After nearly seven years spent analyzing the internet and social media,
Verne
says goodbye to his readers, at least in its current form and organization.
Testing formats was always part of his DNA and it is likely that
Verne will
return in the immediate future, even if it is no longer as a section of the newspaper.
Verne
was until now the website dedicated to the digital culture of the newspaper EL PAÍS.
It was born in September 2014 and has been focused on finding new audiences, new stories, and, above all, new ways of telling those stories.
Verne
has given a voice to creators and young readers, and has also spoken about social issues such as mental health, racism, and feminism, the latter especially from the
La Matrioska
newsletter.
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He has also reflected the problems of the rental market in his series Coqueto mejor ver, which was continued in a graphic novel published by Grijalbo.
All this in addition to talking about topics such as philosophy, language and humor, without neglecting its main objective: to bring readers closer to everything that was happening on social networks and to do so with journalistic rigor.
In 2018,
Verne
launched 28 days, a special on the rule that was a finalist for the Gabriel García Márquez awards.
It was not the only recognition that the section's work received: in 2019, EL PAÍS journalists Lucía González and Mari Luz Peinado were awarded the XVII José Manuel Porquet Prize for Digital Journalism, for their work in front of this website and for “ his contribution to innovation in journalistic formats, languages and narratives ”.
And in 2020, the special
What do you feel when you feel anxiety?
He received the Journalism Award from the Official College of Psychology of Madrid.
Verne México
started in 2016
,
the edition of the website produced by the Mexican editorial office of EL PAÍS.
This section followed
Verne's
style of work
,
applying new formats and new points of view to social, political and cultural issues in the country, with special attention to social networks and digital culture.
Verne México was
also born with the aim of doing viral journalism with precision, investigation and rigor, and also addressed social, human rights, racism, feminism, LGBTI + rights, inequality, culture and new generations stories.
They approached traditions such as the Day of the Dead, and also told us who brought the jacarandas to Mexico that cover the streets of the capital in purple.
Throughout its history,
Verne
had a team of eight people in Madrid and another two in Mexico, with an audience of more than seven million unique monthly users.
The section as such closes, but what has been learned in it remains: the vast majority of journalists who have passed through
Verne
in these six and a half years currently work in other sections of EL PAÍS, helping to make current affairs more accessible to readers and trying to contribute other points of view that continue to enrich the work of the newspaper.
We wanted to say goodbye to our readers with some texts about our work in recent years:
- Verne, our great digital medium: the four people who have been in charge of the section share reflections and memories.
- Don't say goodbye, say "wonderful move": we say goodbye with our favorite memes.
- Thank you so much: Verne México is going to miss you.
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