Yeah, neighborhood, drugs and luxury. This is how trap music sounds on playlists and what centennials talk about

Trap is one of the most popular music genres among young people in Argentina recently: of the most listened artists last year, ten of them swung between Rap, Trap and Reggaeton. We wanted to use Natural Language Processing (NLP) tools to analyze their lyrics, demystify the concepts around the genre and understand what these artists,… Seguir leyendo Yeah, neighborhood, drugs and luxury. This is how trap music sounds on playlists and what centennials talk about

Legislative elections in Argentina

Elections pose a challenge for all newsrooms: how to innovate in the coverage of an event that happens every two years? At LA NACION we are convinced that through data and interactive design we can achieve quality and differential productions. The Argentine electoral system establishes two mandatory election instances. In the primary elections, the different… Seguir leyendo Legislative elections in Argentina

18-year-old beaten to death by group of rugby players

1) CONTEXT On January 18, 2020, in the middle of Summer in Argentina, a teenager of 19 years old who was on vacation in Villa Gesell, was brutally beaten on his way out of a night club by a group of young persons among 18 and 21 years old. According to the testimony of witnesses,… Seguir leyendo 18-year-old beaten to death by group of rugby players

How LA NACION covered the biggest news of the year: COVID-19

CONTEXT The coronavirus outbreak has been addressed since its appearance in the news coverage of LA NACION, but when the disease began to show its most brutal face and the virus began to wreak havoc on the world, a team work was formed to focus on the pandemic together with the daily routine. Firstly, the… Seguir leyendo How LA NACION covered the biggest news of the year: COVID-19