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› A month ago, I left Gatopardo
and now I'm ready to embark on a new journalistic adventure: starting
Monday Aug. 4, I will be driving from New York City to Mexico City.
Along the way, I'll write stories and upload multimedia content for
a blog. The url is www.newyorktomexico.com
and you're all invited to visit it.
» NEW
JOB, NEW BLOGS
› After moving to Mexico City at the very end of 2007,
I also moved my The Daily DG blog of journalism commentary
(it's here),
and created The Daily D.F., about my experiences in the Distrito
Federal (that one's here).
My own move is due to the fact that I started working as the managing
editor at Gatopardo, a magazine dedicated to narrative journalism,
which runs throughout most of Latin America. Since the magazine's
own Web site is being redesigned, I'll post a link to it later on.
» SOME
NEW ADDITIONS
› It's hard to keep up with myself and have all stories
online soon after they run. One day, I promise I'll hire a webmaster
to do that for me. Those who want to practice their Spanish should
visit this page,
where you'll find several stories I wrote for Hora Hispana, the
Spanish-language newsweekly with the biggest circulation in New York
and a Daily News publication. (Worry not: English versions
are also available.)
» I
BLOG, TOO
› I recently launched a not-very-serious blog where I
write mostly about media and journalism. It's in Spanish and you can
find it here.
» ALL
IN A DAY'S WORK
› Well, not really, more like over a week's work. We're
in the middle of summer and many colleagues are basking in the sun,
while we bake in the city. So it was my turn to pick up the slack
for VNY, and write three stories for today's edition (Aug.
8.) There's music for all tastes: bachata with Aventura;
pop with Kat
DeLuna; and in-your-face tango with The
Pulpo. And the best quotation of the day goes to... The
Pulpo (El Octopus): "Happy tangos are like Santa Claus. They
don't exist."
» HE
SPEAKS ENGLISH, TOO
› A few months ago, I was lucky enough to come across
Feet in Two Worlds, a joint project of The New School and WNYC, New
York public radio (read more),
which aims at connecting foreign journalists and mainstream American
media. My first piece -about the growing tango scene in the city-
aired on May 4, 2007. You can listen to and read it here.
I also wrote a short text about doing the story, which is here.
» VNY
NOW ONLINE
› With the New York Daily News' revamping of
its Web site, Viva New York or VNY, a Latino-themed section
I regularly write for, has gone online. You can read some of my most
recent stories for them there, including: the revolutionaries who
live in the U.S. after fighting
against it; a profile of La
Bruja, a very interesting Nuyorican artist; Latinos' growing
involvement in the
comic industry; and Cuban musicians who do
timba and hip-hop.
» OTHER
STORIES
› These are some recent additions to the site:
- The plight of Central American migrants in Mexico. Read
here.
- Mexico: Election Day 2006 coverage. (In Spanish.)
Read here.
- A Wall Street-er changes the world in South America.
Read here.
- Interviews: El
Matador Kempes, one of Argentina's greatest footballers;
Afro-Peruvian folclore diva Susana
Baca. (Both in Spanish.)
» WE'RE
WORKING FOR YOU
›
The site is constantly being updated and expanded. You may find some
broken links and incoherent statements. Please be patient, your visit
is very important to us. (And let me know by e-mail if you would like
me to send you a particular piece of work you could not access.)
