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Category: Collaboration

Velocidad Accelerator at ISOJ 2022

Business Models | April 7, 2022

Media accelerator Velocidad focused on sustainability helped ten Latin American media outlets grow and diversify revenue streams

By Paola Nalvarte

“We planted seeds for a work culture, a change of mindset in the [participating] organizations, around thinking about sustainability and incorporating key people for those [strategic] areas,” said Vanina Berghella, director of the Fondo Velocidad [speed fund] on April 3, 2022, during the 15th Ibero-American Colloquium on Digital Journalism, at the University of Texas at …  Read More

Accountability | April 4, 2022

Fact-checking initiative Factchequeado aims to combat misinformation in Hispanic communities in the US

By Sierra Juarez

Journalists need to collaborate and form alliances to help counter misinformation in Hispanic communities, according to fact-checkers during a panel at the 2022 International Symposium on Online Journalism (ISOJ) on April 1. The panel, titled “Fact-Checking en español: Latin America, Spain and a new initiative for the United States’ Spanish-speaking communities”, explored the need for …  Read More

ISOJ 2021 Collaborative journalism networks panel

Collaboration | April 26, 2021

Collaboration in investigative reporting presents its challenges, but the reward is truthful and well-reported stories for the global community

By Sarah Joy Wartinger

While collaboration is now popular among investigative journalists, they have traditionally been the ultimate newsroom lone wolfs. Journalists in the past have been known to hoard and conceal information to prevent the next reporter from stealing the story. But, due to this, “journalists were missing some of the biggest stories of our time, stories that …  Read More

ISOJ 2021 Lessons from the Global South workshop

Collaboration | March 26, 2021

Periodistas del sur global comparten cómo la innovación ayudó a sus redacciones a llegar a nuevos lectores, encontrar nuevas historias y combatir la desinformación

By Megan Janetsky

Al inicio de la pandemia de la COVID-19, Tai Nalon, directora ejecutiva de la organización de noticias brasileña Aos Fatos, dijo que vieron una avalancha de desinformación entre los brasileños en las redes sociales. La startup de verificación digital de datos se dispuso rápidamente a combatir eso con una nueva herramienta, Radar Aos Fatos. La …  Read More

ISOJ 2021 Collaborative journalism networks panel

Collaboration | March 26, 2021

La colaboración en los reportajes de investigación presenta sus desafíos, pero la recompensa son historias veraces y bien informadas para la comunidad global

By Sarah Joy Wartinger

Si bien la colaboración es ahora popular entre los periodistas de investigación, han sido tradicionalmente los mejores lobos solitarios de las redacciones. Los periodistas en el pasado han sido conocidos por acumular y ocultar información para evitar que el reportero de al lado le robe la historia. Pero, debido a esto, “a los periodistas les …  Read More