ColombiaOne Wins National Award for Story on Boyaca’s Native Potatoes
ColombiaOne has been selected as a winner of Narra tu Territorio, a national initiative recognizing community-driven storytelling, for a microreportage highlighting the rural families preserving Boyaca’s ancestral potato-growing traditions. ColombiaOne, a digital news outlet telling Colombia’s stories in English and Spanish, has won the C1 Microreporting for Social Media category in the second…
ColombiaOne, a digital news outlet based in Colombia, has been awarded first place in the C1 Microreporting for Social Media category at the Narra tu Territorio competition. The winner is the microreportage titled "Tesoros Nativos: la papa que Boyaca no dejo morir" (Native Treasures: The Potato Boyaca Refused to Let Die). This story focuses on the efforts of over 50 rural families in Ventaquemada, Boyaca, who are preserving native potato varieties that have been part of the Indigenous Muisca people's agricultural traditions for centuries.
The award was given for the outlet's commitment to highlighting overlooked regional stories and connecting Colombia's cultural heritage with its global audience.
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