El Surtidor

https://elsurti.com/
The Source of accurate, interesting and relevant visual information. With graphic humor, it challenges imposed concepts, through a basis in journalistic rigor, because it offers a gateway to topics that should matter at a national level. They distribute their works through social networks and are one of the few media outlets that have a fact checking unit, they call #LaPrecisa. This is a media outlet promoted by Memetic.Media, an association of communication workers: http://memetic.media/. They received the Peter Benenson Award from Amnesty International to Journalism Committed to Human Rights in 2016 for the series Cows that fly, schools that fall. In addition, they won the Gabriel García Márquez Journalism Award in 2018, established by the New Ibero-American Journalism Foundation, in the Innovation category for the series Los Desterrados del Chaco. In 2016 and 2018 they received Child Friendly Journalism recognition from Global Infancia. In 2019 they received the Award for Journalistic Work committed to Human Rights, in the category of "Alternative Media" for his publication titled "Transnationals of Faith: The interference of religious fundamentalist groups in the Paraguayan State" and The Planet Award 2019 from the Global Youth and News Media Prize, in addition, the Ortega y Gasset Award 2020 for the best journalistic investigation for the regional special Transnacionales de la Fe coordinated by El Clip and a Special Recognition in the Unicef ​​Paraguay 2021 Investigative Award. He is currently a member of the Global Investigative Journalism Network.

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Last updated date: April 2025

Source: SembraMedia

Location:
Asunción, Paraguay
Year the organization started publishing:
2016
Languages:
Spanish
Type of coverage:
National

Content

Editorial coverage:
Generalist, focused on multiple topics
Type of content produced by theme:
Science
Education
Environment
Politics
Economy and business
Health and well-being
Entertainment and culture
Law and crime
Society and human rights
Gender
LGBTIQ+
Journalism genres:
Interviews and reporting
Graphic novels and comics
Information services
Investigative journalism
Journalism coverage types and techniques:
Breaking news
Data journalism
Crowdsourcing
Explanatory journalism
Collaborative journalism
Fact-checking
Tech platforms and other mediums used:
Website
Newsletter
Messaging service
Social media platforms
Podcast
Vodcast or other video platforms
Print
YouTube
WhatsApp

Audience and reach

Social media audience

Facebook number of followers:
85,000
Twitter number of followers:
33,800
Instagram number of followers:
68,200
YouTube number of followers:
797
Tiktok number of followers:
5,884

Management and team

Founders

Female:
1
Male:
2
Founders:
Jazmín Acuña, Alejandro Valdez, Juan Heilborn Díaz
Directors:
Jazmín Acuña, Alejandro Valdez, Juan Heilborn Díaz

Team

Full-time employees:
15
Part-time employees:
9
Freelancers or consultants:
0
Volunteers:
0

Business structure and revenue sources

Organization tax status:
Non-profit
All revenue sources reported by media leaders:
Grants
Consultancy services
Content services for others
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
Product development and sales
Technology development services
Content development for other media
Content development for other non-journalistic companies
Memberships
Individual donations
Event ticket sales
The primary source of revenue reported by media leaders:
Content development for other media
The second most important revenue source reported:
Consultancy services

Transparency

Doesn’t publish information about annual revenue
Publishes the names of donors
Has an ethics policy / manual
Publishes an ethics policy / manual
Has a data privacy policy
Publishes a data privacy policy
Publishes a whistleblower policy
Has a complaints policy
Publishes a complaints policy
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