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Author: Teresa Mioli

Coloquio | April 24, 2014

“We define ourselves as ‘platform-agnostic,'” says founder of Salvadorian news site El Faro (video)

By Alejandro Martínez

This year El Salvador’s acclaimed news website El Faro celebrates its 16th anniversary. When it launched in 1998, the outlet broke new ground when it became the country’s first independent digital-native news site. Nowadays El Faro is often cited as an example of excellence in Latin American online journalism for its high-impact investigations and constant experimentation …  Read More

Google Fellows 2014

Coloquio | April 10, 2014

Google-Knight Center Fellows present media projects during Ibero-American Colloquium for Digital Journalism

By Samantha Badgen

After the 15th International Symposium on Online Journalism (ISOJ), journalists from Latin America and the Iberian Peninsula got together on April 6 for the Seventh Ibero-American Colloquium on Online Journalism, at the University of Texas at Austin, to discuss the trends and issues brought up during the preceding conference. After the presentations of some of the …  Read More

Coloquio Iberoamericano 2014

Coloquio | April 8, 2014

During Ibero-American Colloquium, journalists discuss revenue diversification and differentiation strategies

By Diego Cruz

A group of journalists representing media from several Latin American countries presented the successes, obstacles and future plans of their organizations on April 6 at the Seventh Ibero-American Colloquium on Digital Journalism, organized by the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas. During the colloquium, which took place after the end of the 15th International …  Read More

Coloquio Iberoamericano 2014

Business Models | April 7, 2014

Durante Coloquio Iberoamericano, periodistas discuten diversificación de ingresos y estrategias para diferenciarse

By Diego Cruz

Un grupo de periodistas representando medios de diversos países de América Latina presentaron los éxitos, obstáculos y planes a futuro de sus organizaciones el 6 de abril en el Séptimo Coloquio Iberoamericano sobre Periodismo Digital, organizado por el Centro Knight para el Periodismo en las Américas. Durante el coloquio, el cual se llevó a cabo …  Read More

Google Fellows 2014

Coloquio | April 7, 2014

Ganadores de la beca Google-Knight presenta proyectos en Séptimo Coloquio Iberoamericano de Periodismo Digital

By Samantha Badgen

Después del 15° Simposio Internacional de Periodismo Digital, periodistas de América Latina y la Peninsula Ibérica se reunieron el 6 de abril para el Séptimo Coloquio Iberoamericano sobre Periodismo Digital, en la Universidad de Texas en Austin, para hablar de los paneles y discusiones sobre el futuro del periodismo digital que se llevaron a cabo en los …  Read More

2013 Coloquio

Coloquio | June 3, 2013

Digital media discuss their sustainability during 6th Ibero-American Colloquium for Online Journalism

By Alejandro Martínez

Finding new business models and reaching sustainability were the most important topics for journalists from digital media outlets in Latin America, Spain and Portugal during the most recent Ibero-American Colloquium for Online Journalism, wrote Anne Nelson of Columbia University in a special report for the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas. The Sixth Ibero-American …  Read More

2013 Coloquio

Coloquio | May 31, 2013

Medios digitales discuten su sustentabilidad en Coloquio Iberoamericano para el Periodismo Digital

By Alejandro Martínez

El encontrar nuevos modelos de negocios y lograr la sustentabilidad fueron los temas más importantes para los periodistas de medios digitales en América Latina, España y Portugal que atendieron al más reciente Coloquio Iberoamericano para el Periodismo Digital, escribió Anne Nelson de la Universidad de Columbia en un extenso reportaje especial para el Centro Knight …  Read More

La Silla Vacia

Coloquio | May 20, 2013

Colombian news site La Silla Vacía sees opportunity in mixing regional coverage and digital narratives

By Alejandro Martínez

Created in 2009 by acclaimed Colombian journalist Juanita León, news site La Silla Vacía (“The Empty Chair” in Spanish) was born with the mission of demystifying, one story at a time, the way that power works. “We want to tell stories that explain and analyze the power in Colombia,” said Juan Esteban Lewin, a journalist …  Read More

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Citizen Journalism | May 3, 2013

Video interview with Paula Rojo, founder of the Chilean citizen journalists network Mi Voz

By Tania Lara

Before 2005, crime news dominated the regional media in Chile, according to Paula Rojo, founder of the network of regional newspapers Mi Voz. That year, Rojo and her partner Jorge Domínguez Larraín launched an effort to recruit citizens, representatives from diverse political backgrounds and the social sector to become citizen reporters for their new newspaper.  …  Read More