Reforma 2017602 221427591 2008-06-24T13:21:38Z Esteban Zissou 6680479 tweaks --> infobox, img {{otheruses}} {{Infobox_Newspaper | | name = Reforma | image = [[Image:Grupo_Reforma_at_Mexico_City.jpg|200 px]] | caption = Reforma's headquarters in [[Mexico City]] | type = Daily [[newspaper]] | format = [[Broadsheet]] | language = [[Spanish (language)|Spanish]] | foundation = [[1993]] | | owners = [[Grupo Reforma]] | headquarters = Washington 629 Ote.<br>64000 [[Monterrey]],<br>[[Nuevo León]], [[Mexico]] | editor = Lázaro Ríos | sister newspapers = [[El Norte (newspaper)|El Norte]] | ISSN = | website = [http://www.reforma.com/ reforma.com] | }} '''''Reforma''''' is a [[Mexico|Mexican]] [[newspaper]] based in [[Mexico City]]. It has 276,700 readers in Mexico City<ref>http://www.pulso.org/Espanol/Nuevos/transparencia%20prensa020809.html "Según el informe de Bimsa... en tercer sitio aparece Reforma con 276,700"</ref>. The paper shares content with other papers in parent newsgroup ''[[Grupo Reforma]]''. The cumulative readership of the newsgroup is above 400,000. ''Reforma'' is named after the Mexico City avenue of the same name, [[Paseo de la Reforma]]. The newspaper emphasizes its [[graphic design|design]], variety of [[columnists]], and editorials that denounce [[political corruption]]. ''Reforma'', along with the other newspapers of its parent, have an interest in [[color]] printing. The paper features weekly translations from selected articles of local interest from [[United States|United States]] newspapers. These include ''[[The New York Times]]'' and ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]''. The Sunday edition of ''Reforma'' includes a supplemental magazine, titled ''Top Magazzine,'' which covers [[celebrity]] gossip, [[Hollywood]] previews and interviews. ==History== ''Reforma'' was founded in [[1993]], as an offshoot of ''[[El Norte (newspaper)|El Norte]]'', the noted [[Monterrey]]-based daily. ''Reforma'' was the first newsgroup in Mexico to separate its commercial division from its journalism division. This allowed for a greater independence in journalism, and helps the journalist avoid the temptation of writing favorable notes on sponsors. When it was founded, on [[November 20]], the newspaper pressured unionized newsstands to sell the paper on that day. Since November 20 is the [[Mexican Revolution]] day, the unions refused, and so ''Reforma'' had to be sold on the streets by journalists and celebrities, as a protest on what they considered "a boycott". ''Reforma'' changed the traditional distribution of newspapers because of its independence from the unionized newsstands and printed media resellers. It also was innovative because of the inclusion of people of all political opinions in its editorial pages. ==Bias Accusations== The newspaper is, as the other publications of the editorial group, non-partisan, with a clear writing style which favors neutral points of view, and publishing opinions from journalists of all political positions (such as [[Miguel Ángel Granados Chapa]] from the left, and [[Sergio Sarmiento]] from the right). The newspaper has many fail-safes in place to prevent a partisan point of view in any case. Despite its independent editorial style, Reforma has been labeled as a [[right-wing]] newspaper in references by [[The Guardian]], [[Clarín (newspaper)|Clarin]], [[San Antonio Express-News]], [[University of Miami|UM school of communication]], and the [[Princeton University|The Princeton Progressive Nation]].<ref>[http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldnewsguide/latinamerica/page/0,,623011,00.html Mexico | newsguide | Guardian Unlimited<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>http://www.puntog.com.mx/guias/periodicos.htm</ref><ref>[http://www.mysanantonio.com/specials/weblogs/mexico/archives/2006/06/dane_schiller_c_3.html MySA.com: Beyond the Border<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>http://com.miami.edu/ecommunique/hmexicoed08142006.html</ref><ref>[http://www.clarin.com/diario/2000/03/05/i-03302d.htm Burla y humillación<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>[http://www.sptimes.com/2006/09/06/Worldandnation/Winner_declared_in_Me.shtml Worldandnation: Winner declared in Mexico election<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>[http://www.princetonprog.com/ Progressive Nation<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>[http://alt1040.com/archivo/2005/12/29/el-rediseno-del-periodico-reforma/ El rediseño del periódico Reforma<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>[http://www.isopixel.net/archivos/2003/09/contenidos-de-pago/ Contenidos de pago | Isopixel<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> Former candidate, [[Andres Manuel López Obrador]] has also accused the paper of this bias, and even denounced the paper of being a "press bulletin for the [[PAN (Mexico)|PAN]]". <ref>[http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20051130/news_1n30mexico1.html Favorite in Mexican presidential race battles against pollsters | The San Diego Union-Tribune<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> However, the paper itself has columnists who openly support Andrés Manuel López Obrador, such as Guadalupe Loaeza, Lorenzo Meyer, and Miguel Angel Granados Chapa. == Controversy== In [[2006]], when Reforma planned to advertise the licitation of the third Mexican TV network{{Fact|date=April 2007}}. [[TV Azteca]] launched a campaign against the newspaper exposing the battle within the Junco family for the control of the newspaper's interests as an effort to coerce the newspaper into not publishing the licitation. ==Notable columnists== *[[Carmen Aristegui]], political commentator *[[Carlos Fuentes]], novelist *[[Carlos Monsiváis]], Mexican writer and journalist *[[Denise Dresser]], political analyst *[[Enrique Krauze]], historian *[[Gabriel Zaid]], writer and poet *[[Germán Dehesa]], political commentator *[[Homero Aridjis]], poet, environmentalist *[[Jorge G. Castañeda]], intellectual, academic, and former [[Secretary of Foreign Affairs (Mexico)|Secretary of Foreign Affairs]]. *[[José Luis Lezama]], intellectual, environmentalist *[[José Woldenberg]], political analyst, and former President of the [[Federal Electoral Institute|IFE]]. *[[Juan Villoro]], writer *[[Lorenzo Meyer]], political analyst *[[Luis F. Aguilar]], political analyst *[[Luis Rubio]], political commentator, economist *[[Miguel Ángel Granados Chapa]], intellectual and political analyst *[[Mario Vargas Llosa]], novelist *[[Paco Calderón]], Mexican political cartoonist *[[Rafael Segovia]], political analyst *[[Sergio Aguayo]], political analyst *[[Sergio Sarmiento]], political analyst ==Affiliations== ''Reforma'' is part of the [[Grupo Reforma]]. Grupo Reforma is a collection of Mexican [[Mass media|media]] outlets. Within Grupo Reforma, ''Reforma'' is an offshoot of ''[[El Norte (newspaper)|El Norte]]''. ==See also== *[[La Jornada]] *[[El Universal (Mexico City)|El Universal]] ==External links== *[http://www.reforma.com/ Official Site] ==References== <div class="references-small"> <references/> </div> [[Category:Spanish-language newspapers]] [[Category:Newspapers published in Mexico]] [[es:Diario Reforma]] [[nl:Reforma (krant)]]