On Cuban Press Day

From the newspaper Patria, José Martí points out the journalist’s commitment to his time and his compatriots. Alejo Carpentier assured that the journalist is the chronicler of his/her time.

Recently, a volume was presented at the Book Fair that alludes to the importance of an increasingly truthful journalism that applies the techniques of fiction and that reaches the masses beautifully. Nothing is more surprising than the truth is its title.

Since the 9th Congress of the Union of Cuban Journalists, the call is to reflect the Cuban reality in all its diversity; to have the press be an expression of culture and debate, and offer a path to knowledge, analysis and the exercise of opinion.

This is how the closing speech of that congress, delivered by the current Cuban president, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, then First Vice President of the Councils of States and Ministers, picks it up.

For a Citizen Agenda
In a recent interview with TeleSur, Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez referred to the fact that we are now involved in the implementation of the approved social communication policy, which will update our entire media system and the communication culture the country needs.

And he alluded to the interactivity between the people and the government, through the media and social networks.

In a scenario where the new social media burst onto the scene and where information is less and less the patrimony of a few, it could not be otherwise.

Radio Reloj, with deep public recognition and positioning within Cuban radio broadcasting, constitutes an expedited way to carry out a journalism that is alive and at the service of an audience, which increasingly forms an active part of the station’s contents.

(Taken from Radio Reloj in Spanish)

Written by Radio Grito de Baire