Justice for Trayvon, Justice for all our children
Written by frances on July 15, 2013
Black and Latino news media gains, reports say
The black news media that developed new sections and coverage have boosted their circulation. So, too, the online gap between blacks and others is shrinking, encouraging news for black publishers who are increasingly expanding online and into electronic tablets. Online Use Among African-Americans Other key changes include: 1. African Americans are more likely than others […]
Written by Stephen on April 7, 2011
A Rogers Park laboratory for Latino news media
Latino Newspaper Entrepreneur Making Waves on North Side By Tim Sallinger CHICAGO, Ill. — Clemente Nicado is making bold moves, releasing another Spanish-language newspaper while many in Chicago’s ethnic news media industry are struggling. His company, Nicado Publishing, launched “El Chicago Hispano” in December. Since 2007 he has also published “Negocios Now,” a business newspaper […]
Written by Stephen on March 30, 2011
We are a different Chicago: a forum on the February election
Election forum for ethnic news media, Jan – 11-2011. We are a different Chicago. More of us speak languages other than English. Some of us are richer. Many are poorer. Many are immigrants and refugees. Many of our neighborhoods have changed. Some better. Some worse. And we have needs and problems that we expect our […]
Written by Stephen on January 3, 2011
A blogging conference you might want to attend
I need to confess. I like blogs. I like them too much. This is why I’m intrigued by the Blogging While Brown conference July 8-9 in Los Angles and why I think if you are black or Latino and blogging is in your heart or you want it to be, you should look into this. […]
Written by Stephen on December 20, 2010