Latino News Media

[Page 916]Latino news is a product of bilingual journalism practices that require bicultural competencies to gather, assess, present, and disseminate news and information about, or relevant to, Latino communities. Offered in Spanish, English, or bilingually, it engages with the understanding of current affairs, but also the history, economics, politics, and culture of diverse groups, whether U.S.-born or immigrants, as well as their global liaisons with countries where they trace their origins.

Throughout more than 200 years, Latino news media have evolved from the transformations of the communities they serve. The landscape has been broad and heterogeneous in its patterns of production, distribution, and consumption. Its nature is related to the history, politics, and economics of U.S.-Latin American relations, the U.S. and Latin American news media industries, ...