About us
Who are we?
We are a civil, innovative, ethical, rigorous, inclusive and close organization. We meet high standards in the achievement of our objectives and in the implementation of funds from different sources.
We are members of Voces del Sur and Alianza Regional por la libre expresión e informaciónnetworks, among other spaces for the defense of Press Freedom.
Our values
COMMITMENT
We place our efforts at the service of democracy and the common good to respond to the fundamental aspirations of society.
EXCELLENCE
Promovemos la disciplina y la constancia para desarrollar las capacidades creativas del ser humano en el cumplimiento de sus metas.
FREEDOM
Promulgamos la libertad individual y de conciencia dentro de los espacios de convivencia colectiva; promovemos la libertad de expresión.
RESPECT
Reconocemos que las personas tienen derecho a ser tratadas con dignidad, sin que se lesionen sus derechos humanos individuales y colectivos.
Expertise
We develop initiatives and training processes to increase the capacities and quality of the media and journalists in Nicaragua and the Central American region because we understand their role as key actors in the construction of democracy, human rights and the search for truth. We promote and defend the right to freedom of the press, expression and information.
JOURNALISM QUALITY
We promote innovation, the use of new journalistic narratives in multiplatform formats, audiovisual and sound production, and a gender focus. We encourage collaborative journalism, investigative and in-depth journalism.
STATUS OF PRESS FREEDOM
We defend freedom of expression, information and press freedom; and the right of citizens to obtain and disseminate information of public interest.
DEFENSE OF DEMOCRACY
We implement projects that contribute to the reestablishment and strengthening of democracy in Nicaragua and the Central American region.
What we do
Training
Organization
We strengthen the organizational structures of the media to create virtual newsrooms with roles and processes that contribute to achieve greater reach of their content and increase their audiences.
High impact content
We help independent journalists increase their skills to produce high impact and quality content, in collaboration and alliance with national and international media.
Resilience
Strengthen the resilience of journalists and media outlets, motivating them to continue producing quality journalism, despite the adverse context in which independent journalism is carried out.
Digital Marketing
We support media companies in the process of designing and redesigning their websites, marketing and monetization strategies to move towards the sustainability of their digital platforms.
Investigative journalism
Collaboration between media outlets has proven to be highly effective in producing research pieces with quality content and greater depth, with new multimedia narratives, and with greater impact and reach among audiences.
Jounalistic alliances
We facilitate the integration of journalistic alliances between media outlets to produce multimedia content and campaigns that promote press freedom.
Investigative journalism grant fund
We grant scholarships by direct invitation contest for media and journalists to produce in collaborative alliances, in-depth pieces in different formats: multimedia, audiovisual, sound production, etc.
Research workshops
Journalists and media winners of research grants participate in journalistic research workshops on the conceptualization, development and production of the pieces, considering adverse contexts for the independent press in different countries.
Mentoring
A través del apoyo de editores y editoras expertas en periodismo de investigación que acompañan el proceso de desarrollo de las piezas periodísticas.
Editing Room
We have a team of journalists specialized in journalistic editing, rigor and ethics, trained in different international courses, dedicated to providing mentoring and technical accompaniment, virtually, to journalists who wish to improve their skills in producing quality pieces.
Digital transition
We train and update journalists and communicators in the use of digital tools that allow them to improve the positioning of their content on their websites, social networks, recruitment, retention, loyalty and increase their audiences.
Safety
We strengthen their ability to tell stories with innovative approaches that promote resilience as a method of survival in adverse contexts, especially in issues related to the absence of effective public policies in the health, education and infrastructure sectors, which mainly affect vulnerable populations.