''Cromos'' is a Colombian variety and
photojournalism
Photojournalism is journalism that uses images to tell a news story. It usually only refers to still images, but can also refer to video used in broadcast journalism. Photojournalism is distinguished from other close branches of photography (such ...
magazine
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, known for widely covering the
Miss Colombia pageant on editions called ''Mini Cromos''. The magazine was founded in 1916 by Miguel Santiago Valencia and Abelardo Arboleda, both from the Colombian city of
Popayán
Popayán () is the capital of the Colombian department of Cauca. It is located in the Pubenza Valley in southwestern Colombia between the Western Mountain Range and Central Mountain Range. The municipality has a population of 318,059, an a ...
.
It is published on a weekly basis and has its headquarters in
Bogotá, D.C.
''Cromos'' is part of the
Library of Congress
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September 11 Web Archive and preserves the web expressions of individuals, groups, the press, and institutions in the United States and from around the world in the aftermath of the attacks in the US on
September 11, 2001
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.
Cromos has received important journalism awards, among them: Premio Iberoamericano de Periodismo Don Quijote 2006, CPB and Simón Bolívar Awards, among others.
See also
* ''
El Espectador
''El Espectador'' () is a nationally circulated Colombian newspaper founded by Fidel Cano Gutiérrez in 1887 in Medellín and published since 1915 in Bogotá. It was initially published twice a week, 500 issues each, but some years later became ...
''
References
Further reading
* Cruz Ramírez, Marisol. "La Americanización de la Revista Cromos 1944-1950", Trabajo de grado, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Sede Bogotá, 2010.
External links
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Magazines published in Colombia
Magazines established in 1916
Mass media in Bogotá
Photography magazines
Photojournalistic magazines
Spanish-language magazines
Weekly magazines
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