Author: Maria Silvia Aguirre
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
“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 […]