The director recalled that the media previously made documentaries about Simón Alfonso Pemberton and Tomás Troncoso, thus consolidating a commitment to audiovisual productions that rescue relevant figures and events. About baseball, Maldonado reflected that it has historically been considered a predominantly male sport, both in the country and internationally.“Part of what we are doing at El Nuevo Diario is trying to give it more content, a much more transcendent content to topics that are important in communication. And there is nothing more transversal than baseball in Dominican culture,” he expressed.
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However, she noted that initiatives like this can help encourage greater female inclusion in sports practice. He indicated that the documentary captures a first part of the extensive history of Dominican baseball, with the purpose of taking it to the cinema, television, and digital platforms, where it will be available to the public within the El Nuevo Diario platform, allowing access from anywhere in the world.With this production, El Nuevo Diario reaffirms its commitment to expand its informational offer towards audiovisual formats that document and preserve fundamental aspects of the cultural identity Dominican.“The purpose is to make many everyday topics more transcendent, because that’s how history is built. In journalism we tell the everyday, and then researchers give that historical meaning to each event,” said Maldonado.
