La composición de la imagen y el fotoperiodismo en la página Web del diario "El Heraldo" de la ciudad de Ambato

Abstract

The present investigative study took as reference the management of photojournalism in the web page of the daily "El Heraldo" written by Ambato. Today photography reflects much more than images captured by some technological device. Photojournalism as a journalistic genre needs to have a process that reflects professionalism when practicing it. Digital journalism is one of the trends on the internet platforms, to inform a globalized citizenry. Where facts are instantly known and strengthened with new technologies on social networks or digital platforms. The growth of a globalized society allows journalistic events to become a learning process for citizens and decision-making. Digital users can become news generators and critical opinion through analysis, understanding and acceptance of transmitted messages. The objective is to establish the reasons why an image does not get to express its content within a news, report, design, etc. It is necessary that the citizens have an adequate delivery of the information in the web pages of the media especially when it comes to photography. Digital journalism also becomes a link that allows the construction of agreements and decision-making. We propose to design a specific section of photojournalism on the website of the newspaper EL HERALDO of the city of Ambato, to elaborate the journalistic workshops and the bases that represent the function of the tools in the photography, which will allow us to present in an understandable and Attractive messages of value that will contribute to the growth of a society.