Journalistic Training for the Web 3.0 Media Landscape in Latin America and the Caribbean’s Spanish Speaking Countries

For the journalistic profession in Latin America and the Caribbean’s Spanish speaking countries, to truly comply with social responsibility, information in this new media landscape must be produced in new media industries that exploit the multimedia capabilities of the Web (Jarvis, 2010, p. x), yet are faithful to journalistic ethics and rigor. Communications professionals in this part of the world were overwhelmed with the sudden surge of Social Media in the News Industry. In this scenario there are ethical and practical issues that have to be addressed in order to maintain justice and truthfulness (principles that guide our profession) in news reporting. An aspiring reporter who masters the skills for the Web 3.0 media landscape is an asset to society.