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Online Investigative Reporting in Colombia

  • When
  • July 23, 2009
    8:15 a.m.–12:15 p.m. (EDT)
  • Where
  • Open Society Foundations–New York
    224 West 57th Street
    New York, NY 10019
    United States of America
Online Investigative Reporting in Colombia (July 23, 2009)
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Open Society Fellow Juanita León discusses her efforts to launch Colombia's first website devoted to investigative journalism.

The site, La Silla Vacía, debuted in March and has already become essential reading for politicians, journalists, activists and others interested in the current political situation in Colombia. Her correspondents have broken several major corruption stories and interviewed many leading public officials and presidential candidates.

 

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An Introduction to La Silla Vacía, a New Online Publication for Investigative Reporting in Colombia

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