Planeta Venus Online

Planeta Venus Online is an innovative Spanish-speaking media outlet from Wichita, Kansas. Serves a larger Spanish-speaking audience around the state. It started as a weekly radio show on a local radio station in Wichita, Kansas in 2014. It has now grown into a digital platform, with an internet radio station, a Spanish-language print/digital newspaper, and a strong social media presence. With its services, its team seeks to fulfill its mission of connecting communities through effective communication tools, providing multiple services to revitalize companies and individuals. It offers a free directory to make Latin businesses visible and a calendar of community events. Planeta Venus is a member of the Latino Local News Collaborative, an initiative that began in July 2023 as part of the Solutions Journalism Network Local Media Project. In this collaboration I work with other independent media such as Philatinos Media, 2Puntos Platform and La Voz Latina Central and La Raza. It also works with allied media such as Factchequeado to share disinforming content and narratives. Planeta Venus was also a finalist for the 2023 LION Publishers Awards in the “New Business of the Year” category.