| Reporting on Latino/a/x Communities: A Guide for Journalists Subjects: Area Studies; Communication Studies; Humanities; Language & Literature; Social Sciences; Latin American & Hispanic Studies; Mass Communication; Writing & Composition; Media & Film Studies; Language Teaching & Learning; Sociology & Social Policy; Broadcast Media; Journalism & Professional Media; Media & Communications; Languages of Western Europe; Race & Ethnic Studies; This book offers a critical and practical guide for journalists reporting on issues affecting the Latinx community. Reporting on Latino/a/x Communities emphasizes skills and best practices for covering topics such as economics, immigration and gender. The authors share honest stories about challenges Latino/a/x journalists face in newsrooms, including imposter syndrome and lack of representation in news, along with strategies to face and tackle systematic barriers. Stories from leaders in the media industry are also featured, including journalists and media professionals from ABC News, Los Angeles Times, Alt.Latino at NPR, and mitú. Additionally highlighted are experimental and non-traditional new initiatives and outlets leading the future of news media for Latino/a/x audiences. This book is an invaluable guide for any student or journalist interested or involved in the news media and questions of Latino/a/x representation. Teresa Puente has spent her career reporting on immigration and Latino issues in the U.S. and has also reported extensively from Mexico. Previously, she was a staff reporter at the Chicago Tribune and was on the editorial board at the Chicago Sun-Times. Early in her career, she worked as a reporter for the Press-Telegram in Long Beach and The Orange County Register. Her recent journalistic work has been published in TIME, The Guardian, The Daily Beast, The Hill, The Miami Herald, Fox News Latino, Latino magazine, and In These Times. Puente received the Studs Terkel Award from Public Narrative for her coverage of Chicago''s diverse communities. Puente, an assistant professor at CSULB, teaches News Reporting and Ethics, Social Media Communication and Bilingual Magazine Reporting & Production, which publishes the Spanish-language magazine Dig En Español. Puente holds an MFA in creative writing from Columbia College Chicago and a bachelor''s degree with a double major in journalism and political science from Indiana University-Bloomington. She previously taught journalism at Columbia College Chicago, was also a visiting assistant professor in the Graduate School of Journalism at Columbia University and taught journalism at the Tecnológico de Monterrey campus in Guadalajara, Mexico.
Amara Aguilar is an associate professor of journalism at USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism. She teaches journalism for mobile/emerging platforms, social media storytelling for Latinx audiences, visual journalism, engaging diverse communities, public relations strategy, and interactive design, among other courses. At USC, she co-founded Annenberg Media''s award-winning bilingual outlet, Dímelo, focused on serving Latinx audiences. Amara has written for the Los Angeles Times, CNN, Nieman Lab, and other outlets. She has worked as a designer, visual journalist, reporter, social media engagement producer and consultant. Amara was honored with the SPJ Distinguished Teaching Award in 2021, earned a Online News Association Challenge Fund grant for Innovation in Education in 2020, was named a TOW Knight Disruptive Educator for innovation in 2018, MediaShift''s top innovative journalism educator in 2018, a Scripps Howard Foundation-AEJMC visiting social media fellow in 2017, and an Apple Distinguished Educator in 2015. Her collaborations at USC include work with ABC7, L.A. TACO, NBC Latino, Snap Inc., mitú, Fusion, KPCC, NPR Next Generation Radio, Las Fotos Project, Azteca America, and others. She earned her doctorate at USC''s Rossier School of Education in Organizational Change and Leadership, where her research focused on converged newsrooms.
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