Immigration Advocate To Be Named White House Director Of Hispanic Media

Immigration Advocate To Be Named White House Director Of Hispanic Media

Mary Mata April 30, 2013

By Elizabeth Llorente, Fox News Latino A former spokeswoman for one of the country’s leading immigration lobby groups will be the Obama administration’s new Director of Hispanic Media, according to her […]

Al Madrigal of ‘Daily Show’ Goes Solo in Special

Mary Mata April 26, 2013

By Lynn Elber, Associated Press/Seattle Times LOS ANGELES — There’s the Al Madrigal who speaks in the crisp, skeptical tones of a “Daily Show” correspondent, whether grilling Arizona foes of Latino […]

NHMC Disappointed With The New York Times’s Continued Use of the “I” Word

Mary Mata April 24, 2013

PRESS RELEASE Pasadena, CA – The New York Times announced an update to its policies on how it uses the phrase “illegal immigrant” in its coverage. The newspaper will continue to […]

TIME 100 Most Influentials: Latinos Not So Much

Mary Mata April 22, 2013

By Rocio Gonzalez, Voxxi TIME Magazine’s issue on the 100 most influential people in the world is one of the TIME editions I most look forward to every year. There’s […]

Louis C.K.: I’m an Accidental White Person

Mary Mata April 11, 2013

The comedy superstar reveals how coming to the U.S. from Mexico shaped his artistic sensibility By Rolling Stone Where does Louis C.K.’s off-kilter comic vision come from? Turns out the […]

Film Hopes to Change Latino Stereotypes in Media

Mary Mata March 14, 2013

By Kristina Puga, NBCLatino Miguel Picker was tired of working in the media and film industry for more than two decades and continually seeing Latinos being depicted negatively, and not enough in […]

Racist Bloomberg Cover Was Illustrated by Peruvian Artist

Mary Mata March 1, 2013

By Latino Rebels Ok, by now everyone online knows about the controversy surrounding the Bloomberg Businessweek magazine cover that brought us all back to a time in America where racist caricatures were […]

Bloomberg Cover Blasted as Offensive for Latino Depictions

Mary Mata

By Adrian Carrasquillo, NBCLatino Bloomberg Businessweek has sparked a torrent of criticism after its cover depicted exaggerated cartoon versions of Latinos and blacks greedily grabbing for money for a story about a […]

The Study of Latinos and Media, Not A Dead End

Mary Mata February 27, 2013

By Kara Andrade, Habla Centro When I graduated from UC Berkeley’s Master’s Program in Journalism in 2007, I could count on one hand the number of Latinos in my class. […]

Hispanic Coalition Objects to Oscars ‘In Memoriam’ Omission

Mary Mata

By Nicole Sperling, Los Angeles Times The National Hispanic Media Coalition issued an open letter Tuesday to the members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences expressing their […]