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'''Efecto Cocuyo''' ({{langx|en|] Effect}}) is a ]n journalism outlet devoted to ].<ref name="IJNet">{{cite web |last1=Weiss |first1=Jessica |title=New site Efecto Cocuyo takes on independent reporting in Venezuela |url=http://ijnet.org/en/blog/new-site-efecto-cocuyo-takes-independent-reporting-venezuela |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190128082753/https://ijnet.org/en/story/new-site-efecto-cocuyo-takes-independent-reporting-venezuela |archive-date=28 January 2019 |access-date=20 March 2015 |website=]}}</ref> The website was co-founded in January 2015 by Laura Weffer, former director of Venezuelan newspaper '']'', ], and Josefina Ruggiero, former content director of '']''— award-winning journalists.<ref name=IJNet/><ref name=MIAMI>{{cite news|last1=de los Ángeles Martínezel|first1=María|title=Efecto Cocuyo, "periodismo que ilumina" en Venezuela|url=http://www.miamidiario.com/politica/venezuela/caracas/politica/twitter/censura/periodismo/medios-de-comunicacion/efecto-cocuyo/333154|access-date=20 March 2015|agency=Miami Diario|language=es|date=15 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171018050423/http://www.miamidiario.com/politica/venezuela/caracas/politica/twitter/censura/periodismo/medios-de-comunicacion/efecto-cocuyo/333154|archive-date=18 October 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> | ||
| ==History== | == History == | ||
| ⚫ | ] interviewing ] during the ]]] | ||
| Among recent issues of ], alternate media began to emerge in the country.<ref name=WSJcrackdown>{{cite web | url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/venezuelas-press-crackdown-stokes-growth-of-online-media-1410136494 | title=Venezuela's Press Crackdown Stokes Growth of Online Media | publisher=Wall Street Journal | date=7 September 2014 | access-date=19 February 2015 | author=Minaya, Ezequiel}}</ref><ref name=UNI>{{cite news|last1=Pelayo|first1=Francisco|title=A pesar de la censura, surge un nuevo medio informativo para 'crear luz' en Venezuela|url=http://noticias.univision.com/article/2258066/2015-02-27/impresiones/a-pesar-de-la-censura-surge-un-nuevo-medio-informativo-para-crear-luz-en-venezuela|access-date=20 March 2015|agency=]|date=27 February 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150325163738/http://noticias.univision.com/article/2258066/2015-02-27/impresiones/a-pesar-de-la-censura-surge-un-nuevo-medio-informativo-para-crear-luz-en-venezuela |archive-date= 25 March 2015}}</ref> Following the resignation of Laura Weffer due to issues with her newspaper's coverage of the ], and an arraignment of Luz Mely Reyes by the ] following a report about gasoline ], the two began to plan a new project.<ref name=IJNet/> Their plan included the involvement of aspiring journalists and helping them grow their talents through the pair's "veteran experience".<ref name=IJNet/> Mely Reyes said that the project grew out of "the need for many to receive accurate, timely and transparent information".<ref name=MIAMI/> ] stated that with the loss of independent media in Venezuela, the creation of Efecto Cocuyo began to "illuminate" the country again.<ref name=UNI/> | Among recent issues of ], alternate media began to emerge in the country.<ref name=WSJcrackdown>{{cite web | url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/venezuelas-press-crackdown-stokes-growth-of-online-media-1410136494 | title=Venezuela's Press Crackdown Stokes Growth of Online Media | publisher=Wall Street Journal | date=7 September 2014 | access-date=19 February 2015 | author=Minaya, Ezequiel}}</ref><ref name=UNI>{{cite news|last1=Pelayo|first1=Francisco|title=A pesar de la censura, surge un nuevo medio informativo para 'crear luz' en Venezuela|url=http://noticias.univision.com/article/2258066/2015-02-27/impresiones/a-pesar-de-la-censura-surge-un-nuevo-medio-informativo-para-crear-luz-en-venezuela|access-date=20 March 2015|agency=]|date=27 February 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150325163738/http://noticias.univision.com/article/2258066/2015-02-27/impresiones/a-pesar-de-la-censura-surge-un-nuevo-medio-informativo-para-crear-luz-en-venezuela |archive-date= 25 March 2015}}</ref> Following the resignation of Laura Weffer due to issues with her newspaper's coverage of the ], and an arraignment of Luz Mely Reyes by the ] following a report about gasoline ], the two began to plan a new project.<ref name=IJNet/> Their plan included the involvement of aspiring journalists and helping them grow their talents through the pair's "veteran experience".<ref name=IJNet/> Mely Reyes said that the project grew out of "the need for many to receive accurate, timely and transparent information".<ref name=MIAMI/> ] stated that with the loss of independent media in Venezuela, the creation of Efecto Cocuyo began to "illuminate" the country again.<ref name=UNI/> | ||
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| ==Funding== | ==Funding== | ||
| The website initially received funding through public donations and ] in 2015, with its founders seen on the streets in Venezuela asking for support.<ref name=IJNet/><ref name=UNI/><ref name="FTsocial">{{cite news |last1=Schipani |first1=Andres |date=30 March 2015 |title=Social media offers salve for Venezuela’s pain |agency=] |url=http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/0ee62c72-d24a-11e4-9c25-00144feab7de.html#axzz3WcmfU0Ad |access-date=7 April 2015}}</ref> Efecto Cocuyo has since been funded by international organizations and refuses to identify its monetary sources.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Richardson |first=Reed |date=2021-12-21 |title='Illuminate the Darkness': Creating an Independent News Site in Crisis-Hit Venezuela |url=https://gijn.org/2021/12/21/independent-news-venezuela/ |access-date=2023-06-15 |website=] |language=en-US}}</ref> In a ] ] request in February 2019, the ] of the ] acknowledged funding Efecto Cocuyo.<ref>{{Cite web |date=20 February 2019 |title=INTERNAL REVIEW OF FOI REQUEST REF: 1042-18 |url=https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/520720/response/1314396/attach/2/IR%201042%2018%20letter%20Final.pdf?cookie_passthrough=1 |website=]}}</ref> Funding received goes to new-hire reporters and towards "breaking-news analysis, investigative reports and comprehensive content about crucial information".<ref name=IJNet/> | The website initially received funding through public donations and ] in 2015, with its founders seen on the streets in Venezuela asking for support.<ref name=IJNet/><ref name=UNI/><ref name="FTsocial">{{cite news |last1=Schipani |first1=Andres |date=30 March 2015 |title=Social media offers salve for Venezuela’s pain |agency=] |url=http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/0ee62c72-d24a-11e4-9c25-00144feab7de.html#axzz3WcmfU0Ad |access-date=7 April 2015}}</ref> Efecto Cocuyo has since been funded by international organizations and refuses to identify its monetary sources.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Richardson |first=Reed |date=2021-12-21 |title='Illuminate the Darkness': Creating an Independent News Site in Crisis-Hit Venezuela |url=https://gijn.org/2021/12/21/independent-news-venezuela/ |access-date=2023-06-15 |website=] |language=en-US}}</ref> In a ] ] request in February 2019, the ] of the ] acknowledged funding Efecto Cocuyo.<ref>{{Cite web |date=20 February 2019 |title=INTERNAL REVIEW OF FOI REQUEST REF: 1042-18 |url=https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/520720/response/1314396/attach/2/IR%201042%2018%20letter%20Final.pdf?cookie_passthrough=1 |website=]}}</ref> Funding received goes to new-hire reporters and towards "breaking-news analysis, investigative reports and comprehensive content about crucial information".<ref name=IJNet/> | ||
| == Political stance and editorial opinion == | |||
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| ⚫ | ] interviewing ] during the ]]] | ||
| The website has been variably described as independent and pro-opposition.<ref name="BBCMON">{{cite news |date=2019 |title=BBC Monitoring – Essential Media Insight |work=] |url=https://monitoring.bbc.co.uk/product/c200pqkj |quote=clearly pro-opposition is the news website Efecto Cocuyo}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=La muerte nuestra de cada día: violencia armada y políticas de seguridad ciudadana en Venezuela |date=2021 |publisher=Editorial Universidad del Rosario |isbn=9789587848113 |edition=Primeraición |location=Bogotá, D.C |quote=El Nacional, Efecto Cocuyo y Runrunes (que siguen una línea de oposición al Gobierno) (El Nacional, Efecto Cocuyo and Runrunes (which follow a line of opposition to the Government))}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Un mandat d’arrêt a été émis contre le nouveau conseil d’administration du parlement parallèle de l’opposition vénézuélienne. |language= |work=] |url=https://www.msn.com/fr-ca/actualites/other/un-mandat-d-arrêt-a-été-émis-contre-le-nouveau-conseil-d-administration-du-parlement-parallèle-de-l-opposition-vénézuélienne/ar-AA166L74?q=19&ocid=uxbndlbing |access-date=7 June 2023 |quote=le portail d'information pro-opposition Efecto Cocuyo}}</ref> During the ], Efecto Cocuyo would refer to ] as the "president in charge"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Entrevista exclusiva con el presidente encargado Juan Guaidó. ¿Cuales son sus nuevas estrategias? |url=https://efectococuyo.com/videogaleria/entrevista-exclusiva-con-el-presidente-encargado-juan-guaido-cuales-son-sus-nuevas-estrategias/ |access-date=2023-06-15 |website=Efecto Cocuyo |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Leon {{!}} @ibisL |first=Ibis |date=2019-03-16 |title=Así fue la llegada de Juan Guaidó al mercado periférico de Valencia |url=https://efectococuyo.com/politica/asi-fue-la-llegada-de-juan-guaido-al-mercado-periferico-de-valencia/ |access-date=2023-06-15 |website=Efecto Cocuyo |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Rosas {{!}} @ronnyrodriguez |first=Ronny Rodríguez |date=2019-04-28 |title=Impiden a Juan Guaidó llegar a catedral de Barquisimeto, según exalcaldes de la zona |url=https://efectococuyo.com/politica/impiden-a-juan-guaido-llegar-a-catedral-de-barquisimeto-segun-exalcaldes-de-la-zona/ |access-date=2023-06-15 |website=Efecto Cocuyo |language=en}}</ref> and "interim president."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Zambrano {{!}} @reymozo |first=Reynaldo Mozo |date=2020-01-22 |title=Sebin impide ingreso a las oficinas de Juan Guaidó en Caracas #Allanamiento |url=https://efectococuyo.com/politica/encapuchados-del-sebin-se-mantienen-en-las-oficinas-de-juan-guaido-en-caracas/ |access-date=2023-06-15 |website=Efecto Cocuyo |language=en}}</ref> | |||
| ==In popular culture== | ==In popular culture== | ||
| In cartoons depicting censorship in Venezuela and the Venezuelan government's purchase of media organizations, the owners of Efecto Cocuyo have been depicted as combating such actions; these cartoons were printed in Mexican newspapers '']'', ''Mural'', '']'' and about 50 other publications in the country.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Weffer|first1=Laura|title=Efecto Cocuyo es dibujado por el genio de Paco Calderón para el diario Reforma de México|url=http://www.efectococuyo.com/efecto-cocuyo/efectococuyo-es-dibujado-por-el-genio-de-paco-calderon-para-el-diario-reforma-de-mexico/|language=es|access-date=5 April 2015|agency=Efecto Cocuyo|date=22 March 2015}}</ref> | In cartoons depicting censorship in Venezuela and the Venezuelan government's purchase of media organizations, the owners of Efecto Cocuyo have been depicted as combating such actions; these cartoons were printed in Mexican newspapers '']'', ''Mural'', '']'' and about 50 other publications in the country.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Weffer|first1=Laura|title=Efecto Cocuyo es dibujado por el genio de Paco Calderón para el diario Reforma de México|url=http://www.efectococuyo.com/efecto-cocuyo/efectococuyo-es-dibujado-por-el-genio-de-paco-calderon-para-el-diario-reforma-de-mexico/|language=es|access-date=5 April 2015|agency=Efecto Cocuyo|date=22 March 2015}}</ref> | ||
| ==References== | ==References== | ||
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| Owners | Laura Weffer, Luz Mely Reyes y Josefina Ruggiero |
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| URL | www |
| Launched | 2015 |
| Current status | Online |
Efecto Cocuyo (English: Firefly Effect) is a Venezuelan journalism outlet devoted to independent media. The website was co-founded in January 2015 by Laura Weffer, former director of Venezuelan newspaper Diario 2001, Luz Mely Reyes, and Josefina Ruggiero, former content director of Cadena Capriles— award-winning journalists.
History
Among recent issues of censorship in Venezuela, alternate media began to emerge in the country. Following the resignation of Laura Weffer due to issues with her newspaper's coverage of the 2014 Venezuelan protests, and an arraignment of Luz Mely Reyes by the Venezuelan government following a report about gasoline shortages in Venezuela, the two began to plan a new project. Their plan included the involvement of aspiring journalists and helping them grow their talents through the pair's "veteran experience". Mely Reyes said that the project grew out of "the need for many to receive accurate, timely and transparent information". Univision stated that with the loss of independent media in Venezuela, the creation of Efecto Cocuyo began to "illuminate" the country again.
On 8 January 2015, Efecto Cocuyo sent out its first tweet and received 12,000 followers on Twitter two days later. On 15 January, they announced the construction of their website after they found a local website developer and a location for a small office. As of March 2015, Efecto Cocuyo had about 40,000 Twitter followers.
On 12 September 2019, the outlet won the Human Rights award from the Washington Office on Latin America for their continued coverage of the Crisis in Venezuela.
Funding
The website initially received funding through public donations and crowdfunding in 2015, with its founders seen on the streets in Venezuela asking for support. Efecto Cocuyo has since been funded by international organizations and refuses to identify its monetary sources. In a WhatDoTheyKnow freedom of information request in February 2019, the Foreign & Commonwealth Office of the United Kingdom acknowledged funding Efecto Cocuyo. Funding received goes to new-hire reporters and towards "breaking-news analysis, investigative reports and comprehensive content about crucial information".
In popular culture
In cartoons depicting censorship in Venezuela and the Venezuelan government's purchase of media organizations, the owners of Efecto Cocuyo have been depicted as combating such actions; these cartoons were printed in Mexican newspapers Reforma, Mural, El Norte and about 50 other publications in the country.
References
- ^ Weiss, Jessica. "New site Efecto Cocuyo takes on independent reporting in Venezuela". IJNet. Archived from the original on 28 January 2019. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
- ^ de los Ángeles Martínezel, María (15 January 2015). "Efecto Cocuyo, "periodismo que ilumina" en Venezuela" (in Spanish). Miami Diario. Archived from the original on 18 October 2017. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
- Minaya, Ezequiel (7 September 2014). "Venezuela's Press Crackdown Stokes Growth of Online Media". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
- ^ Pelayo, Francisco (27 February 2015). "A pesar de la censura, surge un nuevo medio informativo para 'crear luz' en Venezuela". Univision. Archived from the original on 25 March 2015. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
- "Efecto Cocuyo recibe Premio Wola en DDHH 2019". Efecto Cocuyo. 2019-09-13. Retrieved 2019-09-13.
- Schipani, Andres (30 March 2015). "Social media offers salve for Venezuela's pain". Financial Times. Retrieved 7 April 2015.
- Richardson, Reed (2021-12-21). "'Illuminate the Darkness': Creating an Independent News Site in Crisis-Hit Venezuela". Global Investigative Journalism Network. Retrieved 2023-06-15.
- "INTERNAL REVIEW OF FOI REQUEST REF: 1042-18" (PDF). WhatDoTheyKnow. 20 February 2019.
- Weffer, Laura (22 March 2015). "Efecto Cocuyo es dibujado por el genio de Paco Calderón para el diario Reforma de México" (in Spanish). Efecto Cocuyo. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
