With the worsening of the pandemic, newsrooms have returned to teleworking, a modality with which they had already become familiar. It is like stepping back on a terrain in which the dynamics of a new way of practicing journalism took root, never completely eliminated. The first experiences we lived in March 2020 created the conditions … Continue reading Stepping on familiar ground once again
Tag: Pandemic
A long-legged news
The Covid pandemic has been, in journalistic jargon, a long-legged news. It has been the predominant day by day, for a whole year, in almost all the countries most affected by deaths and infections of the coronavirus. We couldn't expect any less. An event of this magnitude has had repercussions in all spheres of life … Continue reading A long-legged news
Journalism on mobile
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
With an open heart
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
Turning an intangible newspaper to a tangible one
Going from an almost artisan model to one in which most tasks are completed electronically for the production of the newspapers, has been one of the most exciting experiences in my half century career. In this new journalism ecosystem, already accustomed to a combined print-digital redaction model, the priorities of this job required a gradual … Continue reading Turning an intangible newspaper to a tangible one
The second digital wave
The pre-eminence that digital journalism has already had is on its way to new heights in a world that will open up to the “new normal”, focusing on online technologies to spread news and content of greater value, such as those that have traditionally been the strong side of the printed press. These quality inputs … Continue reading The second digital wave
The press reborn from silence
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
Newspapers in a coma state
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
Editorial offices are now a desert
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
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