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A UC Riverside Ph.D. candidate finds that ethnic media focus on public opinion and issues influences state legislators of every ethnicity.  By Bettye Miller RIVERSIDE — Spanish-language media in the United States play a critical role in shaping perceptions of public opinion among Latino voters and public officials of every ethnicity across the country. They [...]

Comentario: Por Humberto Caspa, Ph.D. De vez en cuando los medios de comunicación se meten en el ojo del huracán. El aprieto mediático tiene raíz en diversas esferas de la cultura norteamericana, pero en general su crisis tiene principio y fin en la política. A pocos meses de las elecciones presidenciales, los medios de comunicación [...]

  By Suzanne Manneh New America Media  After nearly a decade of serving the Central Valley, the Spanish-language weekly El Sol De Visalia, printed its last edition in late December. The newspaper, which was published by the Gannett-owned Visalia Delta Times, had not been faring well in the economic downturn, according to Eduardo Stanley, its [...]

    The offices of the Mexican daily El Buen Tono in the city of Córdoba in the south-eastern state of Ver-acruz were almost totally destroyed in an early morning arson attack two days ago, barely a month after it was launched.     “A description obtained by Reporters Without Borders from the newspaper’s publisher, Julio Fentanes [...]

By Jose Luis Sierra New America Media LAS VEGAS – As a crop of anti-immigration legislation in several states – copycat versions of Arizona’s SB 1070 – made headlines nationally, the issue of immigration reform was not the most pressing issue for Latino community and media leaders, at the National Association of Hispanic Publications in [...]

All-Things Digital and Social Media Workshops To Address Audience Engagement Las Vegas, Nevada — The National Association of Hispanic Publications (NAHP) announced today its roster of powerful workshops and presentations for its 26th Annual Convention and Business Expo “The Power of Hispanic Print: Innovating and Engaging Hispanic Audiences” taking place at the newly designed Tropicana Hotel [...]

Comentario: Por Rafael Prieto Zartha    Tal vez yo fui el primero en expresar públicamente inquietud por los nombramientos de Isaac Lee y Daniel Coronell en la dirección del área de información de la cadena de televisión Univisión y los demás brazos en radio e internet del conglomerado de medios de comunicación.    Al ser [...]

Por Rafael Prieto Zartha     Uno de los sueños de mi vida lo truncó la implacable parca que se llevó antes de que nadie lo hubiera previsto a mi amigo el periodista George Ramos, uno de los ganadores del Premio Pulitzer en 1984 por una serie colectiva del diario Los Angeles Times sobre la comunidad [...]

Spotlight on Writer/Professor Dr. Al Carlos Hernandez By Susie Albin-Najera     Writer, screenwriter, columnist, producer, host, managing editor, graduate, doctorate, entrepreneur, professor, PhD, husband, dad, granddad, great grandad….with so many titles, how does Al Carlos Hernandez do it?  “With a hybrid, urban, super fly, vato loco mentality,” he states.     Dr. Al Carlos (Dr. AC) [...]

By Tanya King     The family of the late journalist Rubén Salazar has donated his archives to the USC Libraries. The collection – a gift from Salazar’s children Lisa Salazar Johnson, Stephanie Salazar Cook and John Salazar – includes personal and professional artifacts that document Salazar’s life from his birth in Mexico to his 1970 [...]

Comentario: Por Rafael Prieto Zartha    Nada como el reino mágico de Disney para sentir que de veras que la vida es hermosa y el optimismo es posible.    Estuve en la Conferencia Anual de la Asociación de Periodistas Hispanos (NAHJ) en Orlando, donde hubo sabor latino y algunos anuncios positivos.    Durante una sesión [...]

By Marisa Treviño LatinaLista     There is no denying that Spanish-language media (SLM) is a strong partner of the Latino community in the United States.     After all, it was through SLM that information was disseminated that organized thousands of people to march in the name of immigration reform across the country. Also, it was [...]

Long after killings are no longer headline news, Arizona will continue contending with bigotry and hate against brown peoples Commentary: By Roberto Dr. Cintli Rodriguez    As a journalist/columnist of nearly 40 years, I can tell you what will happen in Tucson in a few days. Better yet, I will tell you what the media [...]

The National Women’s History Project brings the contributions of Latinas to the forefront of public discourse By Lucía Matthews and Alice Gomez Over the years Latina entrepreneurs have made a strong impact on the U.S. business scene. The Hispanic population is the largest and fastest growing minority group. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the [...]

By José R. Sánchez When does one dead Hollywood actor trump another? When does one fierce dead organizer against social injustices trump another? In fact, when does a dead chimp responsible for a hideous attack catapult himself above the life of a dead Mexican anthropologist with over 150 books and articles filled with archaeological and [...]

Frontera NorteSur  December 31, 2009 – As Mexico prepared to mark the twin anniversary of its 1810 War of Independence and 1910 Revolution -events ushered in with cries of freedom and justice- a prominent newsman was detained and interrogated because of an article he wrote. Juan Angulo Osorio, general director and co-founder of the Guerrero [...]

By Pilar Marrero La Opinión  Thanks to Sonia Sotomayor’s nomination to the Supreme Court, news about Latinos in U.S. media during the first half of this year wasn’t dominated by Mexican drug violence or the H1N1 outbreak that paralyzed Mexico City. Those were the second and third most important Latino stories in U.S. media. But [...]