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In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism is hosting a panel discussion on Latinos in New York: Communities in Transition, 2nd Edition (Notre Dame Press).
Moderated by: Alberto Vourvoulias-Bush
Panelists: Ed Morales and Javier Castaño
The event is free, but you must register.
About Latinos in New York: Communities in Transition, 2nd Edition: This reader discusses the many dramatic changes that have occurred in the New York City’s Latino community since the first edition was published more than 20 years ago. Dedicated to the late Juan Flores, it is the most comprehensive book on the subject to date.
Alberto Vourvoulias-Bush is an adjunct faculty member of the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism, former Op/Ed columnist, and visiting scholar in online journalism at the American Academy in Rome. He helped found and launch foxnewslatino.com. He formerly was deputy editor of TIME Magazine’s Latin America edition and is the founding editor of Time Americas, Time’s Spanish and Portuguese language editions. He served as corporate executive editor of impreMedia and executive editor of El Diario/La Prensa.
Javier Castaño is the Editor and Publisher of Queens Latino newspaper and QueensLatino.com. Previously, he was editor of El Diario/La Prensa, El Daily News and Hoy Nueva York, and international correspondent of El Tiempo and Diners in Colombia. He has a master’s degree from Columbia School of Journalism and has written two books.
Ed Morales is an adjunct professor at the University and CUNY J-Schools; author of “Living in Spanglish” and other books; freelance writer for Rolling Stone, The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The Guardian, Jacobin, The Nation, the NACLA Report on the Americas, The Progressive Media and The NiLP Report on Latino Policy & Politics. He had a music column in Newsday for eight years and also was a staff writer at the Village Voice for five years. His latest book, Latinx, will be published by Verso Press in March 2018.