Hispanic Media Resources

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Contents 1 National Associations 2 Television Programs 3 Radio Programs 4 Periodicals

[edit] National Associations

The National Association of Hispanic JournalistsConference/Workshop in Baton Rouge, Louisiana November 4, 2006 (For more information, contact Dr. Larry Snipes of LSU at (225) 578-9295 or rsnipe1@lsu.edu or Gary Pina, NAHJ at-large officer, (817) 390-7807 or gpina@star-telegram.com) with a reception and panel to be held at Tulane University November 3 (see below).

The National Association of Hispanic Journalists presents two media events in Louisiana during the first weekend of November.

The weekend begins with a town hall session on the media’s role in the Hispanic Community in New Orleans on Friday, Nov. 3. The daylong workshop for students and professionals who write and edit in Spanish is scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 4.

The bilingual town hall session – “The Role of the Media in the Hispanic community in Post-Katrina New Orleans”– will begin at 7 p.m., Nov. 3 at Tulane University’s Goldring/Woldenberg Hall 131, on the ground floor of the A.B. Freeman School of Business.

Guests are invited to attend a pre-Town Hall reception from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. at The Latin American Library of Tulane University. Admission is free but attendees are asked to RSVP at (504) 865-5681 by Nov. 1, or via e-mail at mespinos@tulane.edu. Please ask about a parking pass for the reception when you RSVP.

The town hall panelists include Beth Fussell, a sociologist at Tulane University; Martín Gutiérrez, executive director of the Hispanic Apostolate Archdiocese of New Orleans; Vanessa Oubre, general manager of WVUE Fox 8; Ernesto Schweikert, general manager of Radio Tropical KGLA 1540; Julio Guichard, host and producer of De Todo Un Poco, Cox 10; Bob Noonan, news director of WGNO ABC 26; and David Meeks, city editor of The Times Picayune.

News anchor Lucy Bustamante of WWL-TV Channel 4, will moderate the town hall.

The event is sponsored by NAHJ; The Latin American Library at Tulane University; and the Stone Center for Latin American Studies at Tulane University.

Students and professionals who write and edit in Spanish can participate in an NAHJ stylebook session for Spanish-language media, which will be held on Saturday, Nov. 4, from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. in Baton Rouge at Louisiana State University’s Manship School of Mass Communication.

Professionals in media, public relations and advertising are encouraged to attend. Early registration is $15 for students; $30 for members of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists; and $45 for nonmembers. The early registration deadline is Oct. 30.

Each attendee will receive lunch and a free Manual de Estilo stylebook. After Oct. 30, participants must register on site. Register now by clicking here.

Lilia O'Hara of Enlace, the Spanish-Language publication of the San Diego Union-Tribune, will lead the workshop. O'Hara, one of the authors of the Manual de Estilo, previously has conducted stylebook sessions in El Paso, McAllen and San Antonio, Texas.

For more information, contact NAHJ At-large officer Gary Piña of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram at gpina@star-telegram.com.

The stylebook session is sponsored by NAHJ and the LSU Manship School of Mass Communication.

[edit] Television Programs

De Todo Un Poco Broadcasts: Tuesdays 9:00pm - 9:30PM Cox 10 in New Orleans, LA Now in its 12th year, Spanish-speaking program now informs local Hispanic community of hurricane-related issues.

Azteca America WTNO - Station started broadcasting August 2006 on WTNO, Channel 22 in New Orleans, creating the first over-the-air Spanish language television station in the city. Special program "Katrina and the Hispanic impact" will air from Aug. 28-Sept. 1 at 6.30 pm and 11:00 pm.

[edit] Radio Programs

La Fabulosa WFNO 830am WFNO — the only Gulf Coast station between Beaumont, Texas, and Pensacola, Fla., that caters to the Hispanic community — carries CNN Espanola and Fut bul de primera, along with live local programming. La Fabulosa is part of a multimedia network that includes the Web site NewOrleansHispanic.com and bilingual tabloid newspaper LaPrensa. The paper is expected to resume publication in 2006.

[edit] Periodicals

La Prensa Bilingual tabloid newspaper found at most Hispanic supermarkets if back into publication.