Miguel Franjul
After serving as the cornerstone of journalistic writing, the so-called "inverted pyramid", which has been the writing pattern of newspapers, is in the doldrums. Until recently, it prevailed as the predominant structure in newspaper news, just as it had been for dozens of years, its parameter par excellence. Its principle is simple: the information is … Continue reading The pyramid is falling!
The dissemination of news in a newsroom that has merged its print and digital platforms has, until now, followed the classic pattern of two different rhythms in terms of time. One for the latest news (in digital), and another for the contextualization and deepening of the facts in the paper format of the day after, … Continue reading Another step forward in convergence
In their efforts for survival, the traditional print media have understood now, more clearly than ever, that their future is linked to the good strategies they assume in the digital field. Most of their income comes from their digital platforms, not only because commercial advertising has migrated to them, but also because other ways of … Continue reading Towards all-digital, without fear
Professional journalism is the highest category of social communication. Both because of the rules that govern its exercise and because of the nature of its mission in the defense of democracy, its role remains unique in society. Apart from it and thanks to the wide space that digital platforms open up, new ways of informing … Continue reading New “mixtures” in journalism
A new generation of leaders looms on the horizon of the world's most important media, as digital formats accelerate the transformation of journalism and open the way to other models of mass communication. Emblematic directors of traditional newspapers, such as Marty Baron, of The Washington Post and Roberto Pombo, of El Tiempo de Colombia, following … Continue reading It’s relay time for journalists
In the “clash of metals” that has literally taken place in the traditional ways of delivering the news and the current modalities created by social networks, the spark of a new informational paradigm has emerged. Unlike before, the news does not have a specific expiration period. It can occur in different ways for a time … Continue reading News in colloquial talk
As we lean towards a journalism of digital platforms, the Listin Diario is determined on climbing new steps in the quality of content of its print edition, under the motto of "making the difference, every day." Making the difference involves a job similar to that of carving a diamond. In our case, it's all about … Continue reading The “table of depth”
To connect the different formats and paces within the transition from the printed to the digital platform, it is necessary to walk, very carefully, over the moving bridges that unite them. The current pandemic has made some cross these bridges very quickly, through the path of no return. They migrated their paper editions onto digital, … Continue reading The moving bridges between the printed to digital
The fusion of the printed and digital platforms, something already very widespread, is now followed by alliances or media merges as part of the rearrangements that the press seeks to survive the Covid-19 tsunami. Many printed media lost the battle by suspending their publications, and this refreshed reality of an ecosystem settled in the digital … Continue reading The media alliances are coming
In the battle against the coronavirus pandemic, where the first effect has been the forced confinement of millions of citizens, the traditional printed press has barely survived on paid subscriptions and decimated advertising revenues. In three months of total or partial quarantines that have led to the ruin or severe state of collapse of the … Continue reading The press reborn from silence
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