10:03 am By Maegan La Mala · Allied Media Conference|Detriot|Immigration · Comments Off
23 Jun 2010
One of the tracks I was excited to see spring forth from the work at last year’s Allied Media Conference was a Spanish language track that centered the work of media makers working in Spanish.
Medios Caminantes: Medios creando, fronteras derrumbando
Coordinators: Palabra Radio and Peoples Production HouseMedios Caminantes, es el primer espacio de habla hispana en la historia de la AMC, producto del esfuerzo colaborativo que se desarrolló en la reunión durante el AMC2009, facilitada por Palabra Radio y Peoples Production House.
Medios Caminantes, esta buscando apoyar y avanzar en la promoción de medios de comunicación basados en la organización de la comunidad inmigrante latina y del caribe radicados en los Estados Unidos. Enfocados en construir una red de medios comunitarios hispanos, este espacio promoverá el intercambio de recursos y modelos de organización entre los mismos participantes (Organizadores y creadores). Durante el AMC2010, Medios Caminantes nos enfocaremos en compartir e intercambiar las habilidades radiales en talleres practicos y talleres sobre como usar la radio como herramienta de organización; Medios Caminantes tambien tendrá un foro abierto para compartir los diferenetes modelos sobre como usar la creación de medios para empoderar a la comunidad inmigrante de habla hispana y generar ideas para la continuidad de este espacio.
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Medios Caminantes, the AMC’s first Spanish-language media track, was initiated during the Spanish-language caucus, hosted by Palabra Radio and People’s Production House during AMC2009 .
Medios Caminantes will support and advance Spanish-language media-based organizing in Latin@ and Caribbean immigrant communities throughout the U.S. With a focus on building a Spanish-language community media network, this track will promote the exchange of resources and organizing models between Spanish-speaking media organizers. Medios Caminantes will focus on the sharing and exchange of radio communication skills with hands-on production trainings, workshops on how to use radio as an organizing tool, and a radio building workshop. Medios Caminantes will also have an open forum to discuss models for using media to empower the Spanish-speaking community and to generate ideas for next year’s track.
I’ll admit that I haven’t been paying close enough attention to how the Spanish language media has been reporting on the Sonia Sotomayor nomination.
Americans United for Change have put out a Spanish language ad urging people to call their senators to support Sotomayor.
Read the script in Spanish and English after the jump.
8:05 am By Maegan la Mamita Mala · language|Obama|Politics · 2 Comments
6 Apr 2009
I caught heat for criticizing President Obama’s appearance on Premio Lo Nuestro. I proposed that Obama’s use of Spanish in a way that didn’t address any real issues was pandering. Others thought I missed the point completely since after all Premio lo Nuestro is a social/entertainment event not a political one.
I still would argue that Obama’s video injected politics into an event that usually just injected with lots of silicone. A new poll shows that I may not be alone.
Recently, President Obama has been speaking in Spanish and appearing on
Spanish-language networks. AOL Latino just conducted a poll in which a
majority (54%) voted that the move was a strategic/political move, while
34% voted that he¹s just getting closer to his electorate.
Ok so the source is AOL Latino, which indicates that the poll may not be the most scientific, pero interesting none the less.
What do you all think?
11:43 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · language|San Francisco|TV · Comments Off
17 Jul 2008
Is the same news, reported in a different language, Spanish for example, worth less? According to a report in the San Francisco Chronicle it is.
Reporters at San Francisco’s leading Spanish-language TV news station, KDTV/Univision, make roughly one quarter less in base pay than their English-language counterparts. This despite the fact that the Spanish newscast attract more viewers in the 25-54 demographic than every other newscast in the Bay Area save the top-rated KGO-TV.
How to explain the disparity?
10:42 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · New York City|Newspapers · 1 Comment
28 Jul 2007
With ImpreMedia’s buying of Hoy, NYC readers of Spanish language news have two newspapers (the other being el Diario/La Prensa) published by the same people. 24 Horas wants to change all that.
24 Horas promises “trendy design, relevant content and excellence in distribution” the debut edition of 24 Horas is scheduled to appear near me. Why me specifically? Well according to Tricom Media, I am their target market.
“24 Horas is catered to the New Latino. An educated and hard working individual with limited time to read the news and can afford to spend an average of 20 minutes either online or reading the paper in order to be informed or entertained” Said Eddie Cruz, Publisher and Founder of Tricom Media.
So why haven’t I seen it in print yet?
Via / Hispanic PR Wire
Univision may be putting a “For Sale” sign on themselves. The Spanish Language media company is considering putting themselves up for auction to the highest bidder. The company, worth about $10 billion, owns the No. 1 Spanish-language television network, radio broadcaster, Music Company and online operations. Univision is the broadcast home of Don Francisco’s Sabado Gigante, the talk show of the Latina Oprah, Cristina, and of course novelas. But did you know that:
The company is run by A. Jerrold Perenchio…who does not speak Spanish, [and] has also been a big contributor to President Bush and the Republican Party.
Think of that when you switch on your TV.
Via / The New York Times
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