''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. 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).

Regional Editions

''La Jornada'' has the following regional editions: * La Jornada

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* La Jornada

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* La Jornada Estado de México * La Jornada Hidalgo * La Jornada Maya * La Jornada Morelos * La Jornada de Oriente * La Jornada San Luis * La Jornada

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* La Jornada

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Previously, ''La Jornada'' had editions in

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, and

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Contributors

Many of the newspaper's editorialists have academic affiliations with the UNAM or the Colegio de México. *Julio Hernández López *Jose Steinsleger * Ximena Bedregal (editor of ''Triple Jornada'') *

Eduardo Galeano Eduardo Germán María Hughes Galeano (; 3 September 1940 – 13 April 2015) was a Uruguayan journalist, writer and novelist considered, among other things, "a literary giant of the Latin American left" and "global soccer's pre-eminent man of le ...

(former contributor) *Miguel Angel Rivera *Carlos Fernández-Vega *Alfredo Jalife Rahme * Julio Boltvinik *Marlene Santos *Patricia Peñaloza *Mario Di Costanzo *Gustavo Iruegas *Iván Restrepo * Antonio Helguera *Arnoldo Kraus *Enrique Galvan Ochoa *Carlos Fazio *

Gustavo Esteva Gustavo Esteva (20 August 1936 – 17 March 2022) was a Mexican activist, "deprofessionalized intellectual" and founder of the Centro de Encuentros y Diálogos Interculturales and the Universidad de la Tierra in the Mexican city of Oaxaca. He ...

*León Bendesky * Elena Poniatowska *Hermann Bellinghausen *José Cueli *Leonardo Garcia Tsao * Mario Benedetti * Carlos Monsiváis * Joan Martinez Alier *John Saxe Fernandez *Abraham Nuncio Limón * Verónica Murguía editor of the bi-weekly column "Las rayas de la cebra" since 2000 It occasionally translates and includes

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s from

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, James Petras,

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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 Newspapers established in 1984 Spanish-language newspapers

Regional Editions

Contributors

Reception

See also

References

Further reading

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