Episode 83 | Luis Fernando Coss, Peri | writer, veteran journalist, co-founder 80grados

Luis Fernando Coss, Peri, is a writer, a journalist, a published author, a professor of journalism at the University of Puerto Rico, and has been editor and co-founder of countless journals, and newspapers throughout his 25+ year career, Peri, is co-founder of one of the most important independent news platforms in the recent history of the island, 80grados Prensa sin prisa (press in no haste). Also, a published and recognized author, his latest book De El Nuevo Día al periodismo digital: trayectorias y desafíos (Ediciones Callejón) is about reinvention.

Read Marcia Rivera’s presentation to Dr. Philip Alston U.N. Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights who visited Puerto Rico on Sunday 10 December.  

This is a Spanish talk.

Calmed and poised Peri talks. He caught on early that digital would change how the word would survive. With an initial investment of $79.00, he launched 80grados alongside a numerous collective of cultural and creative workers. To date, the news site has published over 500 writers and creative professionals. And, they have published every Friday since they went live in 2010, hurricane season included.

Aquí Peri habla un poquito de todo. En general sale la descripción de como el periodismo independiente en Puerto Rico cobra una nueva fuerza cuando nace la plataforma digital. Pese a las desafios de la incierta estructura financiera que se le presenta a todo el mercado por igual, las iniciativas independientes de colectivos en el campo del periodismo en Puerto Rico han sido claves en estos pasados tres meses. El trabajo continuo, sacrificado y digno de muchos brilla hoy por esa misma constancia profesional y moral. Gracias a todos ustedes.

Sol

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