La Perla del Sur

La Perla del Sur
Type Weekly newspaper
Format Tabloid
Owner(s) Nogueras family
Founder(s) Juan J. Nogueras[1]
Publisher Juno Printing
President Juan J. Nogueras Soroeta
Editor Omar Alfonso
Founded 3 November 1982
Language Spanish
Headquarters Ponce, Puerto Rico
Circulation 75,000[2]
Website http://www.periodicolaperla.com

La Perla del Sur is a weekly regional[3] Spanish-language newspaper based in Ponce, Puerto Rico. It is distributed in nine towns in southern Puerto Rico and has a circulation of 75,000.

History

The newspaper was founded in Ponce in 1983 by Juan Nogueras with a crew of six employees. It was first published every other week, had 32 pages and a circulation of 40,000 copies. At first it circulated only in Ponce and Juana Diaz, but a year after its foundation it started circulating also in the towns of Santa Isabel, Coamo, Guayanilla, Peñuelas and Yauco.[4]

In its beginnings the paper was printed by a third party, but starting on 2 February 1993, the paper started publishing at Juno Printing, a wholly owned subsidiary of La Perla del Sur.[5] The paper is known as "El periodico de Ponce y la region Sur de Puerto Rico."[6] It is a weekly newspaper, published on Wednesdays.

Recent events

Today the paper is distributed, free of charge, in the towns of Ponce, Peñuelas, Guayanilla, Yauco, Santa Isabel, Villalba, Juana Diaz, Salinas, and Coamo.[7] The company has approximately 30 employees.[8]

In 2012, it received an award for its coverage of Gasoducto del Norte[9] in the category of investigative reporting[10] specifically for "El tiempo desmiente la Vía Verde" (Time unmasks Via Verde) article series.[11] The presenter of the award, the Puerto Rico Newspaper Association, stated the series was "a well-developed and well-written work. The reporting does away with the myth that regional newspapers are not interested in subjects involving national issues".[12]

References

  1. ↑ 27 años al servicio del área Sur. La Perla del Sur. Ponce, Puerto Rico. Retrieved 8 September 2012.
  2. ↑ 27 años al servicio del área Sur. La Perla del Sur. Ponce, Puerto Rico. Retrieved 8 September 2012.
  3. ↑ Declaracion del Impacto Ambiental Actualizada Enmendada (DIA-PA-E). Port of the Americas. Retrieved 8 September 2012.
  4. ↑ 27 años al servicio del área Sur. La Perla del Sur. Ponce, Puerto Rico. Retrieved 8 September 2012.
  5. ↑ 27 años al servicio del área Sur. La Perla del Sur. Ponce, Puerto Rico. Retrieved 8 September 2012.
  6. ↑ La Perla del Sur. Puerto Rico Online. Retrieved 8 September 2012.
  7. ↑ 27 años al servicio del área Sur. La Perla del Sur. Ponce, Puerto Rico. Retrieved 8 September 2012.
  8. ↑ 27 años al servicio del área Sur. La Perla del Sur. Ponce, Puerto Rico. Retrieved 8 September 2012.
  9. ↑ Finalistas al Premio Nacional de Periodismo de la ASPPRO. Asociacion de Periodistas de Puerto Rico. News. Retrieved 8 September 2012.
  10. ↑ Al sur el Premio Nacional de Periodismo. Jason Rodríguez Grafal. La Perla del Sur. Ponce, Puerto Rico. 29 August 2012. Page 4. Retrieved 31 August 2012.
  11. ↑ XVIII Premio Nacional de Periodismo: Otorgados el pasado sábado 11 de agosto de 2012 en el Hotel Mariott del Condado. Asociacion de Periodistas de Puerto Rico. News. Retrieved 8 September 2012.
  12. ↑ XVIII Premio Nacional de Periodismo: Otorgados el pasado sábado 11 de agosto de 2012 en el Hotel Mariott del Condado. Asociacion de Periodistas de Puerto Rico. News. Retrieved 8 September 2012.

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