On Monday, July 14th, AL DÍA News Media launched their brand new website aldianews.com, which now debuts online content in both English and Spanish. To celebrate this brand new platform, Apple hosted a special event on July 16th at their Walnut Street location. AL DÍA’s CEO and Founder, Herna᷾n Guaracan, spoke about how the new website is a “real innovation” and “drives the new American narrative.”
Rakia Reynolds of Skai Blue Media took the floor as she moderated the event with three panelists. The panelists included Sabrina Vourvoulias, Managing Editor of AL DÍA News, Austin Seraphin, Accessibility Consultant, and John Kennedy, Co- founder of IX Style.
Each panelist spoke of the global network advantages of AL DÍA’s new website, including a variety of voices, an extended network and the ability to reach a global audience without any boundaries. Vourvoulias states, “English is a great starting point, but there are too many stories to be told. With just one language, you are limited. People need to be willing to diversity because pretty soon bilingual will not even be enough.”
We had the opportunity to get a personal tour of the website by going through each section and learning with one click, the site can turn into Spanish, yet it is not “just a Google translator.” The panel wrapped up with a Q&A with the audience asking about language, trends, foresights and the future of all.
AL DÍA News Media holds a variety of events throughout Philadelphia. Check out a list of past and upcoming AL DÍA events here. To learn more about today’s event, search the hashtag #AlDIAlive on Twitter and follow AL DÍA @ALDIANews. Don’t forget to check out their brand new website, aldianews.com!
