La Jornada

{{short description|Mexican daily newspaper}}

{{About|the Mexican newspaper|the Nicaraguan newspaper|La Jornada (Managua)}}

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{{Infobox newspaper

| name = La Jornada

| image = Lajornada logo.PNG

| image_size = 225px

| caption = logo of La Jornada

| type = Daily newspaper

| format = Compact

| foundation = {{start date and age|1984}}

| political = Left-wing

| owners =

| publisher = Desarrollo de Medios S.A. de C.V.

| editor = Carmen Lira Saade

| language = Spanish

| circulation = 287,000 (readership, 2006)

| headquarters = Mexico City, Mexico

| ISSN =

| website = {{URL|https://www.jornada.com.mx}}

}}

La Jornada (The Working Day) is one of Mexico City's leading daily newspapers. It was established in 1984 by Carlos Payán Velver. The current editor (directora general) is Carmen Lira Saade. As of 2006 it had approximately 287,000 readers in Mexico City,{{Cite web |url=http://www.pulso.org/Espanol/Nuevos/transparencia%20prensa020809.html |title=Pulso: Articulos Nuevos |access-date=2 November 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060406181451/http://www.pulso.org/Espanol/Nuevos/transparencia%20prensa020809.html |archive-date=6 April 2006 |url-status=dead }} and, according to them, their website has approximately 180,000 daily page views.[http://www.jornada.unam.mx/tarifas/ Introducción] Daily page views according to La Jornada

The online version was launched in 1995, with no restrictions on access and a Google-based search that includes the historic archives of the newspaper. The website is hosted by the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM).

Regional Editions

La Jornada has the following regional editions:{{Cite web |title=La Jornada - Franquicias |url=https://www.jornada.com.mx/pagina/franquicias |access-date=2025-04-21 |website=www.jornada.com.mx |language=es}}{{Cite web |title=La Jornada Aguascalientes |url=https://sic.cultura.gob.mx/ficha.php?table=impresos&table_id=14 |access-date=2025-04-27 |website=Secretaría de Cultura/Sistema de Información Cultural |language=es}}

Previously, La Jornada had editions in Guerrero, Jalisco, and Michoacán.{{Cite web |title=Cierre de la Jornada Guerrero es por ruptura con Demos y no por Covid periodismo guerrero - El Sol de Acapulco {{!}} Noticias Locales, Policiacas, sobre México, Guerrero y el Mundo |url=https://oem.com.mx/elsoldeacapulco/local/cierre-de-la-jornada-guerrero-es-por-ruptura-con-demos-y-no-por-covid-periodismo-guerrero-16998869 |access-date=2025-04-27 |website=oem.com.mx |language=es}}{{Cite web |last=C.V |first=DEMOS, Desarrollo de Medios, S. A. de |date=2015-12-15 |title=La Jornada: Sobre La Jornada Michoacán y La Jornada Jalisco |url=https://www.jornada.com.mx/2015/12/15/politica/013n1pol |access-date=2025-04-27 |website=www.jornada.com.mx |language=es-MX}}

Contributors

Many of the newspaper's editorialists have academic affiliations with the UNAM or the Colegio de México.

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  • Julio Hernández López
  • Jose Steinsleger
  • Ximena Bedregal (editor of Triple Jornada){{cite web|title=BUSQUELA EL PRIMER LUNES DE CADA MES EN LA JORNADA|url=http://www.jornada.unam.mx/1999/02/01/entrada-triple.htm|publisher=La Jornada|access-date=17 May 2015}}
  • Eduardo Galeano (former contributor)
  • Miguel Angel Rivera
  • Carlos Fernández-Vega
  • Alfredo Jalife Rahme
  • Julio Boltvinik
  • Marlene Santos
  • Patricia Peñaloza
  • Mario Di Costanzo
  • Gustavo Iruegas
  • Iván Restrepo
  • Antonio Helguera
  • Arnoldo Kraus
  • Enrique Galvan Ochoa
  • Carlos Fazio
  • Gustavo Esteva
  • León Bendesky
  • Elena Poniatowska
  • Hermann Bellinghausen
  • José Cueli
  • Leonardo Garcia Tsao
  • Mario Benedetti
  • Carlos Monsiváis
  • Joan Martinez Alier
  • John Saxe Fernandez
  • Abraham Nuncio Limón
  • Verónica Murguía editor of the bi-weekly column "Las rayas de la cebra" since 2000{{cite web|title=Verónica Murguía|url=http://elem.mx/autor/datos/1818|website=Enciclopedia de la Literatura en México|publisher=CONACULTA|access-date=24 July 2015|location=Mexico City, Mexico|language=es}}

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It occasionally translates and includes op-eds from Robert Fisk, Noam Chomsky, James Petras, Howard Zinn, Greg Palast and others. Fidel Castro also repeatedly contributed to the newspaper as an author.

Reception

Noam Chomsky described La Jornada as "maybe the only real independent newspaper in the hemisphere".{{cite news | first = Priyanka | last = Borpujari | title = What is striking in India is the indifference of the privileged: Chomsky | date = 6 July 2013 | url = http://www.tehelka.com/what-is-striking-in-india-is-the-indifference-of-the-privileged/ | work = Tehelka | access-date = 2 July 2013 | archive-date = 8 December 2013 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131208075345/http://www.tehelka.com/what-is-striking-in-india-is-the-indifference-of-the-privileged/ | url-status = dead }}{{cite AV media | people = Chomsky, Noam | title = Chomsky: US Supported Indian, Pakistani Nuclear Programs | medium = Conference | publisher = FORA.tv | location = San Francisco, CA | date = 6 October 2009 | url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3kAld2YwgU&t=21s}}

See also

References

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Further reading

  • {{cite journal |author= Ella McPherson |title= Spot News Versus Reportage: Newspaper Models, the Distribution of Newsroom Credibility, and Implications for Democratic Journalism in Mexico |journal= International Journal of Communication |volume= 6 |year= 2012 |url=https://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/1452/794 }}