Local Journalism Project Case Study: Rayon (Ukraine)   The backstory: In 2015, when the owner of the Family and Home media holding, Ivan Korsak, retired, his son Viktor decided to pivot to invest in new media. The family-owned company launched Rayon.in.ua and leveraged the spread of 3G connectivity to restructure the traditional print newspaper, magazine, […]

Local Journalism Project Case Study: Local Call (Israel/Palestine)   The backstory: Launched in 2014 by sister news site +972 Magazine, Local Call is a Hebrew-language news site that advances citizen journalism in Israel and Palestine and works to end the occupation of Palestine. The site was co-founded and is co-published by Just Vision, a nonprofit […]

Local Journalism Project Case Study: El Pitazo (Venezuela)   The backstory: El Pitazo (“The Whistleblower”) emerged out of the need to fight censorship and bring information to the most deprived segments of the public in Venezuela. Founded in December 2014, it started as a YouTube channel, but progressively expanded. Today it broadcasts multimedia content through […]

Local Journalism Project Case Study: Ojo Con Mi Pisto (Guatemala)   The backstory: This native digital media outlet, a project of Laboratorio de Medios, was launched in 2013, with the aim of monitoring public money in the municipalities of Guatemala. Ojoconmipisto.com (Watch Out For My Money) is all about keeping an eye on public “pisto” […]