There is no way journalists can serve Latinos if they don’t know them. Access to reliable demographic numbers is vital as a place where to start…
Let me share some scenarios that come to mind as a journalist who’s based her entire career on reporting about and for Latinos:
When reporting on remittances, the amounts transferred from the U.S. elsewhere is as essential as the places where they are sent, as important as the intersection of identity, class, education and race of the senders: Are they Dominican-Puerto Rican entrepreneurs of Arab descent or working class Indigenous Salvadorans born to immigrant parents?
To highlight the disparities that the Black Hispanic women and Latinas experience in healthcare system, it’s important to differentiate them from African-Americans and other Black populations, whether they are considered essential workers, have employer-based health insurance or have a stable form of income.
Journalists who cover and serve Hispanics and Latino communities in the U.S. should be able to rely on nuanced federal data to be able to get into the nitty gritty of things: To dismantle the monoliths built around these identity groups, to report on the things that most matter to them, to bring light to the issues that affect them most.
Published by: Jesenia De Moya Correa
Communities & Engagement Journalist, specialized in health and science reporting for bilingual Latino audiences.
Periodista apasionada por la salud ambiental, las ciencias y las diásporas latinas en el continente americano.
Communities & Engagement Journalist, specialized in health and science reporting for bilingual Latino audiences.
Periodista apasionada por la salud ambiental, las ciencias y las diásporas latinas en el continente americano.
