The text, under the decisive war for survival

Back when there wasn't much profusion of videos, just TV, the big job of describing realities through newspapers actually rendered journalists with no other option than display their uttermost skills on graphing things out through the written word. Non-fiction literature exponents, excellent chronicles and outstanding reports, were what contributed to the transmitting of specific details … Continue reading The text, under the decisive war for survival →

A great challenge for the written press

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Every day, video and audio formats become stronger supports for human communications and their learning. News in such formats outweigh, in preference, the text. The optimal language lays on the visualization of images and listening to vocalized content. The newer generations, who've been educated with more established learning models in these two formats, prefer to … Continue reading A great challenge for the written press →

The priorities have changed from the paper to the digital scheme

It's undeniable that the readership of the printed newspapers is declining progressively while the digital platforms absorb the largest number of users who want to learn about the everyday news and their evolution throughout the day. This phenomenon is the biggest challenge that newspapers companies face today, which have forced the inevitable swift of the … Continue reading The priorities have changed from the paper to the digital scheme →

News to be “seen” and “heard”

At the rate of the changes that impact digital journalism, in less than two years, according to the predictions of experts, the news traffic on the web will consist a lot more of videos and audio, which only will keep progressively outnumbering texts. But these would be short videos made with certain originality and creativity, … Continue reading News to be “seen” and “heard” →

New formats, new narratives

Podcasts and storytellings have become two essential pillars for digital journalism, opening the way for the presentation of the news at a time when audiences choose to "see" and "hear" stories, rather than undergo an extensive reading session. Podcasts are stories told orally, preferably supported by sounds that allow the listener to form a better … Continue reading New formats, new narratives →

The new cast for the integrated newsroom

The relevant role that videos have in the digital world has forced journalists to learn the techniques for recording and editing live images, thus incorporating a new category to the templates of the integrated newsrooms. They're known as videographers, whose role in the digital platform is as important as that of the reporters who discern … Continue reading The new cast for the integrated newsroom →

Two years of good articles

These reflections have just marked their second anniversary of weekly releases, the same amount of time since the merge of the printed and digital platforms of the LISTIN DIARIO. With such reflections, I've really been trying to explain, step by step, the reasons and the scope of this transformation. On June 9th of 2017, this … Continue reading Two years of good articles →

Content creators

After a long period on which the newspapers worked their hardest to offer the largest volume of news content, now the printed press privileges a new model based on transcending all fresh or brand new content. Of the latter, digital platforms are held more accountable of, thanks to their immediate profusion of data; while printed … Continue reading Content creators →

The newer blood stream of journalism

Since a while ago, the schools of social communications have adjusted their curricular plan to place more emphasis on the training of digital journalists, without disdaining the fundamental, social and humanistic values that this profession settled in the printed media. They now include in their curricula the tools that new technologies have created to facilitate … Continue reading The newer blood stream of journalism →

The Listin Diario during 2018

The year 2018 closes with listindiario.com being the the third most visited website, based on dominican entries, only behind Google and YouTube. The Listin already receives, on average, 12 million visits per month, a fact that has been possible by a succession of own record establishments, which have allowed us to exceed our previously highest … Continue reading The Listin Diario during 2018 →

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