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Artificial Intelligence | September 22, 2026

Periodistas iberoamericanos responden a la IA y crisis democráticas con alianzas e innovación

By Julia Frias Aguilar, Dieter Mouchkatine and Mauricio Davila

Ante los retos existenciales que actualmente enfrentan el periodismo y la humanidad — desde las crisis democráticas en todo el mundo hasta el auge de la inteligencia artificial — los periodistas de Iberoamérica están apostando por la colaboración, la creatividad y el periodismo independiente. Esos fueron algunos de los ejes centrales del 19º Coloquio Iberoamericano …  Read More

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Business Models | April 22, 2024

Los medios deben manejar sus números y llevar registro del trabajo que hacen a diario, dijeron representantes de SembraMedia

By Katherine Pennacchio

Read this article in English below ¿Cuántas notas publicó tu medio en el último año? ¿Cuánto dinero ha ganado tu medio en el último año? ¿Qué impacto generaron tus notas en tu comunidad? ¿Qué evidencias tienes de que tu medio logra lo que dice que logra? Con estas preguntas Micaela Fernández y Chiara Finocchiaro, directora …  Read More

Velocidad Accelerator at ISOJ 2022

Business Models | April 7, 2022

Aceleradora de medios Velocidad enfocada en sustentabilidad ayudó a diez medios de América Latina a crecer y diversificar fuentes de ingresos

By Paola Nalvarte

“Sembramos una cultura de trabajo, un cambio de mindset en las organizaciones [participantes], en torno a pensar en sustentabilidad e incorporar personas claves para esas áreas [estratégicas]”, dijo Vanina Berghella, directora del Fondo Velocidad el 3 de abril de 2022, durante el 15º Coloquio Iberoamericano de Periodismo Digital, en la Universidad de Texas en Austin. …  Read More

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

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Coloquio | April 4, 2022

Devastated by the Ortega-Murillo administration, Nicaraguan journalism bets on resistance, resilience and reinvention

By Silvia Higuera

“Brave,” “hopeful,” “combative,” and “creative.” This is how four Nicaraguan journalists described in one word the journalism that is carried out in their country during the panel “SOS Nicaragua: Imprisoned, persecuted and exiled journalists” that took place on April 3 during the 15th Ibero-American Colloquium on Digital Journalism at the University of Texas in Austin. …  Read More

Business Models | April 2, 2022

Google news executive warns that newsrooms have to proceed with caution as they dive further into evolving digital media environment

By Laura Morales

View the entirety of Gingras’ speech here. Google’s global vice president of news warned that the current media environment stifles diversity of voices and in-depth journalism, but worries blanket regulations are not the answer. In an almost poetic address, Richard Gingras’ keynote speech at the International Symposium on Online Journalism (ISOJ) in Austin, Texas, brought …  Read More

Velocidad

Coloquio | April 22, 2019

Lanzan nuevo fondo para acelerar a medios digitales independientes en América Latina con financiamiento y asesoría

By César López Linares

En una época en la que el periodismo está bajo diversas amenazas en América Latina, los medios independientes requieren no solo suficiente financiamiento, sino también impulso y orientación de otras organizaciones que han probado fórmulas de éxito. Con eso en mente, SembraMedia y el Centro Internacional para Periodistas (ICFJ por sus siglas en inglés), con …  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

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