Jornada sin Gaitán. Prensa, política y gaitanismo (1948-1953)

TLDR: In this article, the authors analyze the attempts of the Gaitanista newspaper Jornada for adapting to the new political circumstances that took place as a consequence of the assassination of Jorge Eliecer Gaita in 1948.

Abstract: This article analyzes the attempts of the Gaitanista newspaper Jornada for adapting to the new political circumstances that took place as a consequence of the assassination of Jorge Eliecer Gaitan in 1948. It underlines the way in which the Gaitanistas tried to keep in force the journalistic media, which served as one of the main means of integration that supported the movement of Gaitan since its founding in 1944. First, the article explores the political role of the newspaper and its editorial staff between April 1948 and 1951 amid political and social instability, increased violence and hesitations of the Gaitanistas with regard to their position in the party structure of liberalism and in public life in general. Then, we will comment on the specific position of Jornada with respect to the Liberal Party and Gaitanismo, to proceed to present the crisis that had to bear the newspaper during these years and that affected in a decisive way its presence in public opinion. Finally, the text refers to the discursive character of the Gaitanista paper in relation to the coverage of political violence, highlighting the strategies used to meet again with the popular language that characterized it in its early years.