El Correo de Andalucía: the beginnings of the dean of the Sevillian press

Abstract

In 2024, it will be 125 years since the foundation of what remains today the dean of the Sevillian press: El Correo de Andalucía. The newspaper was born in a peculiar situation that contributed decisively to establishing its personality, halfway between information and ideology. This uniqueness has served as an incentive for historians of Spanish journalism, for whom the Sevillian newspaper has also become an object of study due to the relevance it has had at the provincial level. El Correo de Andalucía has faithfully kept its appointment with readers for more than a century. This work is not intended to provide an exhaustive overview of its history. Just remember the reasons why it was founded, as well as its evolution in the first years of the 20th century. In this way, a grain of sand is contributed to the analysis of the history of the regional press in Spain, a field normally secondary to the enormous existing literature on the large national newspapers. To achieve the proposed objectives, a review of the specialized bibliography on the provincial press has carried out. Likewise, primary sources have been used, since the present investigation includes the vision offered by the newspaper itself about the journalistic modality to which it was assigned, halfway between the news and the doctrinal.