Infobae and RED / ACCIÓN present the Solutions for Latin America initiative

Infobae, the media with the largest audience in the Spanish-speaking world, and WRITING, the Start specialized in solutions journalism, create Solutions for Latin America, a platform that will give impetus to this journalistic practice throughout the region.

The first chapter envisages the creation of a section in Infobae dedicated to the exercise of this type of journalism, produced and edited by the team of WRITING. The section Solutions It will be released Monday through Friday and will begin publication on May 3.

Solutions journalism is the rigorous coverage of the responses that people, organizations and states put into practice to address the most pressing social challenges, such as the climate crisis, gender equality, health and education, among other topics. The section Solutions will be available in all editions of Infobae and will feature the production of columns, special reports and interviews from Argentina, Mexico, Colombia and other countries in the region.

This journalistic practice originated less than a decade ago in the northern hemisphere, from the section Corrections of The New York Times. Its two main authors, Tina Rosenberg and David Bornstein, created in 2013 the Solutions Journalism Network, a network that promotes the practice of solutions journalism around the world. In Europe, Constructive institute He promotes it on the premise that, due to its excessive negativity, journalism is part of the problem of collapsing trust in our democracies and, therefore, solutions journalism must be part of the solution.

WRITING it’s a Start media born in 2018, which makes solutions journalism its main journalistic practice and thus becomes a global benchmark. With Solutions, Infobae becomes one of the few media in the world to systematically include it in its editorial offer, as The New York Times, The Guardian where the BBC.

Presentation of the “Solutions for Latin America” initiative, Daniel Hadad, founder and CEO of Infobae noted: “Journalism has always had the task of illuminating dark areas of society, corruption and abuse of power. The problem is, this look often results in an excess of negativity, causing readers to be discouraged and giving the false impression that everything is wrong. Solutions journalism allows us to inform the work of those people and organizations who seek to solve societal problems., and they do so in a systematic, scalable, and repeatable manner. Near WRITING we have created this conscious alliance that we need to offer readers a more reliable mirror of realityMay he give us the oxygen, hope and energy necessary to face the immense challenges that await our region ”.

For its part, Chani Guyot, founder and CEO of WRITING, he specifies: “The alliance with Infobae allows us to dramatically extend the reach and impact of the solutions journalism we practice. We also aim to win back those readers, especially young people, who disconnect from the media due to their extreme negativity. Our journalistic practice also offers tools to promote social engagement with audiences known to be part of the solution. We hope that the Solutions section will be the first in a series of projects that will allow us to promote this vision of the ecosystem of journalists and media in Latin America.“.

Infobae It is the medium of choice for more than 50 million Spanish-speaking users, according to Comscore, and has more than 8 million social media subscribers. His quality journalism reaches audiences in Argentina, Mexico, Colombia, the United States, Spain, Chile and Peru, among other countries in the Spanish-speaking world.

WRITING it’s a Start Argentinian media focused on solutions journalism and public participation. During its three years of existence, it has received more than 20 industry awards, including Best Digital Media Start-up (WAN-IFRA Awards 2019), Journalistic Excellence Award in the Mobile News category Coverage (Inter-American Press Association, 2020) and Best Mobile News Site (WAN-IFRA Awards 2020).