Nowadays the ethnic news media can use every helping hand possible, and this is one source that shouldn’t be overlooked. It is from the Latino Print Network. http://mylatinonetwork.com/
Written by Stephen on September 30, 2009
The afternoon of April 19,1995 an editor at the Chicago Tribune called me over and told me to get on a plane and get to Oklahoma City as soon as possible. There was an explosion. Many were dead. A pseudo expert on cable television had already theorized that it had to be Arabs and since [...]
Written by Stephen on September 22, 2009
As the doors to the U.S. have swung open, many families have been re-united, many more immigrants have found a home, and among them, many elderly are searching for calm in their remaining years. We are planning a workshop to talk about how to report on this issue. Look for our list of workshops that [...]
Written by Stephen on September 20, 2009
click below for video A place called home They worry about the economy, just like everyone else. They miss the places they came from, but most feel quite at home in their new homes. They worry about discrimination against immigrants, but, ironically, most think the discrimination is aimed at others, not them, not these immigrants. [...]
Written by admin on September 17, 2009
Not everyone thinks counselor, psychiatrist, mental health clinic when they are distressed. In some immigrant and minority communities these are not options. They are not considered. They are not part of the dialogue. They cannot afford to even think of it. They are not tradition. There are other ways to deal with such problems, or [...]
Written by Stephen on September 9, 2009
Not long ago one of the oldest Japanese newspapers in the U.S. shut its offices in California. In Houston, el Dia shut down recently after more than a quarter century. For all their strength and for all the need for them, the press that speaks for the nation’s immigrants and minorities is suffering greatly these [...]
Written by Stephen on September 9, 2009
I was reading this memory of the Bronx by David Gonzalez, a New York Times photographer who grew up there and now is going back over his memories and his photos and I was struck by this image of a man on the street and the words about Cafe Bustelo steaming up in cold winter [...]
Written by Stephen on September 7, 2009
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