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Latin America

Latin America

Innovation in tools and digital storytelling to report complex social phenomenon is extending to Latin America

Outstanding digital journalism projects, focused on reporting social, natural, and political phenomena that have had an impact in society, have been present in Latin America lately thanks to the use of data visualization techniques, didactic navigation, and the groundbreaking use of photography and video in the news.

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Daniela Pena

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2018-09-06 23:12

Two Latin American paywall success stories

While newspaper paywalls remain relatively rare in Latin America, two papers there have achieved success with paid-content strategies: O Globo in Brazil and Clarín in Argentina.

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Daniela Pena

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2018-08-14 23:09

Four women told us what it’s like to be a top executive in Latin America's news media industry

WAN-IFRA's Americas Office talked with Andiara Petterle, Ginna Morelo, Mónica Almeida, and Isabel Amorim Sicherle about the main challenges they face as female executives in the region's media industry.

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Daniela Pena

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2018-03-13 18:48

Nuevo Laredo Daily El Mañana Fears Imminent Attack

El Mañana, the main newspaper in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas state, Mexico, has reported fears of an imminent attack on its facilities and personnel through a statement published on its website Saturday, June 24.

 

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WAN-IFRA LATAM

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2017-06-25 06:18

La Nación: leading the way with newsroom change (Part 1)

La Nación, one of Argentina's largest newspapers, started a project called 'Nueva Redacción' (English: New Newsroom) two years ago - aiming to transform the entire editorial operation. Carlos Guyot, its Editor-in-Chief, shares his strategy. 

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2016-05-24 10:24

La Nación: leading the way on data journalism (Part 2)

La Nación's data journalism team, established in 2011, played a key role in investigating the Panama Papers. Led by Hugo Alconada, a team of La Nación's journalists, supported by its data team, took part in the ICIJ investigation from the very beginning. The World Editors Forum spoke to Carlos Guyot, Editor-in-Chief of La Nación, one of Argentina's largest newspapers, to find out more.  

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2016-05-24 10:17

Claims some Latin-American governments promote plans to “asphyxiate” the independent press through #SoftCensorship

Independent media in Bolivia, Ecuador, Nicaragua and Venezuela are under serious attack from soft censorship – a combination of administrative and financial practices used by government’s to favour positive coverage and punish critical reporting. That’s the view of Argentina’s DYN news agency and Vice President of the country’s Press Association (ADEPA), Daniel Dessein. He spoke to Mariona Sanz. 

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2015-05-27 10:55

Caio Túlio Costa: 'Five key actions to accelerate the digital transition'

The recent unabated pace of digital innovation in Latin America has been impressive to witness. Brazilian Caio Túlio Costa, founder of UOL, Latin America's largest Internet provider, is a prime example of the daring digital spirit sweeping the region.

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Raquel Devis

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2014-07-31 11:58

Artear's multiplatform projects, social TV and the “new reality” for the Latin American media industry

Marcos Foglia is Argentina's digital whizz-kid at Artear, Clarín's TV enterprise, and he has news for the media industry: “Traditional companies have to give power to the digital arena.” If they don’t do so now, he warns, it will be very difficult later.

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Lucy Dean

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2014-07-24 16:58

At Colombia's El Tiempo, partnerships are the key

Jon Ruiz is CEO of Casa Editorial El Tiempo, publisher of Colombia's leading national daily newspaper and numerous other publications. He joined the company in 2004 after five years with Unilever and 15 years with Philip Morris. On 30-31 October he will give a keynote speech at WAN-IFRA's Digital Media Latinoamérica 2013 in Bogotá. We talked with him ahead of the conference, to get a picture of the challenges faced by a successful Latin American publisher in the age of the Internet.

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Anton Jolkovski

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2013-06-17 16:33

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