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Author: Maria Silvia Aguirre

A food writer from Guayaquil, Ecuador & graduate student at the School of Journalism.

How Paraguay’s El Surti is adapting to the age of Covid-19, boosting its fact-checking on Whatsapp and launching a new podcast

Four years ago, Paraguayan media outlet El Surtidor — known as El Surti — was created to address deep-seated issues of media accessibility and information inequality in the country. The […]

May 20, 2020May 20, 2020 Maria Silvia Aguirre Behind the scenes, Interviews

What the Covid-19 pandemic looks like through the lenses of 18 Latin American photographers

While the novel coronavirus outbreak has created uncertainty for many in the journalism industry, it has also created an opportunity to tell powerful stories about the effects of the pandemic. […]

April 3, 2020April 6, 2020 Maria Silvia Aguirre Behind the scenes, Interviews

The challenging — and delicious — adventures of producing the first America’s Test Kitchen podcast

Kaitlin Keleher, America’s Test Kitchen TV & podcast producer, believes the most powerful stories are the background tales about food: the discoveries, mysteries, history and everything that happened before any […]

February 13, 2020April 14, 2020 Maria Silvia Aguirre Behind the scenes, Insights, Interviews

Lessons on building a podcast’s community, both online and offline, from Radio Ambulante

Jorge Caraballo believes in the importance of building a community when producing a podcast. Since 2017, from his home in Medellín, Colombia, Caraballo has performed the role of growth editor […]

October 10, 2019October 9, 2019 Maria Silvia Aguirre Insights

Tips on writing editorials from the Boston Globe’s Marcela García

To speak for people requires bravery. Marcela García, the first and only Latina member of the Globe’s editorial board, strongly believes journalists need a sense of conviction. A writer should […]

September 25, 2019September 26, 2019 Maria Silvia Aguirre Interviews

“Journalism is a craft, not a profession. It’s more art than science.”

Brian Mooney, an award-winning former Boston Globe reporter, who now works as a crisis media strategist, gave advice to journalism students about their craft, expressed concern about the future of […]

September 18, 2019September 18, 2019 Maria Silvia Aguirre Interviews
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