This book examines Latino news making as part of a larger narrative - the cultural productions and conceptions of Latinos. The author traces historical and commercial contexts of Latino orientated news production, beginning with late 19th century and early 20th century US Spanish language newspapers, examines the production of contemporary Latino news, and postulates future developments in the field.

Acknowledgments	p. vii
Introduction: What Is Latino News?	p. 1
Theoretical Contexts	p. 5
History and Context	p. 11
U.S. Spanish Language Newspapers: 1848-1970	p. 13
Late 19th-Century Newspapers	p. 15
Early 20th-Century Newspapers	p. 16
La Prensa of San Antonio (1913-1957)	p. 17
Ignacio Lopez and El Espectador (1933-1961)	p. 19
La Opinion	p. 21
History of the Hispanic Audience	p. 26
Early U.S. Spanish Language Radio: 1920s, 1930s, 1940s	p. 28
The Early Transnational Hispanic Audience	p. 31
Changing the Immigrant Paradigm	p. 34
Early U.S. Spanish Language Television	p. 35
From Regional to National: Hispanic Marketing	p. 38
The "Discovery" of the Hispanic Market (Again)	p. 41
Commercial Ethnicity: The Production and Marketing of the Hispanic Audience	p. 46
Marketing and Ethnicity	p. 48
U.S. Hispanic Panethnicity and Racial Formation	p. 49
Quantifying Ethnicity: The Contemporary Hispanic Audience	p. 50
The Nielsen Ratings and Hispanic Audience Production	p. 51
National Hispanic Television Index	p. 55
Other Spanish Language Media	p. 58
Univision and Telemundo: The Hispanic Market Institutionalized	p. 61
Just Another Audience: "Born-Again Hispanic" Programming	p. 66
The Production of Contemporary Latino News	p. 73
Nationhood, Nationalism, and Ethnicity in the Making of U.S. Latino News	p. 75
Latino Journalistic Panethnicity	p. 77
Latino Objectivity	p. 84
Latino News	p. 95
Latin America News	p. 99
Local Latino News: Los Angeles and Miami	p. 107
Los Angeles	p. 109
Miami	p. 119
Bilingual and English Language Media	p. 131
Bilingual Hispanic Media	p. 134
Bilingual Latino Journalism	p. 135
English Language Latino Journalism	p. 139
The Future of Latino Media: Suggestions for Further Research	p. 145
References	p. 147
Index	p. 159
About the Author	p. 168
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