Tag Archives: journalism
Columbia Journalism Review: The Wise Latina Club “Awesome Blog”
February 27, 2013
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¡Virgen Santísima! This time my Chief Reputation Monitor, i.e. Mami (Google alerts have nothing on this lady’s internet scouring abilities), did not discover that the Columbia Journalism Review (CJR) selected The Wise Latina Club as one of five “awesome blogs Read More...
Time Magazine Listened to Me! The 2012 Time 100
April 20, 2012
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Last year I wrote a scathing Op-Ed criticizing Time Magazine for only including 3 Latinos (2 Latin Americans and 1 U.S. Hispanic) in the list of the world’s top 100 influencers. Click here to read Open Letter to Time Managing Editor Richard Stengel. Read More...
TWLC’s New B-F-F is Arianna Huffington!
August 12, 2011
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This headline grabbed your attention, didn’t it? Actually, better than being Arianna’s B-F-F, the Huffington Post asked me to contribute to their newly launched HuffPost Latino Voices. I’ll be joining other thought ”act” leaders such as the National Council of La Read More...
Blogging to Stop Brutality: My More Magazine Interview with a Juárez Blogger
July 25, 2011
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I can’t remember when I started reading Judith Torrea’s blog, Ciudad Juárez: en la sombra del narcotráfico/Juárez: in the shadow of Drug Trafficking. But once I started, I read and Torrea’s raw prose left my heart riddled with anger at failed Read More...
Pulling NAHJ Back From the Brink
June 20, 2011
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The National Association of Hispanic Journalists (NAHJ) is on the brink: NAHJ reported in December a $240 million dollar deficit for the year. All of the full-time staff is being laid off. Officers declared the Orlando 2011 convention will be Read More...
Blogging, Journalism, & the Law
June 20, 2011
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No matter how burned out I feel by my frenetic-paced, all-in-one Wise Latina Club writer/editor/shooter/assignment desk manager/IT whiz/marketing expert, attending the annual National Association of Hispanic Journalists (NAHJ) convention re-charges me, in large part because of the young, hungry reporters Read More...
The Taming of the Social Space
June 20, 2011
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I am a firm believer that this is the most exciting time to be a journalist despite the formidable obstacles, as I write in “Pulling NAHJ Back from the Brink”. I asked the audience of the panel I pitched and Read More...
SEAL an Anchor Baby? How an Assumption Became Truth (and I’m Not Talking about la Virgen María)
May 4, 2011
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As details of Osama bin Laden’s assassination spread virally throughout the internet, so are rumors that one of the Navy SEALs involved in arguably one of history’s most anticipated deaths is an “anchor baby” or a child born to illegal immigrants in Read More...
