Onda Local

Onda Local was born as a radio program in August 2000. Today it has become a multimedia platform that encourages citizen participation and promotes human rights, particularly of women, youth and indigenous peoples. It is a digital medium that declares itself independent and pluralistic.

Source: SembraMedia

Last updated date: April 2025

Location:

Nicaragua

Year the organization started publishing:

2000

Languages:

Spanish

Type of coverage:

National

Editorial coverage:

Generalist, focused on multiple topics

Type of content produced by theme:

Science

Education

Environment

Politics

Sports

Health and well-being

Entertainment and culture

Society and human rights

Gender

Feminism

LGBTIQ+

Ethnic minorities

DEIA: Diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility

Refugees

Migration

Journalism genres:

Interviews and reporting

Information services

Opinion

Investigative journalism

Narrative journalism

Journalism coverage types and techniques:

Breaking news

Live coverage of events

Explanatory journalism

Cross-border journalism

Collaborative journalism

Tech platforms and other mediums used:

Website

Newsletter

Podcast

YouTube

Social media audience

Facebook number of followers:

68,900

Twitter number of followers:

1,499

Instagram number of followers:

1,330

YouTube number of followers:

1,554

Founders

Female:

Male:

Founders:

Carlos Fernando Chamorro, Patricia Orozco, Sofía Montenegro, Elvira Cuadra

Directors:

Julio López

Team

Full-time employees:

Part-time employees:

Freelancers or consultants:

Volunteers:

Organization tax status:

Non-profit

All revenue sources reported by media leaders:

Grants

Consultancy services

Content services for others

Grants from private donor organisations

Google Adsense

Programmatic ad networks

Branded content or native advertising

Local advertising sold by own team

Services for nonprofit organisations

Content development for other media

Content development for NGOs

The primary source of revenue reported by media leaders:

Programmatic ad networks

The second most important revenue source reported:

Content development for NGOs

Doesn’t publish information about annual revenue

Doesn’t publish the names of donors

Has an ethics policy / manual

Doesn’t publish an ethics policy / manual

Has a data privacy policy

Publishes a data privacy policy

Doesn’t have a whistleblower policy

Doesn’t publish a whistleblower policy

Doesn’t have a complaints policy

Doesn’t publish a complaints policy

Has a sexual harassment or institutional violence policy

Doesn’t publish a sexual harassment or institutional violence policy

Is not signed up to a press regulator, trust initiative, or part of a press association

Does not publish up to date information about its team

Why is this profile included?

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Onda Local

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Audience and reach

Social media audience

Management and team

Founders

Team

Business structure and revenue sources

Transparency