Latin American chronicle: magazines, natural habitat of quality journalism

Authors

  • Andrés Alexander Puerta Molina Universidad de Medellín

Abstract

This article is a result of the research project Crónica latinoamericana actual: lo maravilloso real. Análisis del periodismo narrativo de Alberto Salcedo Ramos presented by the author for the degree of Doctor in Lenguajes y Manifestaciones Artísticas y Literarias at Universidad Autónoma de Madrid and tries to show the role played by magazines in the vitality of the current Latin American chronicle. The fact that this has been developed by magazines links it to New Journalism in the United States, and such publications have allowed a boom in narrative journalism in Latin America.

Keywords:

chronicle, Latin America, magazines, New Journalism