"Right now there is a boom in news
websites," Marianela Balbi, director of the Caracas-based Institute for
Press and Society (IPYS), told CPJ. "I feel better informed than
ever." The websites include everything from Prodavinci, which provides
news analysis by historians, scientists, and scholars, to Poderopedia, which
publishes profiles of Venezuelan powerbrokers, and Armando, which provides
investigative reporting. Most are fiercely critical of the Nicolás Maduro
administration, but several pro-government news sites have sprung up, including
Contrapunto and Misión Verdad. Elsewhere, technological advances, changing
business models, and evolving cultural habits drove news companies and
journalists to transition to the Internet. Those factors played a role in
Venezuela too, Balbi said, but the explosion in online news sites was also the
result of government efforts to crack down on or co-opt TV, radio, and
newspapers. More…
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