Maria Gabriela Fernandez and Dereck Blanco stand on board inside a black frame. “El Bus TV,” reads a sign over their heads, to escape government censorship. In three minutes, Fernandez and Blanco deliver news on health, safety, sports, entertainment and, naturally, economics and politics in a country stricken by food shortages and deadly riots.
The Bus TV team digs out original angles to bring home the drama of the protests, which are not broadcast on state television.
Blanco is a presenter on a national television channel but also does Bus TV out of frustration at being under official “pressure” not to cover certain subjects on air.
The team hop on and off buses around Caracas, with the permission of the drivers who often let them on without paying a fare.
Bus TV is spreading, says Laura Castillo, the show’s producer. There is a team working in the western industrial city of Valencia and another in Puerto La Cruz in the east.
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Source: AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE, 13 June 2017