In and Out of Focus: Media and AfroLatin@ Representation
9:15am-10:45am
Graduate Center of The City University of New York
This panel addresses the presence of Afro-Latin@s in media, with a focus on news media platforms. We will assess differences in inclusion among Spanish-language and English-language media and explore how Afro-Latin@ media professionals impact news coverage and why it matters. To what degree are Afro-Latin@s represented or excluded as media professionals in newspapers, magazines, radio, television and digital media--from entry level to executive level positions. Are the numbers of Afro-Latin@ media professionals proportional to their numbers in the population? What needs to change and what strategies could produce that change?
Graduate Center of The City University of New York
This panel addresses the presence of Afro-Latin@s in media, with a focus on news media platforms. We will assess differences in inclusion among Spanish-language and English-language media and explore how Afro-Latin@ media professionals impact news coverage and why it matters. To what degree are Afro-Latin@s represented or excluded as media professionals in newspapers, magazines, radio, television and digital media--from entry level to executive level positions. Are the numbers of Afro-Latin@ media professionals proportional to their numbers in the population? What needs to change and what strategies could produce that change?
Lori Robinson is an award-winning journalist and the author of I Will Survive: The African-American Guide to Healing from Sexual Assault and Abuse. Her work has been published in Ebony.com, the Detroit Free Press, Chicago Tribune, Washington Post and several national magazines. She was selected as a 2013 Fellow by the Tow-Knight Center for Entrepreneurial Journalism at the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism. A proud Spelman College graduate, Lori earned a master’s degree in journalism from New York University. She is a board member of the AfroLatin@ Forum and is now based in Detroit.
Malín Falú began her career in media at WAPA-TV in her native Puerto Rico as a host of the Caribbean Version of Soul Train. In New York City she hosted a show at WADO Radio. She has hosted programs on an international scale, speaking on social, political and educational issues. An ordained minister, she has an Honorary Doctorate from Kean University of New Jersey and a Masters Degree from The New School. At present she is the Producer/Host of “Entérate," a Public Affairs show at 1050 ESPN Radio.
Ed Morales is an author and journalist who has written for The Nation, The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, Rolling Stone, The Progressive, and City Limits, among many others. A former Village Voice staff writer and Newsday columnist, he is the author of Living in Spanglish and The Latin Beat. With former Newsday reporter Laura Rivera, he co-directed Whose Barrio? (2009), a documentary about the gentrification of East Harlem, which showed at several film festivals. Ed is currently a lecturer at Columbia University’s Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race, a contributing editor at NACLA Report on the Americas, and maintains an influential blog at edmorales.net
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Magdalena Albizu is the writer, director and producer of the documentary film NEGRITA with NubianLatina Producitons Inc. She was the president of the NY Chapter of the National Association of Latino Independent Producers (NALIP) and a founding member of Mezcla Media Market, which created the Long Island Latino International Film Festival (LILIFF). She volunteers at her church for the video ministry. Born on Long Island to Dominican parents, Magdalena received her BA in Sociology. Her passions are social issues, working in production, creating stories, and counseling.
José Griñán has anchored FOX 26 Morning and Midday Newscasts for over 17 years. In addition to producing special reports, he is the host of "The Black Voice", a weekly public affairs program. A Florida native, he began his broadcast career in Texas in 1975 as a photographer/reporter/weekend anchor for KTSM in El Paso. Since then, José has worked professionally in New York, Tampa, Miami, Los Angeles, and Dallas, before joining the Fox 26 News department in 1993. He has been a member of the National Association of Black Journalists since 1978, and also maintains membership in the National Association of Hispanic Journalists.
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