Venezuelan alternative and community media join in multi-platform

The Directorate of Community and Alternative Media of the Vice Ministry for Communication Management recently launched the digital platform www.mediosalternativoscomunitarios.com.ve, a project that, in its initial phase, brings together more than thirty media that make their work visible through this space.

Journalist Isbemar Jiménez, president of the Radio Nacional de Venezuela network, during the “Vía Alterna” (Alternate Way) program, of RNV Informative channel, praised this initiative that seeks to add the largest number of alternative and community media, and at the same time serve as a link with international media to create an true multi-platform that allows us to overcome the hegemony of communication companies.

She acknowledged the work of Simon Arrechider, at the head of the Directorate of Community and Alternative Media, who has been working with this sector, one of the most affected by the economic war. “In this situation it is very difficult to get a transmitter, a microphone or a computer, and yet they are there giving the battle”.

The journalist commented that through this platform -which has a section for print, television, radio, and digital media- the contents produced by alternative and community media in the country can be made visible, and will provide the tools for its training and promotion.

Jiménez invited those who are interested in joining this initiative to address the Directorate of Community and Alternative Media, in the Ministry of People’s Power for Communication and Information, located in the Capriles tower, in front of the National Pantheon, to be part of this project.