2010, the group won the Missouri Honor Medal for Distinguished Service in Journalism, awarded by the
Missouri School of Journalism.
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Freedom of expression organizations
Journalism organizations
Organizations established in 1996
1996 establishments in Colombia