Cromos is a Colombian variety and photojournalism magazine, known for widely covering the Miss Colombia pageant on editions called Mini Cromos. The magazine was founded in 1916 by Miguel Santiago Valencia and Abelardo Arboleda, both from the Colombian city of Popayán.[1][2][3] It is published on a weekly basis and has its headquarters in Bogotá, D.C.[3]
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 Front cover of issue 04786 of Cromos featuring Natalia Navarro. | |
| Director | Fidel Cano Correa |
|---|---|
| Editor-in-chief | Fernando Gómez Garzón |
| Frequency | Weekly |
| Founder | Miguel Santiago Valencia Abelardo Arboleda Restrepo |
| First issue | 16 January 1916 |
| Company | Inversiones Cromos S.A.S. |
| Country | Colombia |
| Based in | Bogotá, D.C. |
| Language | Spanish |
| Website | www |
| ISSN | 0011-1708 |
| OCLC | 7682578 |
Cromos is part of the Library of Congress September 11 Web Archive and preserves the web expressions of individuals, groups, the press, and institutions in the United States and from around the world in the aftermath of the attacks in the US on September 11, 2001.[4]
Cromos has received important journalism awards, among them: Premio Iberoamericano de Periodismo Don Quijote 2006,[5] CPB and Simón Bolívar Awards, among others.[6]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Dossier de Arteamérica". Arte America. Archived from the original on 4 May 2012. Retrieved 7 February 2013.
- ^ Mario R. Garcia (27 August 2014). "Cromos: visual surprises characterize Colombian magazine". Garcia Media. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
- ^ a b "Cromos (Colombia)". Publicitas. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
- ^ "Revista Cromos (Library of Congress Web Archives)". Library of Congress Web Archives. Retrieved 7 February 2013.
- ^ "Premios Internacionales de Periodismo Rey de España". fundeu.es. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
- ^ "Quién es quien en Colombia - Qué es que en Colombia". colarte.com. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
Further reading
edit- Cruz Ramírez, Marisol. "La Americanización de la Revista Cromos 1944-1950", Trabajo de grado, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Sede Bogotá, 2010.
External links
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