On Friday, May 23, we presented “Un Salto al periodismo desde el barrio” an event to explore the possibilities of audiovisual journalism as a way to convey truthful and reliable information in a close and accessible manner.
For the second consecutive year, and with the collaboration of Sphera, the European network of media committed to human and social journalism of which we are a member, we gathered once again at Ateneo La Maliciosa in Madrid. We began with some refreshments to foster conversation and connections, then at 6:00 pm we broadcasted a live podcast.
The podcast was hosted by El Salto journalists Sara Plaza and Yago Álvarez, and featured two short sections by Lucía Mbomio and Anna Pacheco, respectively. We also talked about neighborhoods and literature with Sarah Babiker and Silvia Nanclares, two writers and contributors to El Salto who, in the past year, have each published books centered on the neighborhood as a space of belonging in constant transformation.
A key part of the program was the sections created by the participants of the Audiovisual Journalism Workshop, presented as the final practical projects of their training.
We also discussed grassroots journalism with Martín Cúneo, journalist and member of the founding collective of El Salto, as we looked back on 20 years of his work—the same number of years that Diagonal, the predecessor of this publication, would have celebrated this March.
To close the program, and as a bridge to the second part of the event, we interviewed Julia Tabernero, lead singer of Tremenda Jauría, a band that, together with Le Parody, filled Sala Villanos in Madrid with danceable, message-driven music—yet another demonstration of the power of sound to connect with society, beyond strictly journalistic formats.
