Human Beings Are Not Illegal

The presidential election is igniting once again the immigration reform debate and, with it, the continuing argument on how to describe a community of more than 11 million people who live and work in the United States.

Illegal immigrants? Illegal aliens? Illegals? Undocumented immigrants? Undocumented workers?
Here is an opinion editorial I wrote for Fox News Latino:

http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/opinion/2012/10/25/hugo-balta-human-beings-are-not-illegal/#ixzz2AQtSYI3l

Association of Peruvian Journalists NJ/NY join 1,000 Voces For NAHJ

Many thanks to the Association of Peruvian Journalists in New Jersey/New York for organizing a wonderful event Saturday night, honoring NAHJ and myself.

NAHJ is close to raising $20,000 in donations and commitments....please help your association continue to grow....please donate today: 1,000 Voces for NAHJ

 

 APJ raised more than $1,000 for the "1,000 Voces" for NAHJ fundraising campaign.



Mr & Mrs Balta Sr
 

 

ProfNet Connect Chat: Hugo Balta

In September, ProNet invited me to participate in a Connect Chat on  "Hispanic Media 2012".

We discussed various issues affecting the Hispanic media community including content creation, finding a job, media competition and much more.

Many thanks to ProfNet's Evelyn Tipacti for the opportunity:











This is the link of the chat: http://www.profnetconnect.com/evelyntipacti/blog/2012/09/26/connectchat_recap:_hispanic_media_2012

Interview with CT Latino News

CT Latino News, an English language news website focusing on Latinos invited me for an interview about the National Association of Hispanic Journalists, media companies focusing on targeting Latinos to grow their business and my career.

A million thanks to CT Latino News founder Diane Aliverio and Karen Cortés

Here's the link:
http://ctlatinonews.com/blog/2012/10/02/nations-top-latino-media-watchdog-calls-ct-home/

Interview at WNPR Radio

Latinos make up one-sixth of the nation's population, but accounted for more than half of the country's population growth from 2000 to 2010, according to the latest census.

Former  NAHJ President and Lifetime Member Dian Alverio and I were guests on Hartford's WNPR Radio's program Where We Live to discuss the changing media landscape as companies work to grow their business by attracting the booming Latino community.

A special thank you to host John Dankosky, Catie Talarski and the WNPR team.

Click here for the interview:
http://www.yourpublicmedia.org/node/22232