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María Ramírez

@mariaramirezNY

María Ramírez, a 2018 Nieman Fellow, is the director of strategy of eldiario.es. She is also a contributor to The Washington Post and The Atlantic and co-founder of Politibot. She was a Pritzker fellow at the Institute of Politics of the University of Chicago. Previously, she covered U.S. politics for Univision and was a long-time correspondent for El Mundo.

In Spain, Eldiario.es Uses Public Service Journalism to Fight the Coronavirus

In Spain, Eldiario.es Uses Public Service Journalism to Fight the Coronavirus

I live in Madrid, the center of the coronavirus epidemic in Spain. Since March 10, I have spent most of my day answering readers’ questions and writing a daily newsletter on…
Some Hope for 2019: The Next Generation is the Solution to Our “Media Problems”

Some Hope for 2019: The Next Generation is the Solution to Our “Media Problems”

I spent this fall talking to young students at the University of Chicago about how to fight distrust in news and mitigate polarization.As a Pritzker Fellow, I taught a series…
“… Go to War I Did, and at Considerable Trouble”

“… Go to War I Did, and at Considerable Trouble”

Associated Press correspondent Ruth Cowan fought generals and editors to become one of the first women credentialed to cover World War II
Five Tools to Rebuild Trust in Media

Five Tools to Rebuild Trust in Media

Helping readers slow down, ask questions, and find reasoned opposing views may foster civil discourse online