Venezuela Al Minuto (Vam)

Venezuela Al Minuto combines its own content and the dissemination of quality content from other media, through the WhatsApp and Telegram messaging applications. Zulian journalist Jhoandry Suárez, who is one of the five founders, explains that they chose these platforms as their main communication channels "due to their reach, their low demand for Internet data, their usefulness for the audience and that they can overcome official restrictions." In two years of operations, since 2019, they have managed to bring together more than 45,000 subscribers in more than 60 WhatsApp groups and a Telegram channel. The team is made up of 5 journalists who work remotely, monitoring and extracting information from news portals both in Venezuela and other countries, Twitter accounts and their own sources. Due to the coverage at the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic in the country, in March 2020, this platform was mentioned as Journalistic Innovation in the pandemic by the Gabo Foundation. It has also achieved alliances with different media and journalistic projects, including: El Pitazo, La Vida de Nos, Cápsula Migrante, Papagayo News and Reporte Espacial. Suárez points out that one of VAM's sources of financing is the sale of advertising space.