History
''Semana'' was founded in 1946 by Alberto Lleras Camargo (who would become president of Colombia in 1958) and that folded in 1961. It was relaunched by journalist Felipe López Caballero in 1983.Development
, the person who restarted the magazine, took two earlier Colombian magazines as models. One was Camargo's ''Semana''; the other was '' :es:Alternativa'', a left-wing weekly published by Enrique Santos and Gabriel García Márquez. The foreign magazines that he strove to imitate were ''Time'' and '' Newsweek''. Recalling the prestige that had been enjoyed by Lleras's magazine, López asked for, and was given, permission to use the same name. The first issue came out on 12 May 12 1982. Its cover story was about terrorism. Some of ''Semana''s most important reporting has been aboutProceso 8000
''Semana''s coverage ofRecent years
In recent years, ''Semana'' has been critical of the administration ofAttempt on Calderon
In May 2013, Ricardo Calderon, the prize-winning investigative editor of ''Semana'', was surprised by gunmen, who men shot "five bullets into his car ", but he escaped without injury. The Associated Press noted that at the time of the murder attempt Calderon had been working on an investigative series about "the scandalously luxurious life of military officers jailed for crimes including murder and crimes against humanity at Tolemaida army base." Although a great many local journalists in Colombia have been murdered over the last few decades, this was, according to the Associated Press, "the first attempt on the life of a ''Semana'' journalist in the magazine's 30 years and it sent shock waves through the news media and human rights communities because of Calderon's stature." On 10 09 2020 Revista Semana withdrew the possibility of writing opinions at the end of each articles, canceling the possibility of feedback on them.Honors and awards
''Semana'' won the Premio Rey de España two years in a row, in 2007 and 2008. The 2007 award acknowledged the magazine's 25 years of investigative journalism. In 2008, the magazine won the award for a series of articles that uncovered the strong ties between political leaders and illegal right-wing paramilitary groups. The awards jury praised the magazine's "tireless research" and described their work as "a moral call to Colombia and the world." The magazine's website has won several national and international awards, including the Círculo de Periodistas de Bogotá, Premio Rey de España, and Premio de la Sociedad Interamericana de Prensa. It has twice been a finalist for the Premio Iberoamericano de Periodismo Cemex-Fnpi. In 2007, Semana.com won the Premio de la Sociedad Interamericana de Prensa for Internet news coverage. The prize was awarded for "La muerte de Carlos Castaño." In the same year, ''Semana'' won honorable mention in the category of human rights for "Torturas en el Ejército" and was a finalist in the opinion category. In 2013, Ricardo Calderón of ''Semana'', José Navia of ''SoHo'', and Semana.com all won prizes from the Círculo de Periodistas de Bogotá. Semana.com won for "Cerro Matoso: mina rica, pueblo pobre" ("Rich Mine, Poor People") published in August 2012. ''Semana'', which has won several international prizes and has more than a million readers, is considered required reading for Colombia's political, economic, and cultural elite. "In the history of journalism in Colombia," reads a profile of López by a Colombian writer, "there is a 'before ''Semana'' and an 'after ''Semana'',' because, in effect, before May 1982 such a thing didn't exist. ... the press in this country was an extension of the political parties." The same profile notes that "at least 80 percent of all the political scandals that have occurred in Colombia in the last 30 years have been exposed by ''Semana''." '' The Washington Post'', '' The New York Times'' and '' The Economist'' have all called ''Semana'' the best magazine in Latin America. Over time, the magazine ''Semana'' developed into Publicaciones Semana, a magazine group which publishes several other major periodicals in Colombia and neighboring countries. ''Dinero'' is Colombia's major economics and business magazine; '' SoHo'' is its most successful men's magazine; '' Fucsia'' is a women's magazine; ''Jet Set'' covers celebrity news; Semana Jr. is for children; Blog is for teenagers; and ''Arcadia'' is a cultural review. Each of these magazines has its own website: Dinero.com; Soho.com.co; Jetset.com.co; Revistaarcadia.com; Revistafucsia.com, and Blog.com.co. In addition, Publicaciones Semana runs the website Planb.com.co, a comprehensive online guide to entertainment and culture. ''Semana''s foreign periodicals include ''SoHo Ecuador'', which began publication in 2002; ''SoHo Costa Rica'', which was started in 2006; and ''Fucsia Ecuador'', which has been published since 2004. The website Semana.com offers all the contents of the magazine ''Semana'' and also provides exclusive coverage of political and social developments. It is the second most visited website in Colombia. On Thursdays and Fridays, the TV channel Cable Noticias runs a current-events program called ''Debates Semana'', run by Publicaciones Semana. Semana's notable former columnists includeLeadership
The editor-in-chief of ''Semana'' is Cristina Castro. ''Semana'' was directed bySee also
* '' El Mundo'' * '' El Espectador'' * '' El Colombiano''References
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