LATINO CORRESPONDENTS:
The visibility of Hispanic network correspondents reporting for the evening news has lagged drastically behind all other ethnic groups from 1983 to 2000, according to a study released June 21 by the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Telecommunications at Arizona State University.
The study found that three Hispanic correspondents reported for the evening news of ABC, CBS and NBC in 1983. In 2000 there were only two.The study also found only 14 Hispanics reported for the evening news from 1983 to 2000 and worked only an average of 3 1/2 years, compared to an average of eight years for whites, seven for African Americans and 5 1/2 for
Asians. Additionally, the report found that no Hispanic, African American or Asian American who served as a correspondent when the survey was initiated in 1983 continues to work in those positions, compared to 12% of white correspondents who do.
For more information about the study and or on how to obtain copies, contact author Joe Foote, director of the College of Public Programs at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Telecommunication at (480) 965-5011.
TELEMUNDO ACQUIRES NEW STATION:
The Telemundo Communications Group agreed June 27 to purchase the full-power independent station KXTX-TV, Channel 39 in Dallas from Southwest Sports.The purchase gives Telemundo owned-and-operated stations in each of the eight largest U.S. Hispanic television markets. The Dallas-Fort Worth area is the fastest-growing of the largest top 20 Hispanic markets.The acquisition is subject to approval from the Federal Communications Commission.
