Cromos

{{Short description|Colombian magazine}}

{{Infobox magazine

| title = Cromos

| logo = Logo of Cromos.gif

| logo_size = 200px

| image_file = Front cover issue 4786 of Cromos.jpg

| image_size =

| image_alt = Front cover of issue 04786 of Cromos featuring Natalia Navarro.

| image_caption = Front cover of issue 04786 of Cromos featuring Natalia Navarro.

| editor = Fidel Cano Correa

| editor_title = Director

| editor2 = Fernando Gómez Garzón

| editor_title2 = Editor-in-chief

| category =

| frequency = Weekly

| circulation =

| publisher =

| founder = Miguel Santiago Valencia
Abelardo Arboleda Restrepo

| founded =

| firstdate = {{Start date|1916|1|16|df=yes}}

| company = Inversiones Cromos S.A.S.

| country = Colombia

| based = Bogotá, D.C.

| language = Spanish

| website = {{URL|http://www.cromos.com.co/}}

| issn = 0011-1708

| oclc = 7682578

}}

Cromos is a Colombian variety and photojournalism magazine, known for widely covering the Miss Colombia pageant on editions called Mini Cromos. The magazine was founded in 1916 by Miguel Santiago Valencia and Abelardo Arboleda, both from the Colombian city of Popayán.{{cite web|url=http://www.arteamerica.cu/7/dossier/zapata.htm|title=Dossier de Arteamérica|work=Arte America|accessdate=7 February 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120504072718/http://www.arteamerica.cu/7/dossier/zapata.htm|archivedate=4 May 2012}}{{cite news|author1=Mario R. Garcia|title=Cromos: visual surprises characterize Colombian magazine|url=http://garciamedia.com/blog/cromos_visual_surprises_characterize_colombian_magazine|accessdate=10 April 2016|work=Garcia Media|date=27 August 2014}}{{cite web|title=Cromos (Colombia)|url=http://www.publicitas.com/latinamerica/media-solutions/factsheet/mediadata/cromos-colombia/?PARAM1=CCUCC1#.VwoIJpOLT6Y|work=Publicitas|accessdate=10 April 2016}} It is published on a weekly basis and has its headquarters in Bogotá, D.C.

Cromos is part of the Library of Congress September 11 Web Archive and preserves the web expressions of individuals, groups, the press, and institutions in the United States and from around the world in the aftermath of the attacks in the US on September 11, 2001.{{cite web|url=http://lcweb4.loc.gov/911/catalog/0518.html|title=Revista Cromos (Library of Congress Web Archives)|work=Library of Congress Web Archives|accessdate=7 February 2013}}

Cromos has received important journalism awards, among them: Premio Iberoamericano de Periodismo Don Quijote 2006,{{cite web|access-date=25 November 2014|publisher=fundeu.es|title=Premios Internacionales de Periodismo Rey de España|url=http://www.fundeu.es/noticia/premios-internacionales-de-periodismo-rey-de-espana-197/}} CPB and Simón Bolívar Awards, among others.{{cite web|access-date=25 November 2014|archive-date=23 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923205459/http://www.colarte.com/colarte/busquedas/consGen.asp?excluirPersonales=false&search=premio+simon+bolivar&submit=Buscar|publisher=colarte.com|title=Quién es quien en Colombia - Qué es que en Colombia|url=http://www.colarte.com/colarte/busquedas/consGen.asp?excluirPersonales=false&search=premio+simon+bolivar&submit=Buscar}}