Miguel Franjul
Now forced, due to the corona virus pandemic, to grapple through two challenges - the mass of audiences and the quality of contents - the press is seeking extra journalistic reinforcements to survive. Journalism faculties, natural sources of the human team that feed the printed and digital media, haven't had time to train professionals that … Continue reading The new reinforcements the press needs
Before the pandemic, smartphones had already emerged as the most widely used electronic devices for the look-out of news. That preeminence is now much greater. So much so that it has given way to new formats of telling stories or handing news, taking into account not only the narrow space of those screens, but the … Continue reading Journalism on mobile
When smartphones became the all-rounder of communications, the camera industry paled and it looked like it was already being left stranded at the museum of pre-modern relics. Smart phones, with their respective integrated cameras that are every time more meant to replace traditional models that have existed since their invention back in 1816, jeopardized the … Continue reading Changing shapes, not the background
The digital future is already a reality of the present. Traditional press was never oblivious to this perspective. The emergence of such ecosystem of information glimpsed upon us gently and, to a large extent, we were preparing for the upcoming connection. Integrated newsrooms or multimedia models were the first signs that the digital route was … Continue reading The “digital future” is now
We knew that we were on the verge of some dramatic and challenging changes in the process of uniting our printed platform with its website Listindiario.com, following the universal trend and vogue that leads to multimedia. We needn't rush anything, but assemble the pieces of this unification on a new gear that was not just … Continue reading This change came suddenly… but we assume it
Journalism of quality and depth is now the hallmark of the newer paradigm of the written press. These qualities are the only alternatives for it to survive this phenomenon of massive consumer migration onto the digital platforms. Although it fights against the economic effects of the change in audiences, facing a drastic decline in advertising … Continue reading The press unleashes its new paradigm
A real journalist has two innate values: courage to denounce any abusive power and the lack of fear to any dangers, whatever they might be. During the Covid-19 pandemic, for example, reporters were on deserted streets, in hospital wards, or within human crowds looking for news, at all risks. In different cities of Latin America, … Continue reading With an open heart
The written press has begun to succumb in many countries as a direct cause of the quarantine state caused by the coronavirus pandemic, imposing a seal of human desolation on the streets and causing the economies of the world to collapse under this hard hit. The most relevant inhibiting effect for the newspapers has come … Continue reading Newspapers in a coma state
Printed and digital media are struggling to survive the precipitous comedown in their income amid the novel coronavirus pandemic as they appeal to creative ways to sustain themselves as reliable channels of fresh and truthful information. Putting aside the concept of competition, for the first time some related media (such as TV, radio stations and … Continue reading The press’ existential crisis
This coronavirus pandemic has rapidly accelerated the transition from the traditional press to the web, a process that was already gradually on-going to give full priority to the “digital first” model. The moment came for us, forcing us to change all work schemes and to atomize our newsroom, so that most of the staff, including … Continue reading Editorial offices are now a desert
