Boris Iván Miranda Espinoza (21 January 1984 – 16 May 2021) was a Bolivian journalist and researcher.[1] Known for his investigative journalism work on social conflict in Bolivia, he specialized in the coverage of public policies on drugs, investigation, chronicles[clarification needed] and security[2][3] being considered one of the most prominent references in Bolivian journalism of the 21st century.[4][5]
He began his career in the media in his home country, as well as at the
BBC via
BBC Mundo; he was a trainer at the
Deutsche Welle Akademie.[6] He was a pioneer in digital journalism in Bolivia, becoming an instructor in different spaces.[7][8][9][10]
Biography
Early years
Miranda was born in the city of
La Paz, he was one of the three children of Jenny Espinoza and Iván Miranda Balcázar, an outstanding journalist and university teacher.[11][12][13] He studied at the
Colegio San Calixto,[14] then later pursued a career in Political Sciences at the
Higher University of San Andrés in La Paz.
Journalistic career
Miranda was an active member of the first digital communities in Bolivia, co-producing one of the first
podcasts in the country in 2007, publishing blogs16 and being an active user of social networks as a playful, social space and journalistic tool.
Miranda began his journalistic career in 2008 in the newspaper La Prensa, later becoming part of the group of founders of the newspaper
Página Siete, where he worked between 2010 and 2013. He was a member of the editorial board of the magazine El Desacuerdo,[15] and in 2015 he joined the BBC newsroom developing work as a multimedia producer, becoming the Bolivian correspondent in
Colombia in 2017.[16][5]
Miranda died in
Miami,
Florida on 16 May 2021 at the age of 37. The journalistic community in his country lamented his death.[21] Authorities such as the
president of Bolivia,
Luis Arce, mayor of La Paz, Iván Arias, entities such as the Vice Ministry of Communication and the Ministry of Government publicly expressed their tributes.[22][23] In the same way, in social network communities such as
Twitter and
Facebook, of which he was a user, his friends and colleagues expressed their condolences despite highlighting the human and professional quality of the journalist.[11]
Bibliography
Among his written work are articles of journalistic investigation,[2] and a chronicle, Miranda published the following books:[23]