Spanish-language journal uses fake bylines. Mundo Hispano: Its editors says the practice is common in some nations and no big deal - Salt Lake City, Utah

“A front-page story praising the service of Utah’s first Latina Cabinet member in last week’s Mundo Hispano, a Utah Spanish-language newspaper, carries the reporter’s byline “Elena Montalbo.”

The problem? She doesn’t exist.

The newspaper’s publisher and editor, Gladys Gonzalez, acknowledges the byline is a pseudonym and says other Mundo Hispano writers use fake names, too. Gonzalez and Mundo Hispano Managing Editor Patricia Quijano said the lead story - about the recent resignation of Utah Community and Cultural Affairs Director Yvette Diaz - was written by a freelance reporter who always uses a pseudonym. “

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