For all of the stories about Spanish-language news media dwindling in the United States, there are still some bright spots. There’s Jambalaya News in New Orleans, which reshaped its mission after Hurricane Katrina, The Washington Post’s bi-weekly news podcast in Spanish, and El Tímpano in Oakland experimenting with text message news delivery, to name a few.
The latest experiment to serve Hispanic and Latino news consumers comes from USA Today, which has launched a new series called Hecho en USA (“Made in America”). Each month, it will publish long-form feature stories in English and Spanish about issues that affect Latinos across the United States.
Hecho en USA doesn’t have its own website; stories live in their corresponding sections. The first three in the series were reported and written by USA Today national reporters and look at bilingual education, accessibility to college education, and Latino representation in politics.
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