Unlike the first two media projects, Hablando con Liliana (Talking to Liliana) is not a professional journalist project. Lilana is a private vlogger running a YouTube channel since April 2019. There is no project website, and the corresponding profiles in other social media show no or almost no activity.
- YouTube (4.840 subscribers; 31.07.21)
- Facebook (118 subscribers; 31.07.21)
- Instagram (60 followers; 31.07.21)
Another difference is that in her channel, Liliana is focusing on different topics (including cooking recipes or health issues), and the destiny of the Venezuelan diaspora in Peru is only one of them, although a very present and emotional one. Similar to the initiators of Diaspora Venezolana and Rostros Venezolanos, Liliana has made her own migration experience:
“I tell you that I am a Peruvian who went to Venezuela for a long time. I became Venezuelan, so Venezuela is my second homeland. On my channel I make videos on various topics, but I especially like interviewing my compatriots because I want them to know about everything that is happening to them here in my country of Peru. So far I have been able to interview enterprising people who are fighting for a life of freedom, tranquility and getting ahead in a foreign country for them but who are beginning to love it as I love Venezuela. I hope that there is a union between these two sister countries and that Venezuelans show all their effort and talent.”
(post from 06.03.2019; viewed on 27.06.2021; own translation)
Liliana is conducting her 10-25 minutes interviews at the places where her interview partners work or live. In some cases these are planned encounters, in other cases the conversations seem to happen spontaneously (when Lilana is bumping into a stand with Venezuelan food on the street, for instance). As it is usually the case with vloggers, Liliana is very present in her videos, talking into the camera or from the off as an introduction to the interview. In the interviews, you see the face of the interviewed person as a close-up, but also the place and context of the interview situation (a market, for instance). Sometimes you can see Liliana in the video while conducting the interview. All in all, the interviews fit the name of the channel: Hablando con Liliana is showing sincere conversations of a cordial and daring woman with different people.
Lilana does not necessarily focus on success in terms of career or money, although sometimes this is the main topic and is proclaimed as such in the video title („YOUNG VENEZUELAN ENTREPRENEUR WITH OWN BUSINESS IN PERU !!!“). Other conversations are about the trip to Peru, formal or emotional adaptation difficulties or the like. The people Liliana interviews often (but not exclusively) work in the informal sector. The Covid-19 pandemic is noticeable in the videos (through the wearing of masks by Liliana and her interviewees, for instance), but it is not the focus of the conversations.
Tags: Interviews
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