Interviewed along with a half-dozen other Latinos at BuzzFeeds L.A. office, Gastelum says that the site has had to reconcile the fact that the dominant Latino faction in the U.S., Mexican Americans, reside mostly in the Southwest, even as the news industry has a strong northeast bias: To have people who are Mexican American here is very important to us, he says. A piece on Buzzfeeds recent Latino hires and Latino coverage - short and well worth reading. Julio Moran, executive director of CCNMA: Latino Journalists of California ... says: While there is still a lot of work to do in mainstream print and broadcast media, which still do not reflect the diversity of this country in their workforce or product, websites are even worse. Yes, they generally have smaller staffs, but that is not a good excuse for the dearth of journalists of color at those places. ... In greater Los Angeles, where nearly half the population is Latino, you cant write about education, housing, employment and government without including Latinos. Oh, and by the way: the publishing industry in general, not just the news industry, has a strong northeast bias. Thats sort of what prompted this whole page in the first place.
Posted on: Wed, 20 Aug 2014 00:30:00 +0000
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