A two-day experience hosting journalists, news media industry leaders, innovators, thinkers and entrepreneurs focused on U.S. Latino journalism and the larger Spanish-language world.
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2018 Featured Speakers
Check out our full list of speakers.
(We will offer simultaneous interpretation Spanish/English throughout the summit)
Maria Hinojosa
Founder of Futuro Media Group
Ilia Calderón
Anchor, Noticiero Univision
Daniel Alarcón
Co-Founder and host of Radio Ambulante
Hannah Allam
Reporter, BuzzFeed News
Alberto B. Mendoza
Executive Director, National Association of Hispanic Journalists (NAHJ)
Carolina Guerrero
CEO & Co-Founder of Radio Ambulante
Charo Henríquez
Senior Editor, Digital Storytelling and Training at The New York Times
Mark Lopez
Director of Global Migration and Demography Research, Pew Research Center
Location & Time
Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY
219 W 40th Street, New York, NY
Friday, June 21 & Saturday 22, 2019
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2018 Agenda
All sessions took place at the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism.
Day 1
08 Jun 2018
Day 2
09 Jun 2018
08:15
Café/Lobby
09:15
Newsroom
Welcome
Sarah Bartlett, dean, Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY | Graciela Mochkofsky, director, Spanish-language program, Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY
The Latino News Media Map
Presented by Cristina Maldonado, followed by a conversation with Mark López, director of Hispanic Pew Research
Cristina Maldonado
Mark Lopez
10:45
Coffee break
Diversity & inclusion in the newsroom
A diagnostic and proposal by Charo Henríquez, senior editor, Digital Storytelling, The New York Times.
Charo Henríquez
Lightning Talks: Distribution, audience & community
Jessica Retis, researcher, California State University Northridge | Boris Muñoz, op-ed editor, NYTimes en Español | Carolina Guerrero, CEO, Radio Ambulante | Rebecca Aguilar, curator, Latinas in Journalism | Ray Ruiz, El Gato Media... Read More
Ed Morales
Boris Muñoz
Rebecca Aguilar
Raymond Ruiz
Jessica Retis
Carolina Guerrero
13:15
Lunch
FEATURED TALK / Univision: A case study of journalism’s challenges
Borja Echevarría in conversation with Jeff Jarvis
Jeff Jarvis
Borja Echevarría
CONVERSATION / Journalism for local communities
Dani Marrero Hi, La Neta, Río Grande Valley | Charlie Uruchima, Kichwa Hatari | Paola Marizán, Qué pasa Midwest, Evansville, IL | Moderator: Alberto Mendoza, executive director, NAHJ
Paola Nicole Marizan
Charlie Uruchima
Dani Marrero Hi
Alberto B. Mendoza
16:15
Coffee Break
Investigating Stories in a Disaster Scenario: the case of Puerto Rico
Carla Minet, director, Centro de Periodismo Investigativo de Puerto Rico
Carla Minet
VISUAL PRESENTATION / Telling stories with graphics
Mariano Zafra, graphics editor, Univisión News Digital | Lázaro Gamio, visual editor, Axios | Carla Astudillo, graphics maker, NJ.com & The Star-Ledger
Carla Astudillo
Lazaro Gamio
Mariano Zafra
17:30
09:00
Café/Lobby
Keynote Speaker / The Urgent Mission of Latinx Journalists in the U.S. Today
María Hinojosa, founder, Futuro Media Group
Maria Hinojosa
CONVERSATION / Covering identity in America
Ilia Calderón, anchor, Univisión Noticias | Adrián Florido, reporter and podcast host, NPR | Hanaa’ Tameez, diversity reporter, Star-Telegram | Hannah Allam, reporter, BuzzFeed News
Hanaa’ Tameez
Adrian Florido
Hannah Allam
Ilia Calderón
11:15
Coffee Break
CONVERSATION / Trust & standards in Spanish-language TV
Mirta Ojito, senior director of Standards, NBC/Telemundo | Verónica Molina, executive director news, standards & practices, CNN | Roberto Lacayo, news director, NY1 Noticias
Veronica Molina
Mirta Ojito
Roberto Lacayo
12:30
Newsroom
15:15
Coffee Break
LIGHTNING TALKS: Business, engagement and Innovation
Miguel Ferrer. Founder, SoyFerrer | Roque Planas. National reporter, HuffPost | Felicitas Sánchez. User advocate, Quartz | Romina Ruiz-Goiriena. Founder, Prowell Media | Lu Ortiz. Founder, NVALabs
Felicitas Sanchez
Miguel Ferrer
Roque Planas
Lu Ortiz
Romina Ruiz-Goiriena
Science & the environment for Latino audiences
Emiliano Rodríguez, science journalist
Emiliano Rodríguez Mega
17:30
Newsroom
17:45
Café
