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news year: 2014

Coloquio | May 12, 2014

Former director of Guatemalan news site Plaza Pública gets ready to launch new publication (video)

By Alejandro Martínez

After his rupture with the Guatemalan university that has housed for three years the innovative digital publication Plaza Pública, its founder, journalist Martín Rodríguez Pellecer, is getting ready to launch a new site this summer. Rodríguez Pellecer founded Plaza Pública in 2011 in collaboration with the Rafael Landívar University (URL). In a relative short time the independent news site …  Read More

Coloquio | May 6, 2014

Ex director de sitio guatemalteco Plaza Pública se prepara para lanzar nuevo medio (video)

By Alejandro Martínez

Tras su ruptura con la universidad guatemalteca que sirvió de sede para el innovador medio digital Plaza Pública, su fundador, el periodista Martín Rodríguez Pellecer, se prepara para lanzar una nueva publicación online este verano. Rodríguez Pellecer fundó Plaza Pública en 2011 en colaboración con la Universidad Rafael Landívar (URL). En poco tiempo el joven …  Read More

Coloquio | April 24, 2014

“Nos definimos como medio ‘agnóstico de plataforma”, dice fundador de sitio salvadoreño El Faro (video)

By Alejandro Martínez

Este año el aclamado sitio El Faro en El Salvador cumple 16 años. Cuando se fundó en 1998, el sitio abrió brecha por ser el primer medio de noticias independiente nativo-digital del país. Hoy en día El Faro es un ejemplo de periodismo digital en América Latina por sus investigaciones y su constante exploración de …  Read More

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

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Featured | April 10, 2014

Knight Center’s global conference ISOJ underlines sense of optimism for the future of journalism

By Alejandro Martínez

The most successful and diverse International Symposium on Online Journalism (ISOJ) to date concluded last weekend underlining a renewed sense of confidence and optimism in the future of the news industry. More than 400 journalists, media executives and academics came to the University of Texas at Austin on April 4 and 5 to participate in …  Read More