MEDIA REPORT

BUSINESS NEWS:
Week of April 29, 2002

Latinos made up 7.6% (41) of all journalists working on the business news staffs of 21 daily newspapers that responded to a survey conducted by the Master's Program in Business Journalism at Baruch College, with support from the Society of American Business Editors and Writers.

NEW EDITOR:
Week of April 22, 2002

Hispanic Link News Service reporter Arlene Martinez has accepted the position of interim editor of Weekly Report. She replaces Cynthia Orosco, who leaves the Link after two years to accept a position with a Midwest daily.

SOMBRERO SLUR:
Week of April 15, 2002

Chicago's Latino Council on the Media and the National Association of Hispanic Journalists have expressed outrage over comments made by local radio talk-show host Chris North.

CRIMES AGAINST JOURNALISTS UP:
Week of April 08, 2002

The number of journalists killed in the Americas increased from seven in 2000 to 11 in 2001, according to an annual report released by the Committee to Protect Journalists.

COVERING LATINOS:
Week of April 01, 2002

The Columbia Journalism Review devoted a 4,000-word story in its March-April edition to how mainstream media in North Carolina has dealt with coverage of the state's Latino community.

BORDER FELLOWSHIP:
Week of February 04, 2002

The Council for Advancement and Support of Education is sponsoring a fellowship program at the University of Texas at El Paso for 12 journalists seeking to learn more about national Hispanic issues through the perspective of a border city, where the majority of residents are Latinos. "Bordering the Future: Hispanic Population Growth and South-of-the-Border Influences" will take place March 10 - 12 in El Paso.

SCALING BACK:
Week of January 28, 2002

The Freedom Forum has scaled back the number of fellows selected to its prestigious Chips Quinn Scholars Program due to reallocation of funds for other programs addressing the diversity needs of newspapers, according to Mary Kay Blake, the Forum's senior vice president of partnerships and initiatives.

RAMOS:
Week of January 22, 2002

Univisión anchor Jorge Ramos has authored the new book, "The Other Face of America: Chronicles of the Immigrants Shaping our Future," examining the lives of immigrants living in the United States.

Among the stories that Ramos examines are the Vieques controversy and Spanglish. The book, published by HarperCollins, is 288 pages, costs $24 and is available in book stores nationwide.

MORA MOVES ON:
Week of January 14, 2002

Chicago CBS affiliate WBBM-Channel 2 has hired Antonio Mora as lead male anchor of its 5 p.m. and 10 p.m. newscasts, making him the first Latino lead anchor for one of the city's major English-language television network affiliates. Currently news anchor for ABC's Good Morning America, Mora will start at WBBM in March. The move was announced Jan. 8. Mora began his broadcasting career in 1989 as a sports anchor and reporter for Univisión's WXTV in New York. Mora said he looks forward to working in Chicago because his wife Julie is from that city. He added that he feels there is a "ceiling" for young anchors at the ABC network. AARP EN ESPAñoL: AARP, with 35 million members 50 years and older, Jan. 4 began publishing Segunda Juventud, a quarterly bilingual newspaper targeting its Hispanic members.

  
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