''La Jornada'' (''The Working Day'') is one of

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's leading daily

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s. It was established in 1984 by Carlos Payán Velver. The current editor ''(directora general)'' is Carmen Lira Saade. ''La Jornada'' has presence in eight states of the

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with local editions in

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and

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''(La Jornada de Oriente).'' As of 2006 it had approximately 287,000 readers in Mexico City, and, according to them, their website has approximately 180,000 daily page views. The online version was launched in 1995, with no restrictions on access and a

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-based search that includes the historic archives of the newspaper. The website is hosted by the

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(UNAM).

Contributors

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or the Colegio de México. *Julio Hernández López *Jose Steinsleger * Ximena Bedregal (editor of ''Triple Jornada'') *

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(former contributor) *Miguel Angel Rivera *Carlos Fernández-Vega *Alfredo Jalife Rahme *

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*Marlene Santos *Patricia Peñaloza *Mario Di Costanzo *Gustavo Iruegas *Iván Restrepo *

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*Arnoldo Kraus *Enrique Galvan Ochoa *Carlos Fazio * Gustavo Esteva *León Bendesky *

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*Hermann Bellinghausen *José Cueli *Leonardo Garcia Tsao *

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editor of the bi-weekly column “Las rayas de la cebra” since 2000 It occasionally translates and includes

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s from Robert Fisk,

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, Greg Palast and others.

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also repeatedly contributed to the newspaper as an author.

Reception

described 'La Jornada'' as "maybe the only real independent newspaper in the hemisphere".

References

External links

Official website

English translations of ''La Jornada'' articles available at nonprofit WorldMeets.US
{{DEFAULTSORT:Jornada 1984 establishments in Mexico Newspapers published in Mexico City Publications established in 1984 Spanish-language newspapers

Contributors

Reception

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