Periodismo Social(Social Journalism)

The world has changed...¿as for journalism?

Febrero 2010

Why Periodismo Social?

More than 14 years of work in journalism and with social organizations has shown us the importance of articulating the pressing topics in our civil society with the “principal themes” in the means of communication.

Our Mission

“To optimize social dialogue to promote and facilitate the inclusion of everyone in society through the various means

of communication.”

Background

• Revista Tercer Sector – Fundación del Viso• www.risolidaria.org.ar – Fundación Telefónica• Suplementos Solidarios – Diario La Nación• Programa Dar es Dar – Telefé• Revista Veintitrés• Agencia AUNO / Tercer Sector– Univ. Lomas de Zamora

Our target audience

– Editors– Journalists– Communication specialists – Student journalists– Societal Organizations

How Periodismo Social Works

• A service to journalists.• Investigating and analyzing the

coverage of various journalism mediums.

• Developing academic content about social journalism.

• Producing work based on the activity of social organizations.

• Including a human rights perspective in the coverage of social issues

• Raising awareness, empowering and mobilizing journalism towards distinct social issues

Some of the current programs

Childhood Chapter (Red Andi

América Latina): Close to 130 thousand classified

articles More than 1,200 newspaper reviews More than 220 weekly memorandums. More than 7,000 contacts that recieve

reports about topics like child labor, education and sexual exploitation.

46 distinguished journalists as “Journalism friends for the children”

5 annual reports: “Children and adolescence in the Argentine press”

• Argentina: Periodismo Social• Paraguay: Global Infancia• Brasil: ANDI• Bolivia: Eco Jóvenes• Colombia: Fundación Restrepo Barco• Ecuador: Yupana• Venezuela: Cecodap• Costa Rica: DNI• Nicaragua:  Dos Generaciones• Guatemala: Centro Civitas• México: Cimac• Perú: Equipo Uno• Uruguay: El Abrojo

Members of the network ANDI América Latina

22 publications monitored daily

Diarios - Clarín– La Nación– La Prensa– Crónica– Diario Popular– Página 12– Ámbito Financiero– Infobae– La Razón– El Cronista– Crítica– La Voz del Interior

(Córdoba)

Diarios provinciales– El Litoral (Santa Fe)– Los Andes (Mendoza)– La Capital (Rosario) – Río Negro(Patagonia

Norte) – El Diario (Entre Ríos)– La Gaceta (Tucumán) – El Ancasti (Catamarca)– Diario de Cuyo (San

Juan) – Nueva Rioja (La Rioja).– El Territorio (Misiones) – El Tribuno (Salta)– El Liberal (Sant. del

Estero)

Newspapers associated with the network

La Voz del Interior (Córdoba) Los Andes (Mendoza)Río Negro (Patagonia Norte)La Gaceta (Tucumán)El Litoral (Santa Fe)La Capital (Rosario)El Ancasti (Catamarca)Nueva Rioja (La Rioja)El Diario (Entre Ríos) Diario de Cuyo (San Juan) El Territorio (Misiones) El Tribuno (Salta) La Opinión Austral (Santa Cruz)

El Liberal (Santiago del Estero)

¿Why the network of newspapers of Periodismo Social?

To raise the quantity and quality of the news with regards to social topics

To provide a wealth of information to the member publicatons and to bring closer the coverage and interests of the readers

To allow news access from diferent regions

To colaborate in the putting on the agenda topics that are not being covered enough.

To break centralized information

To spark debate and exchanges about the state of our profession, fundamentally about social themes

Characteristics of the Network

The first of its kind in Latin America

Covers the 14 most important newspapers of the Argentine provinces (according to IVC)

A high level of involvement in the distinct hierarchy in the levels of each medium

27 experiences of work together, with publications from all the members of the network

Exclusive columnists like Bernardo Kliksberg (Asesor United Nations and other international organizations), Mirta Roses, director of OPS, and Eugenio Zaffaroni (Supreme Court judge), among others.

200 journalists active in the network

Network of newspapers: Public

• Directors of the mediums,

• Editorials and

• The most important newspaper editors in the

country

Publications

1. Labor exploitation of immigrants (August 2006)

2. The Right of Acess to Water (September 2006)

3. Boys, Girls and adolescents deprived of liberty (November 2006)

4. Trash dumped out in the open (April 2007)

5. Housing (June 2007)

6. Senor Citizens (Julio 2007)

7. Access to Health (October 2007)

8. Prisoners without a Sentence (November 2007)

9. Free Passage for the disabled (December 2007)

10. Educational Infrastructure (February 2008)

11. Gender Violence in the Familiar Enviornment (March 2008)

12. Interst vs. Microcredit (mayo 2008)

13. Eradication of Child Labor (June 2008)

Simultaneous Publications

14. Traffic Accidents (Julio 2008)15. Access to Better Education (August 2008)

16. Gambling (October 2008)

17. Control of Public Management, 1 Year of Government (December 2008)

18. Secondary Education (March 2009)

19. Treatment of people (April 2009)

20. Emerging Sicknesses (May 2009)

21. Social Proposals of the Candidates (June 2009)

22. Precariousness of Child Labor (July 2009)

23. Kids and Crime (August 2009)

24. Preventive Accion for Dengue (September 2009)

25. Nutrition in School Cafeterias (October 2009)

26. Amount of Days in Class. Country Map (November 2009)

Partner Publications: Presently

Coverage by the Network of Newspapers from Periodismo Social (12 /06/08)

Current Programs: Website and Newsletters

• Published weekly• 500 thousand readers per year in the

website• 7 million subscriptions to our bulletins• 5 new subscriptions daily (on average)• News and services for journalists• 12 topic sections with:

• Standards for publishing articles• Records and related cases• Sources to consult• Manuals and legislation

Website and Bulletins: www.periodismosocial.net

• Public: Journalists, Communications students, mediums, and social references

• 220 weekly bulletins sent since June of 2009

• 12 topic areas: Childhood, Poverty, Gender, Disabilities and Integration, RSE, Derechos Humanos, Journalism, Citizen Participation, Health, Social economy (autogestion, microcredit, etc.) Sustainable Development, Indigenous Populations.

• International and national sources: OPS (health organization), UN, UNICEF, Incucai, Defensoría del Pueblo Nación, Inadi (against discrimination and racism), among others.

• Latin American publications reproduce our articles

Current Programs: Training of journalists and sources

1. More than 2,500 journalists and students trained in workshops in universities all over Argentina and in countries like Spain, Peru, México and Paraguay.

• Workshops offered in 32 schools of communication and journalism

• 2,200 university students being trained in journalism

• Almost 2,000 members of qualified NGOs

Periodismo Social in 4 Argentine universities: Universidad Nacional Córdoba, Univ. Católica de Salta, USAL, Univ. Nac. Centro.

Workshops in España (Universidad Complutense y Autónoma de Barcelona) and in Peru for journalists.

Workshops in 12 provinces of Argentina in the editorials of principal publications.

Journalism in risky situations: 26 journalists participate from mass mediums.

Online course of periodismo social: Journalists participate from all Latin America, Spain and Italy. Average: 40 students per año, since 2004.

Current Programs: Training

Poverty from a gender perspective

• To have an impact on the press – national and provincial papers

• Greater approach to the topics linked to poverty from a gender perspective.

• Install an agenda and produce a greater social awareness to focus on the promotion of public policies that can reduce poverty.

• Actions: Monitor newspapers for their coverage of poverty, training of journalists to make a fair diagnosis and judgement

Some of our partners

• Embajada Británica• Fundación Ford • Fundación AVINA• INADI• Ashoka

• UNICEF Argentina• Fundación Arcor• Novartis• Fundación Telefónica

• WACC

Thank you very much!

You can find us at www.periodismosocial.net

Contactos: Alicia Cytrynblum

Mariana IsasiTel: 5411-4785-3950

acytrynblum@periodismosocial.netmisasi@periodismosocial.net