Spring Break
The Daily OrangeCitrus TV to produce first Spanish show
By Aleksey Shats
Posted: 2/25/08, 12:40 AM EST Section: News
For the first time, CitrusTV will be broadcast en espanol.
CitrusTV, the student-run television station of Syracuse University, announced the addition of the Spanish news program, "CitrusTV Noticias en Espanol," to its network. The show will reach out to Spanish-speaking members on the SU campus and in the community and will broadcast as early as the first weekend after spring break.
"The show's goal is to focus on the news affecting the Latino community on the Syracuse campus and in the Syracuse community," said Jason Tarr, the founder and the executive producer of the show.
"We're going to be reporting as well on things that are going on in the Latino Diaspora, so anything or anywhere where the Latinos are making news," said Tarr, who is also a staff writer for The Daily Orange.
Diaspora is a term referring to people existing outside of their homeland, or familiar culture.
Tarr, a junior broadcast journalism, international relations and Spanish major, describes the idea for the show as a two-part process that began about two years ago when he arrived in Syracuse.
"I was asking students, my friends, what they thought they wanted, what they felt there was a need for," he said. "A lot of students said that there is really no Spanish television program here. They felt like it was something that Syracuse needed, especially since it is one of the top broadcast journalism schools in the country."
Personal interest also played a part in developing the idea for a Spanish news program, Tarr said.
"Coming from Los Angeles, I grew up seeing the importance of the Spanish language and how it is growingly important," he said. "There is a need for programs that connect with Spanish speakers where they cannot only get their Spanish domestically, but also internationally about the countries that they emigrated from."
Tarr followed through on his idea, and in May of last year, he submitted his proposal to the executive staff of CitrusTV. Because the proposal was submitted at the end of the semester, CitrusTV did not have much time to review it, he said. Tarr spent the summer consulting with people about the program and resubmitted an updated proposal to the executive staff in the fall semester.
CitrusTV, the student-run television station of Syracuse University, announced the addition of the Spanish news program, "CitrusTV Noticias en Espanol," to its network. The show will reach out to Spanish-speaking members on the SU campus and in the community and will broadcast as early as the first weekend after spring break.
"The show's goal is to focus on the news affecting the Latino community on the Syracuse campus and in the Syracuse community," said Jason Tarr, the founder and the executive producer of the show.
"We're going to be reporting as well on things that are going on in the Latino Diaspora, so anything or anywhere where the Latinos are making news," said Tarr, who is also a staff writer for The Daily Orange.
Diaspora is a term referring to people existing outside of their homeland, or familiar culture.
Tarr, a junior broadcast journalism, international relations and Spanish major, describes the idea for the show as a two-part process that began about two years ago when he arrived in Syracuse.
"I was asking students, my friends, what they thought they wanted, what they felt there was a need for," he said. "A lot of students said that there is really no Spanish television program here. They felt like it was something that Syracuse needed, especially since it is one of the top broadcast journalism schools in the country."
Personal interest also played a part in developing the idea for a Spanish news program, Tarr said.
"Coming from Los Angeles, I grew up seeing the importance of the Spanish language and how it is growingly important," he said. "There is a need for programs that connect with Spanish speakers where they cannot only get their Spanish domestically, but also internationally about the countries that they emigrated from."
Tarr followed through on his idea, and in May of last year, he submitted his proposal to the executive staff of CitrusTV. Because the proposal was submitted at the end of the semester, CitrusTV did not have much time to review it, he said. Tarr spent the summer consulting with people about the program and resubmitted an updated proposal to the executive staff in the fall semester.
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