With Proética, IRI Peru convened a webinar for 15 Amazon regional media outlets on the powers and limits of Peru’s new bicameral Congress, strengthening reporters’ grasp of institutional changes ahead of an election with 36 party lists. Strategically, the session treated journalists as civic translators: by clarifying what each chamber can and cannot do, how legislation will move, and where oversight authority sits, it helps regional outlets explain politics in practical terms that matter to voters, especially in areas where institutional reforms can otherwise feel abstract or distant. The webinar also launched deeper coordination to expand election-focused civic education, equipping reporters to turn procedural detail into accessible coverage for audiences outside Lima. By improving the quality and consistency of election reporting in the Amazon, the effort is designed to raise the bar for candidate scrutiny, so debates about forests, water safety, Indigenous rights, enforcement against illegal economies, and public integrity are tied to the real powers of institutions and the concrete decisions that shape rights and services on the ground.
