Youtopíaecuador is a publication of the Sustainability Communication Consortium, a SAS BIC (Benefit and Collective Interest) company, based in Quito-Ecuador (https://concumsos.wixsite.com). It was founded by four journalists and other communicators and members of academia in particular, and of civil society in general, can join. The publication aims to be the space where the efforts for a sustainable Ecuador and planet are reflected journalistically, with emphasis on the rights to child nutrition and the education of children and adolescents, access to technology for well-being, employability and care of the environment. It is a communication enterprise open to receiving support from citizens and civil society organizations. Its financing can also come from direct advertising or in the form of sponsorship. One of the fundamental tasks of the Consortium is journalistic training on sustainability, especially in the Sustainable Development Goals mentioned above. He has contributed to training on Chronic Child Malnutrition and Journalism in the Amazon, two of the projects that are part of his portfolio. 

Source: SembraMedia

Last updated date: April 2025

Location:
Ecuador
Year the organization started publishing:
2022
Languages:
Spanish
Type of coverage:
National

Content

Type of content produced by theme:
Science
Education
Environment
Technology
Economy and business
Health and well-being
Entertainment and culture
Society and human rights
Entrepreneurship
Journalism genres:
Chronicles and non-fiction
Interviews and reporting
Information services
Investigative journalism
Narrative journalism
Journalism coverage types and techniques:
Breaking news
Data journalism
Solutions or constructive journalism
Explanatory journalism
Curated/aggregated content
Tech platforms and other mediums used:
Website
Social media platforms
Podcast
YouTube

Audience and reach

Social media audience

Facebook number of followers:
894
Twitter number of followers:
628
Instagram number of followers:
2,679
YouTube number of followers:
97
Tiktok number of followers:
1,483

Management and team

Founders

Female:
2
Male:
3
Founders:
Nancy Verdezoto, Isabel Alarcón (hoy freelance), Marco Arauz, Xavier Basantes, Dimitri Barreto (salió).
Directors:
Marco Arauz

Team

Full-time employees:
3
Part-time employees:
1
Freelancers or consultants:
2
Volunteers:
1

Business structure and revenue sources

Organization tax status:
Hybrid model (more than one nonprofit or for-profit)
All revenue sources reported by media leaders:
Grants
Consultancy services
Grants from Google
Grants from United Nations, UNESCO, and other agencies
Google Adsense
Programmatic ad networks
Branded content or native advertising
Local advertising sold by own team
Services for clients and other private corporations
Services for nonprofit organisations
Training services for journalists
Training services for other clients
Content development for other media
Content development for other non-journalistic companies
Content development for NGOs
The primary source of revenue reported by media leaders:
Consultancy services
The second most important revenue source reported:
Content development for other media

Transparency

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
Doesn’t publish a data privacy policy
Doesn’t have a complaints policy
Doesn’t have 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

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