Vilaweb
Encyclopedia
VilaWeb (ˌvilaˈwɛp) is a Catalan-language web portal
and daily news outlet, founded in May 1995 by the journalists Vicent Partal
and Assumpció Maresma. It was the first online medium produced completely in Catalan, and the first news media in Spain to be based entirely online. Vilaweb includes a web directory, local editions, forum
s and other facilities. It also hosted until 2009 the digital version of the Catalan newspaper El Punt
.
VilaWeb grew out of an online directory in Catalan called Infopista, set up by Partal in 1995. Before embarking on his venture, Partal had been responsible for directing the digital edition of the Spanish magazine, El Temps
. Written in Catalan, with the publication of this digital edition in 1994 the magazine was the first media outlet in Spain to establish material and a presence on the World Wide Web
.
In 2007 VilaWeb TV was open as a web TV initiative. From this time on the number of videos has been increasing in the website that got a radical change of layout in 2010. VilaWeb TV is also available as a YouTube channel and in iTunes.
VilaWeb is considered to be the leading Catalan digital newspaper with an audience of around 350.000 unique users. . VilaWeb is regarded as a quality newspaper being awarded with some of the most important awards in Catalonia such as the City of Barcelona Award in Journalism and the National Award in Journalism.
In September 2009 VilaWeb opened a new newsroom, in downtown Barcelona, close to the Rambla. The building hosts the activities of the journalists and also a public space where events and other activities could be done. The newsroom is optimized for live TV broadcast.
In 2010 University of Alacant professor Mar Iglesias wrote her PhD about VilaWeb.
Web portal
A web portal or links page is a web site that functions as a point of access to information in the World Wide Web. A portal presents information from diverse sources in a unified way....
and daily news outlet, founded in May 1995 by the journalists Vicent Partal
Vicent Partal
Vicent Partal is a Valencian journalist, founder and manager of Vilaweb. He also worked in El Temps, Diari de Barcelona, TVE, Catalunya Ràdio, El Punt, and La Vanguardia, among others. He is considered an ....
and Assumpció Maresma. It was the first online medium produced completely in Catalan, and the first news media in Spain to be based entirely online. Vilaweb includes a web directory, local editions, forum
Internet forum
An Internet forum, or message board, is an online discussion site where people can hold conversations in the form of posted messages. They differ from chat rooms in that messages are at least temporarily archived...
s and other facilities. It also hosted until 2009 the digital version of the Catalan newspaper El Punt
El punt
El Punt is a Catalan daily newspaper based in Girona, Catalonia . The newspaper was renamed in 1990 from the original Punt Diari .-History:...
.
VilaWeb grew out of an online directory in Catalan called Infopista, set up by Partal in 1995. Before embarking on his venture, Partal had been responsible for directing the digital edition of the Spanish magazine, El Temps
El Temps
El Temps is a weekly newsmagazine, published in Valencia by Edicions del País Valencià since 1984. It is distributed throughout the whole Països Catalans. Eliseu Climent is its publisher and instigator...
. Written in Catalan, with the publication of this digital edition in 1994 the magazine was the first media outlet in Spain to establish material and a presence on the World Wide Web
World Wide Web
The World Wide Web is a system of interlinked hypertext documents accessed via the Internet...
.
In 2007 VilaWeb TV was open as a web TV initiative. From this time on the number of videos has been increasing in the website that got a radical change of layout in 2010. VilaWeb TV is also available as a YouTube channel and in iTunes.
VilaWeb is considered to be the leading Catalan digital newspaper with an audience of around 350.000 unique users. . VilaWeb is regarded as a quality newspaper being awarded with some of the most important awards in Catalonia such as the City of Barcelona Award in Journalism and the National Award in Journalism.
In September 2009 VilaWeb opened a new newsroom, in downtown Barcelona, close to the Rambla. The building hosts the activities of the journalists and also a public space where events and other activities could be done. The newsroom is optimized for live TV broadcast.
In 2010 University of Alacant professor Mar Iglesias wrote her PhD about VilaWeb.
External links
- Vilaweb
- El Punt Web site of this Catalan newspaper.
- Partal, Maresma & Associats, the company behind VilaWeb
- VilaWeb blogs created by newspaper readers
- VilaWeb TV