Latinos Onscreen, Conspicuously Few

Latinos Onscreen, Conspicuously Few

NewsTaco June 24, 2014

*The most often repeated media narrative about Latinos in the U.S. comes from the news, where Latinos are foreigners and threatening. The saturating one-sided coverage of immigration confirms the thought […]

Hulu to Stream Reality Series ‘Los Cowboys’

Mary Mata June 19, 2014

By Natalie Jarvey, The Hollywood Reporter Hulu has snapped up a rodeo reality series that will debut exclusively on the online streamer this fall.  Los Cowboys will follow a group of […]

Anchor with attitude: Jorge Ramos fights for immigration reform

NewsTaco May 29, 2014

*This article has been getting a lot of attention lately, but possibly for the wrong reason. Aside from highlighting Jorge Ramos’ now famous confrontation with John Boehner (which I think […]

The Unbearable Whiteness of Liberal Media

NewsTaco May 12, 2014

*Yeah, this is one of the reasons we started NewsTaco. VL By Gabriel Arana, The American Prospect On the staff of The American Prospect, I’m the only member of an ethnic […]

Documentary Examines Suspicious 1970 Death Of LA Times Journalist Ruben Salazar

Mary Mata March 21, 2014

By Maureen Cavanaugh, Patty Lane, Peggy Pico, KPBS In the 1960s, journalist Ruben Salazar was writing about being Latino in America — things that no one else would dare say out loud. And some people […]

Dancing with the Stars 2014: Season 18 Contestants Announced, But Where’s the Latino Representation?

Mary Mata March 5, 2014

*Editor’s note: Seriously? We’re going there? By Melissa Castellanos, Latin Post Dancing with the Stars has announced their new line-up for Season 18, and while most assumed the show wouldn’t include […]

What Latinos want from media

Mary Mata February 27, 2014

By Esther Cepeda, Washington Post CHICAGO — Farewell CNN Latino, which I never once watched. The Spanish-language programming, which aired in Miami, Los Angeles, New York and other top Hispanic […]

Latino group examining Comcast merger proposal

Mary Mata February 20, 2014

By Georgia Pabst, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel The National Hispanic Media Coalition said Wednesday it’s in the process of evaluating the proposed $45 billion merger between Comcast Corporation and Time Warner Cable […]

First U.S. Spanish Language TV Station, Demolished

NewsTaco November 7, 2013

By Victor Landa, NewsTaco I earned my chops in that building. The structure had been around for two decades before I settled in, towards the back, in the newsroom just […]

New Channel Aimed At Latino Millennials Too White

Mary Mata October 18, 2013

By Huffington Post Latino Voices Because most Americans incorrectly think Latinos are a race, the racial cleavages within the Hispanic community rarely receive the attention they deserve. Media columnist Richard […]