“The Great DN Conference is not just a meeting. It is a gesture of openness. It is a way of strengthening ties with our community.” This is how Filipe Alves, director of DN, defines the conference taking place today.
In the welcome session, the director recalled the centuries-old history of DN. “Diário de Notícias is a secular newspaper. The oldest on the Continent and the second oldest in Portugal, only preceded by Açoriano Oriental, which is also part of the Global Media Group. It has more than 161 years of history. A story made by generations of journalists, commercial, administrative, technical, photographers, designers, reviewers, administrators and owners“, he listed.
Over the years, the purpose has remained the same. “Different people, different times, different challenges. But all united by a common purpose: serve the country with serious, rigorous and independent journalism“, he stated. “This legacy is unique. And it is extremely valuable. It does not belong to any of us individually. It belongs to everyone who built it and, above all, to everyone who reads it daily“, he added.
Regarding the recent history of DN, he recalled that the newspaper “has experienced, in recent decades, a demanding process of transformation. The digital transition, the fragmentation of audiences and economic pressure on media forced us to rethink, rebuild, resist“. However, something has not changed. “We never lost the essential: the search for Truth, the delivery of contextualized facts, the ambition to help each reader make informed decisions in their life”, stressed the director, who took over the leadership of DN in September 2024.
Since then, the newspaper has followed a strategy based on three pillars: focus, multiplatform and community. “Focus on what really matters. Presence on all platforms where readers are. And a closer, more open, more participative relationship with those who accompany us“, he summarized.
Finally, he stated that DN belongs to everyone. “DN is a newspaper for everyone and for everyone. A newspaper that belongs to the country and not just to a generation, a management or an economic group. It belongs to those who read it, to those who seek it, to those who trust it to understand the world. Long live Portugal. And long live the DN“, he concluded.
