Eduardo Tessler, our project manager for EL HERALDO’s project in Barranquilla (Colombia), reports about the the new open-space newsroom for the regional newspaper where Gabriel García Marquez started his journalistic career.
EL HERALDO, a family-owned newspaper, is becoming one of the most innovative Latin American newspapers.
INNOVATION is leading a dramatic change that will end with the relaunch of the new EL HERALDO in a few months.
On my first visit to EL HERALDO more than 20 years ago, I saw a very traditional newsroom.
Very similar to this one, whose glorious life has come to an end.
The new one was inaugurated this last weekend, and looks quite different with a central Superdesk and a new editorial structure.
The new facilities were designed by Adriana Tamayo, with directions given by INNOVATION’s Marta Botero, our leading expert on newsroom management.
Pilar Pumarejo was the force behind this project, which includes 75 positions.
If you want to change a newspaper for the better, redesign its newsroom.
And a new work flow will follow.
Open-space newsrooms: great space for better newspapers.