Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource "Voices That Must Be Heard" Articles Description An account of the resource The Independent Press Association (IPA) translates articles from the ethnic press (when necessary) and distributes them via web and fax newsletter to mainstream and ethnic press, government offices, nonprofits, and interested individuals. Voices That Must be Heard was designed by the Independent Press Association staff in New York City in response to the horrifying events of September 11. After Sept. 11th, Voices focused on the South Asian, Arab and Middle Eastern communities in New York. Since February 2002, the project has expanded, selecting articles from the broad range of ethnic and community newspapers throughout the city. Here, the Archive has preserved the Voices collection from its inception until November 2002. VTMBH Article VTMBH Article: Edition 46 VTMBH Article: Article Order 3 VTMBH Article: Title Television news ignores Latinos VTMBH Article: Author Lynn Elber VTMBH Article: Publication El Diario / La Prensa VTMBH Article: Original Language Spanish VTMBH Article: Translator Hannah Emmerich VTMBH Article: Section briefs VTMBH Article: Blurb VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body According to researchers, the explosive growth of the Latino population in the United States is not being reflected in the television news programs of the major networks and the cable station CNN. On Monday, the National Association of Hispanic Journalists (NAHJ) released data from their study, The Network Brownout Report. The study revealed that a mere 99 out of 16,000 (0.62 percent) stories reported last year on the evening news were related to Latinos or the Latino community. The lamentable trajectory of the networks is that the coverage of the fastest growing minority group in the country contradicts the informational necessities of U. S. citizens and distorts the public discourse necessary in any democratic society, said NAHJ President Juan González. Latinos, at 35.3 million, represent 12.5 percent of the population, a number which has grown almost 60 percent since 1990. According to the study, television news stories tended to perpetuate unflattering stereotypes of Latinos. The stories about Latinos generally used the border as an image to insinuate a division between Latino and non-Latino populations and to define Latinos as illegal immigrants, reported the NAHJ. The network with the most coverage of Latinos was ABC with 31 stories, followed by NBC with 24, and CBS and CNN with 22 each. The study maintained that a lack of diversity in the newsroom is one of the major causes of poor news coverage of Latinos. Two networks responded that they were taking measures to increase coverage on Latino issues, namely retaining more Latino staff. The data also revealed that for the second consecutive year the most reported story relevant to the Latino community was that of the U.S. military presence in Vieques. The other stories were related to politics, immigration and sports. In one aspect there was a positive change. The proportion of news stories about Latinos in which Latinos themselves were interviewed grew to 67.6 percent, up from 24.4 percent in 2001. The study was prepared by Serafín Méndez Méndez, an associate professor and chair of the Department of Communication at Central Connecticut State University, with former NAHJ President Diane Alverio. VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2002-12-16 VTMBH Article: Thumb VTMBH Article: Article File VTMBH Article: Hit Count 91 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Television news ignores Latinos 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. unknown Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. article Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2002-12-16