Context In 2004, Argentina suffered the worst world tragedy in the history of music and the greatest catastrophe due to unnatural causes: the night club República de Cromañón was burnt down in the middle of a concert of the musical group Callejeros; the fire caused the death of 194 persons and other 1.400 persons were… Seguir leyendo Anniversary of the worst world tragedy in the history of music
Dying alone
1) CONTEXT Coronavirus pandemic had a huge impact on the Argentine news schedule. In the first months we published hundreds of news stories on this subject, but we considered that we needed a fundamental approach: understand and tell people how the rituals of death were being modified. All those ideas of what it means to… Seguir leyendo Dying alone
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