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The Daily OrangeNew media trends turn to Spanish language
Citrus TV's program follows national pattern
By Andrea Alemañy
Posted: 4/3/08, 11:42 PM EST Section: News
With the new Spanish-language newscast on Citrus TV, students like Nectarie Sánchez have a chance to not only use their language skills but to be on the forefront of media progression.
"I feel very proud that Syracuse is one of the first schools that is doing something aimed at the Hispanic market," said Sánchez, a sophomore French and music industry major.
"I am even more proud to be a part of it," she said. She is a co-anchor on Citrus TV's new program, "Las Noticias en Español."
With the new addition to its lineup, Citrus TV mirrors the national trend of schools nationwide looking to the future and creating Spanish-language media programs.
"Las Noticias en Español" is one of the few student-run programs in the country that teaches students about work in the Hispanic market. More and more, universities are paying attention to the Hispanic populations by creating media programs in Spanish.
Jason Tarr, a junior broadcast journalism, Spanish language, literature and culture and international relations major at SU, started "Las Noticias en Español" after realizing a voice was missing on campus.
In a similar program to SU's, a group of students at the University of Oklahoma started broadcasting its news in Spanish, launched this year after Spring Break.
Twice a week, Telemundo-Oklahoma, a Spanish television network, aired minute-long news briefs made by students in its night news program, said Bianca Lopez, a junior broadcast journalism and film studies major from University of Oklahoma, in an e-mail.
The Spanish newscast aims to give the Hispanic community in Oklahoma a voice. The state population is 6.9 percent of Latino or Hispanic origin, according to a 2006 report by the U.S. Census Bureau.
Texas State University announced in February the opening of a new academic research center in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication targeted toward Hispanic students, according to The University Star, its university newspaper.
"I feel very proud that Syracuse is one of the first schools that is doing something aimed at the Hispanic market," said Sánchez, a sophomore French and music industry major.
"I am even more proud to be a part of it," she said. She is a co-anchor on Citrus TV's new program, "Las Noticias en Español."
With the new addition to its lineup, Citrus TV mirrors the national trend of schools nationwide looking to the future and creating Spanish-language media programs.
"Las Noticias en Español" is one of the few student-run programs in the country that teaches students about work in the Hispanic market. More and more, universities are paying attention to the Hispanic populations by creating media programs in Spanish.
Jason Tarr, a junior broadcast journalism, Spanish language, literature and culture and international relations major at SU, started "Las Noticias en Español" after realizing a voice was missing on campus.
In a similar program to SU's, a group of students at the University of Oklahoma started broadcasting its news in Spanish, launched this year after Spring Break.
Twice a week, Telemundo-Oklahoma, a Spanish television network, aired minute-long news briefs made by students in its night news program, said Bianca Lopez, a junior broadcast journalism and film studies major from University of Oklahoma, in an e-mail.
The Spanish newscast aims to give the Hispanic community in Oklahoma a voice. The state population is 6.9 percent of Latino or Hispanic origin, according to a 2006 report by the U.S. Census Bureau.
Texas State University announced in February the opening of a new academic research center in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication targeted toward Hispanic students, according to The University Star, its university newspaper.
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