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Last week the Department of Communication at the University of Navarra invited 16 alumni with interesting career paths to share their stories with the students. I attended four of the sessions and heard a similar comment from each of the presenters: I never imagined that I would be doing the things I am doing now […]
Read More »PAMPLONA, Spain — Given all the trash, half-truths and outright lies published on digital media, people are placing a higher value on media that verify information and demonstrate high ethical standards. Paul Steiger, taking questions at U. of Navarra event Paul Steiger, founder and executive chairman of ProPublica, tells of a major donor to his […]
Read More »Olga Ruiz: Create something unique. PAMPLONA, Spain — In August of 2013, Olga Ruiz returned from a refreshing summer vacation ready to start her 16th season on the COPE radio network in Barcelona. But on her arrival, the managers told her and her team that they were being fired. “The best period in my professional […]
Read More »Olga Ruiz: Hay que hacer algo diferente, único. PAMPLONA, España — En agosto de 2012, Olga Ruiz regresó de sus vacaciones con renovada frescura y lista para comenzar su décimosexta temporada en la Cadena de radio COPE en Barcelona. Pero a su llegada, los directivos de la compañía les comunicaron a ella y todo su […]
Read More »Getting laid off is not always a bad thing for a journalist. In the case of Manuel Benito Ingelmo, it created an opportunity for him to develop something he had been thinking about for a long time. Manuel Benito Ingelmo. Photo by Villanueva.edu He was a business journalist in Salamanca, Spain, with an interest in […]
Read More »El Pais announces the alliance on its website. (Updated Aug. 22, 2015; versión en español) The iconoclastic Spanish culture magazine Jot Down is a strange creature in many ways. At a time when people supposedly read little and do it rapidly, it publishes long interviews and essays. In an age of minute-by-minute updates and clickbait, Jot […]
Read More »PorCausa is a new species of digital media for Spain: nonprofit journalism. Its founder and director, Gumersindo Lafuente, is a respected veteran of some of Spain’s most important media — El País, El Mundo, and the late lamented digital pioneer Soitu.es). Given the limited resources available, he runs the operation much in the style of […]
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