This is a test, a real life test. And if ever there’s a test of how well the ethnic news media connects then this is it. What is the flu and who does it attack and how dangerous is it? For the Latino news media, this is the story of the day and as shown [...]
Written by admin on April 30, 2009
On this premier show of Chicago is the World Radio program, I will be featuring music by two groups who will be playing in town, Tinariwen and Bagwis. What follows is a collection of music from the Philippines that has influenced my own cultural consciousness I hope you all will enjoy. Tuesday, April 21st, 2009. [...]
Written by admin on April 20, 2009
Chicago is the World Radio Show will be premiering this month on April 21, 2009. The show will feature both traditional and contemporary music from immigrant communities in the U.S. and tracing their musical origins to their various homelands, including fusion, rock, jazz and more. Featured guests from Chicago’s ethnic communities are invited to introduce [...]
Written by admin on April 10, 2009
If all else fails it, the ethnic news media can always count on one thing to survive. It is a connection. It is a legacy. It is a memory. It is another way of listening, hearing, seeing. It carries the sound that lasts for generations. As yet another wonderful NPR program reminded us today, the [...]
Written by Stephen on April 7, 2009
You need advertisements to survive. But you are not getting them. They are out there. But they are going elsewhere or to bigger competitors. Here’s an idea that can be a long-lasting solution. You form an agreement with similar publications in the same situation. This gives you a much larger audience to present to advertisers. [...]
Written by Stephen on April 6, 2009
They were sitting under the tree to keep out of the heat. They were hungry. They hadn’t eaten anything in days except the fruit they found on trees. They were terrified and they were wildly hopeful. They were five men and a woman. They were from Belize and I came across them in a small [...]
Written by admin on April 3, 2009
Before the laugh, first comes the smile. It sprawls and grows and then becomes the laugh, throaty and deep, and then the laugh settles back into a smile. Toure Muhammad is laying out his vision for the nation’s one and only black satirical publication. Something that will be funny and critical, something hip and on [...]
Written by Stephen on April 2, 2009
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