La Capital

This afternoon we had finished our classes and lunch, the group headed downtown to visit the offices of the newspaper, La Capital. La Capital is the largest newspaper operation in Rosario. It would be like visiting the offices of the Washington Post in D.C.

We were greeted at the entrance by our guide who shared with us some of the history of the newspaper. The first edition ran on November 15, 1867. We were able to view a copy of that edition in the newspaper's museum and we received our own souvenir copies at the end of the tour.

The guide then showed us through the history of the printing presses in Rosario. We saw equipment from the beginning of the newpaper's operation all the way through the press that ran until the end of the 20th century. We then watched a brief film where we were introduced to some of the writers, editors and photographers of the paper.

The last part of the tour was through a gallery of major front pages from the history of the paper. They included the German occupation of France, Neil Armstrong's landing on the moon, and the terrorist attacks in New York and Washington, DC, on September 11, 2001. We then strolled through a hands on activity center based on newspaper production.

It was a really nice visit and our guide was most accommodating.