Friday, November 9, 2012

Fox News Latino's election night's coverage


Here's the "sizzle" reel of Fox News Latino's election night coverage with Rick Sanchez.

http://video.latino.foxnews.com/v/1958160684001/elecciones-2012-con-rick-sanchez/?playlist_id=932064023001





paying close attention or perhaps very concerned at the latest poll results?


I was happy to be one of the invited on-set guests for that historic night.



Thursday, November 8, 2012

El camino a la Casa Blanca es a traves de 'El Barrio'

El 6 de noviembre es el momento para que el gigante durmiente se despierte.
 
Se espera que más de 12.2 millones de votantes latinos voten el día de elecciones, de acuerdo con el fondo educativo de la National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials del Fondo de Educación (NALEO), por sus siglas en inglés.
Es un número impresionante hasta que ud. lo pone al lado de otro de igual importancia: 10 millones. Ese es el número aproximado de latinos que no votará el martes. 
 
¿Qué beneficio les hace a los latinos ser una fuerza de más de 50 millones (de acuerdo con el Bureau del Censo de Estados Unidos) si los cerca de 24 millones de ciudadanos que están en edad para votar no “ejercen su derecho al voto”?
 
Para leer el articulo completo, haz clic aqui:

Monday, November 5, 2012

Saturday, November 3, 2012

Friday, October 26, 2012

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:

Sunday, October 21, 2012

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
 
 

Saturday, October 6, 2012

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