GFR Media
El Nuevo Día
San Juan, Puerto Rico, United States • Founded in 1970 • Trust Project news partner since
El Nuevo Día is a print and online daily newspaper published in Puerto Rico in Spanish.
It aims to produce quality journalism from newsgathering to the publication of impartial news, focusing on matters of public interest. It pledges to be at the service of its audience, providing high quality journalism and vital information that can enrich the lives of Puerto Ricans. It is also intent on to be voice of Puerto Rico with reporting that holds power to account, provides solutions to everyday problems and serves as a platform for the voiceless.
- Maria Luisa Ferré Rangel – CEO and editor
- Rafael Lama – Chief editor
- Selymar Colón – Digital strategy director
- Leonor Mulero – Opinion director
- Yalixa Rivera – Business editor
- Carlos J. Martínez – Editor
Best Practices Policies
Mission
El Nuevo Día pledges to produce extensive news coverage including investigative, multiple perspectives stories stories, in-depth interviews, opinion and entertainment in various platforms and formats. It is also intent on transmitting democratic and cultural values that help forge a more just society, serving as a reference point of what is happening in Puerto Rico and in the world, helping news users to have informed opinions.
Ethics
El Nuevo Día aims to act with honesty and independence in order to produce journalism that is both accurate and clear to its audience.
Ownership & Funding
El Nuevo Día is controlled by GFR Media, a media conglomerate owned by the Ferré Rangel Group and focused on journalism, content creation, digital businesses and events.
Diverse Voices
El Nuevo Día pledges to live up to values that promote the inclusion and plurality of voices and opinions, as well as the free exchange of ideas between different individuals with multiple origins, interests and worldviews. In this sense, El Nuevo Día is intent on practicing an inclusive employment policy to better reflect the Puerto Rican society.
Corrections
El Nuevo Día pledges to correct errors as soon as they are detected. It aims to publish corrections, clarifications and updates, including the date and time of the amendment. It also pledges to promptly correct minor errors, such as misspelling, on its digital platforms.
Unnamed Sources
El Nuevo Día says it strives to publish information obtained through trustworthy, identifiable sources. It also says it limits the publication of information obtained through unnamed sources to circumstances in which they request anonymity for fear of retribution. El N Nuevo Día's unnamed sources policy pledges that its journalists work to corroborate the reliability of unnamed sources as well as information they provide. El Nuevo Día also says that it only publishes information obtained through unnamed sources that is vital to newsgathering and it is not opinion content nor speculation.
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