Economy

ECONOMY is a multiplatform media (digital newspaper, social networks, printed magazine and video-podcast) specialized in economic, financial and business journalism in Bolivia, that influences the country's economic agenda through useful information and strategic, becoming an essential guide for decision making in the business world. In recent years, Economy has won awards, fruit of the journalism he practices. In 2021, he won second place in the National Journalism Award specialized in Industry and in 2022, he won second place in the Economic and Financial Journalism Award. That same year, the digital newspaper Economy.com.bo was one of the winners of the Maya Awards, being awarded as the Best Newspaper Digital Economic/Business of Bolivia. In 2024, the same organization distinguished the monthly print magazine as Best Magazine Specialized in Business, Economics and Finance.

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Last updated date: April 2025

Location:

Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia

Year the organization started publishing:

2018

Languages:

Spanish

Type of coverage:

National

Type of content produced by theme:

Science

Environment

Technology

Economy and business

Lifestyle

Health and well-being

Entertainment and culture

Entrepreneurship

Economy and finance

Journalism genres:

Chronicles and non-fiction

Interviews and reporting

Information services

Opinion

Investigative journalism

Narrative journalism

Journalism coverage types and techniques:

Breaking news

Live coverage of events

Data journalism

Collaborative journalism

Tech platforms and other mediums used:

Website

Newsletter

Messaging service

Social media platforms

Podcast

Mobile app

YouTube

Social media audience

Facebook number of followers:

24,000

Twitter number of followers:

375

Instagram number of followers:

3,717

YouTube number of followers:

1,170

Tiktok number of followers:

10,600

Founders

Female:

Male:

Founders:

Efraín Varela Mendoza, Fernando Chávez Morales

Directors:

Efraín Varela Mendoza, Director General de Economy / Fernando Chavez Moralez, Director Ejecutivo de Economy

Team

Full-time employees:

Part-time employees:

Freelancers or consultants:

Volunteers:

Organization tax status:

For-profit

All revenue sources reported by media leaders:

Advertising

Content services for others

Google Adsense

Programmatic ad networks

Branded content or native advertising

Local advertising sold by own team

National advertising sold by own team

Advertising sold by an external agency

Advertising for local governmental entities

Content development for other non-journalistic companies

Event ticket sales

The primary source of revenue reported by media leaders:

National advertising sold by own team

The second most important revenue source reported:

Branded content or native advertising

Doesn’t publish information about annual revenue

Is signed up to a press regulator, trust initiative, or part of a press association

Publishes up to date information about its team

Why is this profile included?

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Economy

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