Fiestas Zapote. During this annual festival in January, the fiercest bulls from all over Costa Rica descend on the cityâs capital to compete in the biggest rodeo of the year. Additionally, entire blocks are closed off, booths and fair rides are constructed, and the sweet aroma of meat-on-a-stick wafts in the warm air.
For the news industry, the growth of YouTube and other video sharing sites represent a significant opportunity and also a challenge. News producers can use the site to grow their audience, find citizen-created videos, build their brand and generate revenue.
Since the advent of the 24 hour/cable news, journalism is more like a news magazine, like the National Enquirer used to be. Not a lot of facts and plenty of opinions. The media is not supposed to shape political opinions...however, they do seem to try very hard to do just that. The media uncovers facts.