"Prodavinci found that only two daily print newspapers circulate in Venezuela when, up to 2013, there were more than one hundred. Another 20 go out to the streets with a less frequent periodicity than daily. By June 2021, six media with national information are printed and 16 local newspapers The areas with the greatest information gaps, due to lack of newspapers, are in the East, the Zulia region and the Insular region, where there used to be 21 newspapers.
These findings come from a database that Prodavinci built to assess the situation of newspapers in Venezuela, with the collaborative effort of 41 journalists from across the country. investigation included the review of historical documents on the conformation of the country's print media ecosystem between 1800 and 2021."
