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Maria Hinojosa on the decision to pursue her ‘craziest dream’
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In an excerpt from her new memoir, the journalist recounts how a rejection from “60 Minutes” spurred her to launch Futuro Media Group.
Quick Takes
Maria Hinojosa of ‘Latino USA’ delivers talk at TED event in Washington
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Hinojosa was among the speakers at the first TEDxPennsylvaniaAvenue event last month.
Programs/Content
Behind NPR’s decision to remove its branding from a Latino USA episode
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Network execs determined that the episode failed to meet editorial standards.
"The Pub" Podcast
The Pub #14: How to write pronouncers; Latino USA’s Chuy problem; Victory against patent trolls; No fair use on SoundCloud
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Pointers on writing pronouncers to keep hosts happy, and a major victory against a patent troll.
"The Pub" Podcast
The Pub #9: Five steps to ideological balance; Latino USA’s Maria Hinojosa; NPR’s Jarl Mohn stumbles on Diane Rehm
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How should public media serve communities like the Latino audience targeted by Hinojosa’s program?
Programs/Content
Gambit to go independent opens new doors for Hinojosa
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In launching her own media company, Maria Hinojosa sought to bring a “consistent presence” of a Latina journalist to PBS and take over production of NPR’s Latino USA.
Programs/Content
With a $60K grant, Futuro Media Group asks: “News or Noise?”
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Using a $60,000 grant from the Robert R. McCormick Foundation, the Futuro Media Group has added a segment to its NPR-distributed program Latino USA encouraging critical thinking about news coverage.
System/Policy
Chicago Public Media to purchase Radio Arte
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Chicago Public Media is paying $450,000 to buy Radio Arte, a low-power station programmed by and for Latino youth and operated by the National Museum of Mexican Art in Chicago. CPM also plans to buy programming from Radio Arte to add to its Vocalo service. “This is a natural partnership,” said Silvia Rivera, Vocalo’s managing director, whose career in public media began in 1998 after taking part in Radio Arte’s media training program. “This partnership between two youth-driven public radio stations builds on a collaborative history and their complementary community missions,” the new partners said in a June 22 press release. CPM will also sponsor museum activities and events as part of the arrangement.
People
Hinojosa & Collins: high hopes for partnership in the cloud
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The host of Latino USA for all of its 17 years, Maria Hinojosa, is now its proprietor, too, along with producer Sean Collins, her partner in a new media company in the digital cloud. Futuro Media Group, announced this month, starts off highly virtual and will get moreso. Hinojosa records her reports in a soundproofed closet in Harlem. Collins, her e.p. for five years and a former producer of All Things Considered, works in his hometown of St. Louis.