Students Deliver Critical News to Latinos ‘En Español’

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(Source: Cindy Ortiz, La Placita Wellness and Education Center)
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More Latinos get their news via smartphones, but the number of Hispanic newspaper journalists has dropped by half since 2005.

That’s why Arizona State University has created a digital platform where students get real-world experience reporting critical health, education, economic, and other news in Spanish for local Latinos.

The platform is called Cronkite Noticias/Mixed Voces.

It is led by ASU’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication and funded by Raza Development Fund, which fosters economic growth and opportunities for Latino families across the country, ASU Now reports.

The platform is guided by bilingual multimedia journalist Valeria Fernández who works “with a team of six bilingual Cronkite students to produce a variety of in-depth, Spanish-language news content for the website.”

“Cronkite Noticias will follow a tradition of community journalism that comes from our predecessor Mixed Voces,” Fernández told ASU Now. Both our website and our Spanish newscast will go beyond the breaking news to deliver shoe leather, in-depth journalism to Latino and Spanish-speaking audiences.”

The news produced can increase awareness of important health and education issues in the Spanish-speaking community.

Currently, the platform has a strong profile on the plight of drug addicts and healthcare workers in Arizona, Adictos dicen estar atrapados en un circulo vicioso, featuring powerful stories and videos of the life of addicts.

“Cronkite Noticias/Mixed Voces will provide a very important service to Spanish-speaking Arizonans as well as our bilingual journalism students,” Christopher Callahan of the Cronkite School told ASU Now.

(Main photo via ASU Now)

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