There is a need to reflect on the current situation of community communication in the context of the digital era or the so-called ‘Fourth Industrial Revolution’, providing scenarios that seek to provide answers to questions such as:

What are the challenges of community communication in the digital age? Is the concept of community being reconfigured with the generation of new digital communities that no longer obey only an exclusive relationship with a territory? Should community media adapt and innovate in the face of new forms of digital storytelling, reporting and storytelling? What strategies should community media implement to overcome the widespread crisis faced by journalism and communication?

#LoDigitalTransforma 2018

In the second edition, the alternative and community processes had a leading role, since “La Otra Juventud” considers them fundamental actors for the strengthening of democracy.

“La Otra Juventud” considers key creating meeting spaces where knowledge is built from the dialogue between diverse experiences and opinions. On the first day of this edition, Bogota’s community and alternative media along with three experts were invited to facilitate a conversation on three topics: the community notion within the digital media, the challenges of marketing, dissemination, coverage, financing, and digital legislation for the content production.

On the second day, we opened discussion panels with topics such as: what are we talking about when we talk about journalism with a gender perspective? Digital journalism on conflict, post-accord and peacebuilding; and new media and journalism on YouTube.

#LoDigitalTransforma 2017

In the first edition “#lodigitaltransforma”, a week of conferences and workshops was held, discussing and reflecting on the capacity of the media and digital platforms to promote social transformations.