{{Short description|Daily evening newspaper tabloid}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}} {{Infobox newspaper | name = Newspaper elBogotano | image = | type = Tabloid | format = Berliner | owners = | founder = Consuelo Salgar de Montejo | founded = 1973 | political_position = Liberal | language = Spanish | publishing_country = Colombia | oclc = 23848555 | website = {{URL|https://elbogotano.com.co/}} }} '''''El Bogotano''''' is a daily evening newspaper tabloid, founded in 1973 by the journalist, politician and businesswoman Consuelo Salgar Jaramillo in Bogotá, D.C., Colombia<ref>{{cite book|last=Cacua Prada|first=Antonio|title=Historia del Periodismo Colombiano|year=1982|publisher=Ediciones Sua|location=Bogotá|oclc=11372475|page=69|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JlctAAAAYAAJ|edition=2nd|accessdate=27 April 2013|language=Spanish}}</ref> For a long time the editor of the newspaper was Yamid Amat, a renowned Colombian journalist and radio broadcaster. Since 2016 the director has been "Tagor".
The newspaper serves as a collaborative open digital media platform for independent journalists, causes and citizens to publish content with independence from large media monopolies or state controlled media. It is working on growing the reach of its audience to promote freedom of speech and provide independent journalism in Colombia and Latin America.
Despite its sensationalism, ''El Bogotano'' was also known for denouncing several political scandals in the 1970s,<ref name="semblanza-ee">{{in lang|es}} Henry Holguín, [https://archive.today/20130105084022/http://espanol.groups.yahoo.com/group/Gran-Colombia/message/2308 “Colombia es un país de miedosos y arribistas”], ''El Espectador'', 6 October 2002</ref> including a corruption case involving President Alfonso López Michelsen.<ref name="elclavo">{{in lang|es}} Julio César Londoño, [http://www.elclavo.com/articulos/opinion/sobre-un-pillo-muy-british/ Sobre un pillo muy british] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200921195538/https://elclavo.com/articulos/opinion/sobre-un-pillo-muy-british/ |date=21 September 2020 }}, ''El Clavo'', 1 August 2007</ref> It was also known for its infamous mistaken front-page headline published on its 2 January 1974 issue that read: ''Maremoto en Bolivia'' ("Tsunami in Bolivia", a landlocked country), when Yamid Amat was its director.<ref name="soho-amat">{{in lang|es}} Yamid Amat, [https://archive.today/20130102011823/http://www.soho.com.co/wf_InfoArticulo.aspx?IdArt=5376 Titulé: Maremoto en Bolivia], ''Revista SoHo'', 11 April 2007</ref>
==Digital era==
In 2016, `La Casa Editorial el Bogotano` repositioned the tradition of the newspaper founded in 1973, through a virtual version. It launched a website and a Twitter account;(@elBogotano). It has a presence in LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and TikTok. It publishes articles by a number of well known writers and communicates news from Colombia, Latam and the world. It also offers a section for investigative reporting which has already produced revealing stories.
==References== {{Reflist}}
== External links == *{{Official website|https://elbogotano.com.co/}}
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