Miguel Franjul
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
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
As difficult or intricate this general phenomenon may seem, just like any catastrophe of mother nature, a war or a broad collapse of communications, journalism always finds its way to fulfill its sacred duty of reporting the truth of what's happening. As these disruptive phenomena of life unfold, personnel of the press appeal to the … Continue reading Journalism under quarantine
With the arsenal of new communication technologies, digital users are now inclined to the formats that tell the story of an episode, its background and impacts, just as podcasts and storytellings do with increasing success. It's not surprise that under the influence of Spotify and Netflix, the bulk of digital users show preferences for these … Continue reading The news: more than spreading them, to tell them
Our great mass of readers has been very interested, these days, on digital media to find out about all the novelties and updates that revolve around the Dominican youth at the flag's plaza. Exact or inaccurate, the news flow and arouse feverish states of excitement among those who read them, inducing towards either the acceptance … Continue reading Immediacy vs. relevance
It's no coincidence that the world's greatest newspapers, strongly committed to the “digital first” strategy, are focusing on the audio format to spread their news, that is, offering them through podcasts and other auditory transmission models. The new habits of digital users is what's strengthening such trend that privileges the listening over reading, in a … Continue reading To listen, more than to read
At the speed that innovations that transform the digital platform are all taking off, there simply can't be any comfort zones in the integrated newsrooms anymore, just like it happened at the times when we only produced our printed editions. Back then, our routines did manage to change radically, as is the case now, since … Continue reading No longer are there any comfort zones in the newsrooms
Every morning, when we gather around the publishers table to plan the hunt for news, the first thing we do is listen to the voice of our readers. How? Well, checking the ranking of previous news of the printed platform (which are transferred to the digital) and by reviewing some relevant reactions expressed by users, … Continue reading What do readers want to read?
2019 has been quite challenging for the Listin Diario. The events that took place during the year have marked a new precedent in the country, especially in political matters (a pre-election year with primary elections); also in justice matters, specifically about drug-trafficking issues. On the digital platform, we've focused on keeping every event updated on … Continue reading Our digital achievements in 2019
