20Palabras.com
January 7th, 2008
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What do they say it is?
20Palabras is the first Argentinian Web site with news produced and read in mobile devices. It is a project of journalistic innovation orientated to the formats of the future, and it was created by Darío Gallo and Pablo Mancini.
How does it work?
A team of journalists selected to collaborate in the project feeds the service from any place where the news is happening (through palms, cellular telephones or laptops).
In a few seconds and with only 20 words (20Palabras) every journalist publishes the information on the instant. The “scattered staff” has more than twenty members.
It is designed for the digital natives, but its functionality and design of information is ideal for those who looks for information instantly, without unnecessary data, in an informal and succinct language.
What do I say it is?
This Web site is a solution for the information needs of advanced users, people who do not have time to read newspapers and use mobile devices.
20Palabras is divided into eight areas of information, where the essence of a news story is transmitted, delivering the most relevant information to the users.
What’s great about it?
The format, the way how it works. How they work in different places, journalists feed the service from anywhere the news happens.
The process is very innovative, it’s a kind of Twitter of Argentine news. The wonderful thing is the immediacy in the publication, the easy way of publishing from any place through the mobile.
It has resources like podcasts created from and to mobile devices.
The design is clean, It´s usable and accessible.
What could be better?
It could be better if the news were generated from other countries too (not only from Argentina) and if the posts had external links for the users who would like to get more information.
How is it going to make money?
Apparently through advertising.
In the web site there is a contact for those who want to announce in it, but I did not see advertising in its pages.
Should I pay it any attention?
We should pay attention to the evolution of the 20Palabras, to the copy of the model and the way how this web site will be promoted in the near future.
by Darcy Vergara P.
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2 Comments Add your own
1. Blog de Pablo Mancini &md&hellip | January 8th, 2008 at 11:40 am
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2. Ignace / micronauta | January 14th, 2008 at 8:43 pm
Is not the appropriate term now ‘reporter’ instead of ‘journalist’? Journalism comes from the times when news was served in the form of daily journals (from the french word, meaning ‘daily’). Since always-on access means news is delivered at any time, with any frequency, my guess is that the generic term should be ‘reporting’, and the person who does it should be the ‘reporter’. Just a thought. Great review.
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