Revistas Jot Down, Anfibia y Panenka: tres formas audaces de entender el periodismo narrativo digital en plena crisis del papel

Udane  Goikoetxea Bilbao; Txema  Ramírez de la Piscina

doi:10.4185/RLCS-2019-1352

Authors

Udane Goikoetxea Bilbao Universidad of the País Vasco
Txema Ramírez de la Piscina Universidad of the País Vasco https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1071-7446

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4185/RLCS-2019-1352

Keywords:

narrative journalism, slow journalism, Jot Down, Anfibia, Panenka

Abstract

Introduction. This article is part of a large international study on the health of Spanish-language digital narrative journalism. To this end, ten online magazines have been analysed in depth: five from Spain (Jot Down, Contexto, 5W, Yorokobu and Panenka), two from Mexico (Gatopardo and Letras libres), two from Colombia (La silla vacía and Arcadia) and one from Argentina (Anfibia). This article offers the results corresponding to three of these magazines: Jot Down, Anfibia and Panenka, as representative examples (within their respective fields) of narrative journalism in Spain and Argentina and, in the case of Panenka, of specialised journalism. Methods. The case study has been the central method used in this study, which involved nine in-depth interviews with the people in charge of these magazines and the content analysis of their digital and printed versions during the first half of 2018. Results. The three magazines emerged between 2011 and 2012 in the midst of the economic crisis and decadence of the printed press. In addition, all three magazines have managed to build their own brand image; have proudly exhibited hybridisation in their genres; have connected with a share of the audience that enjoys their narrative texts; and have had an interesting (although different) reception on the Internet. Jot Down has 700,000 monthly unique visitors; Anfibia about 200,000 and Panenka 86,000. However, there are notable differences between the three magazines in terms of their origins, sources of funding, dominant genres, reader profiles, and their relationship with current news and affairs. Discussion and conclusions. The three magazines have shown audacity in their approach, becoming a model of reference in their respective fields. Nevertheless, this does not dispel the uncertainties looming over their future. Despite all the difficulties and the limited impact of the model, it could be argued that the new age of journalism is giving birth to an alternative and audacious model that rebels against the monotony and boredom of the market.

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Author Biographies

Udane Goikoetxea Bilbao, Universidad of the País Vasco

Professor at the Department of Journalism of the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) since 2015. She has a 15-year-long career as journalist. She has worked for Bizkaia Irratia radio (2001-2015) and Hamaika Telebista, and has collaborated in the Basque Public Radio and Television corporation (EiTB). She has participated as a teacher in the orality courses organised by the Mendebalde Kultura Alkartea and the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU). She has also been a teacher in the reading groups organised by the Local Council of Bizkaia. Her publications include the text and audio book Euskaldunaren Anekdotak. She has also carried out two research projects on reading: The criteria for evaluating reading out loud in Vizcaya and Materials to work on reading out loud in Vizcaya.

Txema Ramírez de la Piscina, Universidad of the País Vasco

Researcher at the Department of Journalism of the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) since 1990. Accredited as Professor in 2012 by the National Agency for Quality Assessment and Accreditation of Spain (ANECA). PhD in Journalism (1993). Full professor since 1998. Leader, from 2011 to 2019, of the HGH research group (Hedabideak, Gizartea eta Hezkuntza, Media, Society & Education), officially recognised by the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU). During 2013 and 2014, he was a member of the Board of Directors of the Basque Public Radio and Television corporation (EiTB). Author and co-author of 14 scientific and outreach books. His most important publications include Gabinetes de Comunicación (“Communication cabinets”) published in 1995. Author and co-author of more than 55 articles published in scientific journals.

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