Abstract
As society’s level of information and communication technologies (ICTs) development changes, journalists’ works tend to play an essential role in transforming the ways that people get informed. This chapter discusses how Latin American news media is paving the way for new technologies. A new form of capitalism nourished by modern technology becomes a threat to the development and adoption of innovations in the news media. In this respect, foundations and big tech corporations are responsible to fund the most innovative projects across the region, but this capital is limited in scope and time. Despite these challenges, there are small innovations moving forward in the Latin American news ecosystem. Ranging from engagement and solutions journalism to advanced levels of computational thinking, such as artificial intelligence and automated journalism, news media outlets are developing new strategies to better serve the audience. Thus, this new technological paradigm has opened the doors for novel newsgathering routines and groundbreaking dissemination processes, shifting to an audience-centric perspective. The future is uncertain, but technology, data, and journalism can be fundamental to the media industry’s sustainability and to regain the public’s trust.
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Aos Fatos uses comics to debunk misleading or false claims. Accessed 1 Oct 2020. https://www.aosfatos.org/noticias/hq/.
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“La guerra por el agua” portrays the struggles of small farmers in face of the pressures of a mining company in Peru. Accessed 19 Oct 2020. https://laguerraporelagua.ojo-publico.com/es/.
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UN News “UN: ‘no woman should die for being a woman’”. Accessed 17 Oct 2020. https://news.un.org/pt/story/2018/09/1640152.
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“Funes” analyzes thousands of data on public contracts of the Peruvian State, and identifies political and financial relationships through an algorithmic model that weighs corruption risk scenarios in Peru. Accessed 9 Oct 2020. https://ojo-publico.com/especiales/funes/.
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“Compras COVID.MX” is a joint initiative between Serendipia and the Project on Organization, Development, Education, and Research (PODER) that seeks to make the purchases made by the Federal Government of Mexico transparent to cure and protect the country’s inhabitants from the pandemic. Accessed 10 Sep 2020. https://contratoscovid.serendipia.digital/.
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#Carf covers the decisions of the Administrative Council for Tax Appeals (Carf), in Brasília, Brazil. Accessed 19 Oct 2020. https://www.jota.info/tudo-sobre/carf.
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Artificial intelligence to map solar parks in Argentina. Accessed 19 Oct 2020. https://www.lanacion.com.ar/tecnologia/inteligencia-artificial-mapear-parques-solares-argentina-nid2370879.
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de-Lima-Santos, MF., Mesquita, L. (2021). A Challenging Future for the Latin American News Media Industry. In: Salaverría, R., de-Lima-Santos, MF. (eds) Journalism, Data and Technology in Latin America. Palgrave Studies in Journalism and the Global South. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-65860-1_8
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