Análisis del material foto periodístico realizado por Diego Ayala León durante el paro nacional 2019.

Abstract

In October 2019, Ecuador experienced moments of crisis, the President of the Republic Lenin Moreno approved Decree 883 as a provision that sought to solve economic problems at the national level. One of the measures described and that causes the most shock is the elimination of the fuel subsidy, which directly affects transport, commerce and agriculture. These measures caused shock and annoyance among citizens, and in response, several social organizations decided to hold a national strike. The demonstrations lasted twelve days, including violent events as a result of the confrontation between police and demonstrators. The coverage of the traditional and alternative media was made by taking in to consideration various points of view. In the first instance, media from which a position in favor of the government was projected and on the other hand, media that supported the demonstrator population. The traditional media reflected in several cases, information biased from reality, unlike the alternative media that through their digital platforms presented information that reflected a closeness with the protagonists of the events. In this context, the research work focuses on analyzing the photojournalistic work of Diego Ayala León, who made the photographic coverage of the national strike for the independent digital medium GK. Through the selection of 25 photographs that are part of the visual material, we proceed to make a reading of the use in terms of the technical and compositional resources of the images, the narrative in relation to the events, the coherence between the text and the photograph, in order to determine if they meet a journalistic criterion.