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Category: Coloquio

Maria Vitória Ramos (2019)

Coloquio | April 22, 2019

Sitios de noticias latinoamericanos comparten en Coloquio sus innovaciones para superar la censura y la falta de financiamiento

By Silvia Higuera y Paola Nalvarte

Con una “ronda relámpago” enfocada en proyectos de innovación culminó el 12º Coloquio Iberoamericano de Periodismo Digital del pasado 14 de abril, un evento realizado al día siguiente de finalizado el Simposio Internacional de Periodismo Online (ISOJ, por sus siglas en inglés). A través de cortas presentaciones de cinco minutos, representantes de medios de Argentina, …  Read More

Velocidad

Coloquio | April 19, 2019

New fund launched to ‘accelerate’ independent digital media in Latin America with financing and advising

By César López Linares

At a time when journalism is subject to various threats in Latin America, independent media require not only sufficient funding, but also encouragement and guidance from other organizations that have tried successful formulas. With that in mind, SembraMedia and the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ), with funding from Luminate, launched Velocidad, a media accelerator with …  Read More

Luis Galeano (2019)

Coloquio | April 19, 2019

Nicaraguan journalists explain their work and struggle in the midst of a sociopolitical crisis

By Silvia Higuera

In an emotional panel that at times resulted in tears from both speakers and attendees, journalists from Nicaragua explained to their Ibero-American colleagues the conditions in which journalism is done in that country within the framework of the 12th Ibero-American Colloquium of Digital Journalism that took place on April 14 at the University of Texas …  Read More

Karen Fernández (2019)

Coloquio | April 19, 2019

Independent media from the Northern Triangle are strengthened, but do data journalism with limited resources

By Paola Nalvarte

Corruption, inequality and violence are some of the characteristics shared by Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras, countries of the region known as the Northern Triangle. Yet, in recent years, independent journalism in this region has been strengthened by various training initiatives in data journalism and monitoring that have been coordinated and led by organizations such …  Read More

Salvador Camarena and Daniel Moreno (2019)

Coloquio | April 19, 2019

López Obrador creates polarization with attacks on the press and little transparency, say Mexican journalists

By César López Linares

With little more than four months in power, the president of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, has implemented a strategy of harassment and disqualification against media that is causing a polarization of the press in that country, according to journalists Salvador Camarena and Daniel Moreno. Camarena, general director of journalistic investigation at the organization Mexicanos …  Read More

César Batiz (2019)

Coloquio | April 19, 2019

Latin American news sites share innovations to overcome censorship and lack of funding

By Silvia Higuera and Paola Nalvarte

A “lightning round” focused on innovative projects ended the 12th Ibero-American Colloquium of Digital Journalism on April 14, an event held the day after the close of the International Symposium on Online Journalism (ISOJ). Through short five-minute presentations, media representatives from Argentina, Brazil, Guatemala, Uruguay and Venezuela told the audience how their sites try to …  Read More

COLOQUIO FEATURED

Coloquio | February 6, 2019

12º Coloquio Iberoamericano de Periodismo Digital: registro abierto para profesionales de América Latina, España y Portugal

By Teresa Mioli

Click here to read this post in English. Las inscripciones están abiertas para el 12º Coloquio Iberoamericano de Periodismo Digital. Este seminario anual tendrá lugar el 14 de abril de 2019 de 9 a.m. a 2 p.m. en el Belo Center for New Media en el campus de la Universidad de Texas en Austin. El Coloquio le …  Read More

Coloquio Corruption 2018

Accountability | April 20, 2018

To investigate corruption issues, Latin American journalists must reinforce their security on all fronts

By César López Linares

Cybersecurity, legal shields and working in alliances are some of the fundamental factors to consider when conducting journalistic investigations on corruption issues in Latin America, according to speakers on the Corruption Coverage panel, held during the 11th Ibero-American Colloquium of Digital Journalism in Austin, Texas on April 15, 2018. The participants of the event, which …  Read More

Coloquio 2018

Coloquio | April 20, 2018

Latin American innovators talk comic journalism, interactive graphics, transnational collaboration & diversifying revenue models

By Teresa Mioli and César López Linares

Latin American innovators talk comic journalism, interactive graphics, transnational collaboration and diversifying revenue models Innovators in Latin American journalism joined the Knight Center for the 11th Iberian American Colloquium on Digital Journalism on April 15, sharing lessons on new storytelling formats, ways to expand reach of a site’s content and revenue models that offer hope …  Read More

Helena Carpio 2018

Accountability | April 20, 2018

Ibero-American journalists innovate in content production by using new technologies and seek to create community

By Paola Nalvarte and César López Linares

The Iberian American Digital Journalism Colloquium, which emerged over the years as an informal post-ISOJ (International Symposium of Online Journalism) conversation among journalists from Latin America, Spain and Portugal attending the symposium, convened an interesting group of innovative journalists for its eleventh edition. Those in attendance shared their experiences and projects at the School of …  Read More