In-depth reports and analysis from our extensive network of correspondents throughout the region on the most important developments in Latin America. Independent journalism is now on the upswing in Argentina. Alternative and self-produced publications are often started by political and social activists with the idea of creating a new society, and they generally offer a critical perspective on world, national and local events. In today’s program, editors tell us that their readership has increased drastically in the last few years because they go where mainstream media doesn’t often go and present stories often glossed over or ignored in the commercial press. A measure of their success is that they are increasingly becoming sources for mainstream media, even when their views clash. teleSUR