A team and a community, what more could we want?

Journalists can't talk about themselves. We can't be news. But luckily, this is an opinion piece. I joined ARA Baleares in 2013, when it was just a project. A collective desire to continue the great work of the Balearic JournalWe launched it, and against more than one prediction, it's not only afloat, but growing, increasing its impact, number of followers, and subscribers every year, at a difficult time for journalism.

There's no absolute recipe for creating a media outlet, but we've learned a few things, and one of them is that being a notary of reality isn't easy. Because today, explaining what's happening and trying to analyze it has become a complex battle. There are often more officers in governing bodies and centers of power trying to create a narrative than in newsrooms checking whether that's really what's happening.

Because often our job is to distinguish clearly. What we're told isn't false, but it's often incomplete. And, above all, it doesn't always include key elements that journalists should look for to offer readers a complete and rigorous view. And all this, in the record time set by digital markers.

At ARA Baleares, we work like this, focusing on rigor and quality. And these aren't just empty words. They're often a titanic effort by an incredible team that has managed to make our medium a benchmark for information and reflection, let me say this with all modesty. A team I have the honor of leading. The other thing we're fortunate to have is an active community that supports us. And that writes us emails and WhatsApps (it wouldn't be necessary before 8 a.m.!) to comment on a detail of an article. Keep going! We need you.