On a trip to Germany in 2008, Jesús Hernández talked about the La Llovizna waterfall and other attractions in Ciudad Guayana. When his friends asked him to see photos, he discovered to his surprise that there was no page with quality images and details of his land. Upon returning to Venezuela, his mother gave him a camera to transform that situation. And in two years, Jesús took 3,000 photos. "Ciudad Guayana FB emerged to fill an information gap identified in 2010. He wanted a portal that talked about Ciudad Guayana, its history, its activities and the tourist potential," he says. People identified with his stories and many Argentine tourists contacted him to hire him as a guide. Subsequently, Jesús began to weave a network of citizen information that now amounts to 600 people, to whom he gives recommendations and education. communicational. "It went from being a tourist platform to being informative," he adds. With his smartphone and a GoPro, he covers news throughout the state of Bolívar, in the sources Politics, City, Arco Minero, National Assembly, Tourism and Entrepreneurship.

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Last updated date: April 2025

Source: SembraMedia

Location:
Ciudad Guayana, Venezuela
Year the organization started publishing:
2010
Languages:
Spanish
Type of coverage:
Regional
Area of coverage:
Bolívar

Content

Editorial coverage:
Generalist, focused on multiple topics
Type of content produced by theme:
Science
Politics
Lifestyle
Entertainment and culture
Law and crime
Society and human rights
Journalism genres:
Interviews and reporting
Information services
Journalism coverage types and techniques:
Breaking news
Live coverage of events
Curated/aggregated content
Tech platforms and other mediums used:
Social media platforms

Audience and reach

Social media audience

Facebook number of followers:
25,000
Twitter number of followers:
18,748
Instagram number of followers:
1,383
YouTube number of followers:
39

Management and team

Founders

Female:
0
Male:
1
Founders:
Jesús Hernández
Directors:
Jesús Hernández

Team

Full-time employees:
2
Part-time employees:
6
Freelancers or consultants:
6
Volunteers:
0

Business structure and revenue sources

Organization tax status:
For-profit
All revenue sources reported by media leaders:
Advertising
Consultancy services
Audience support / reader revenue
Google Adsense
Programmatic ad networks
Branded content or native advertising
Local advertising sold by own team
Training services for other clients
Technology development services
Individual donations
Event ticket sales

Transparency

Doesn’t publish information about annual revenue
Doesn’t publish the names of donors
Doesn’t have an ethics policy / manual
Does not publish up to date information about its team
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