Daniel Alarcón Launches Spanish-language Radio Ambulante
Melville House, News Report, Posted: Feb 24, 2012
Novelist Daniel Alarcón is looking for funding for a new initiative: he and his colleagues at Radio Ambulante aim to create a Spanish-language radio show of the quality and appeal of English-language institutions like This American Life.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latin America, Latino, Media
Tags: danielalarcon, radioambulante
Spanish-language Media Help Shape Public Policy
UCR Today, News Report, Posted: Feb 24, 2012
A UC Riverside Ph.D. candidate finds that ethnic media focus on public opinion and issues influences state legislators of every ethnicity.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino, Media, Politics & Governance
Tags: hispanicmedia, latinomedia, spanishlanguagemedia, spanishmedia
Comcast to Launch Two Latino TV Channels
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Feb 24, 2012
Comcast, the parent company of NBCLatino, announced this week it is launching two new Hispanic TV cable channels.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Immigration, Latino, Media, Politics & Governance
Tags: hispanictv, latinotv, spanishtv
NYT Crossword Puzzle's Use of Term 'Illegal' Causes Uproar
Univision News, Commentary, Posted: Feb 22, 2012
The clue, No. 54 Across, read: “One caught by border patrol.” The answer: ILLEGAL.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Ethnic Media Network, Front Page, Immigration, Latino, Media
Tags: illegalalien, illegalimmigrants, nytcrossword, nytcrosswordillegal
Spanish-Language Editor Honored as a ‘Woman Who Could be President’
El Mensajero, News Report, Posted: Feb 16, 2012
María Antonieta Mejía, editor-in-chief of San Francicso-based Spanish-language weekly El Mensajero was recently honored by the League of Women Voters, as one of five women “Who Could be President,” reports El Mensajero.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Gender & Sexuality, Immigration, Latino, Media, Politics & Governance
Tags: elmensajero, leagueofwomenvoters, lowv, mariamejia
The Real Problem With Roland Martin's Tweets
The Root, Commentary, Posted: Feb 16, 2012
Homophobic displays by blacks hurt our ability to demand racial equality from the rest of society.
Categories: African American, Ethnicities, Front Page, Gender & Sexuality, Media
Tags: cnn, homophobia, rolandmartin
Iran Launches Spanish-Language Satellite TV
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Feb 02, 2012
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad officially launched HispanTV, a Spanish-language satellite TV network, on Tuesday, saying the station would help end the West's "hegemony" of the airwaves.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Latino, Media, Middle Eastern, Politics & Governance
Tags: hispantv, iranspanishtv, irantv, spanishtv
Innovative Latinos Showcased at SXSW: The Social Revolución
News Taco, News Report, Posted: Feb 02, 2012
This year at South By Southwest (SXSW) Latinos in the digital media space will have their very own lounge, party, and award ceremony.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Latino, Media, Science & Technology
Tags: LATISM, onlinelatinos, SXSW
New TV Network Aimed at Bicultural Latinos
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Feb 01, 2012
Wilde Media Network, a new national cable television network aimed at American bi-cultural Latinos, will be available in major media markets on television by 2013.
Categories: Ethnic Media Headlines, Latino, Media