Media + History Hispanic y Latino News & Info (Noticias)

September 29, 2009

StoryCorps Launches Historias – A Groundbreaking Initiative To Create One of the Largest Collections of Latino Stories Ever Recorded in the United States

June 18, 2009

Remembering El Espectador – The muckracking, Spanish-language newspaper founded in the ’30s still shows the way for today’s burgeoning ethnic media

Advocating for Immigrants: Filmmakers Tell the Story of the Hispanic Press in America – Juan Gonzáles y Félix F. Gutiérrez

December 23, 2008

Juan Gonzales, who was born and raised in east Stockton, is spearheading a project documenting 200 years of Latino journalism in the United States. Titled “Voices for Justice: The Enduring Legacy of the Latino Press in the U.S.,” the project follows how Latino newspapers and the issues they cover have changed since the inception of the nation’s first Latino newspaper, El Misisipi, founded in 1808 in New Orleans.

December 12, 2008

Starting on Sunday, The Miami Herald will publish a 10-part series marking the 50th anniversary of the day when Fidel Castro’s guerrilla movement toppled Fulgencio Batista and began the radical changes that became known as the Cuban revolution.

December 8, 2008

200 Years of Latino Media – Latino media is celebrating its bicentennial. Juan Gonzales and Felix Gutierrez discuss 200 years of Latino media.The story begins on September 7, 1808, with founding of El Misisipi in New Orleans. It was the first newspaper by and for Spanish-speaking people in the U.S. El Misisipi set the stage for the thousands of publications, broadcast, and Internet news outlets currently serving Latinos.