Culture
The Case for Keeping Immigrant Newspapers Alive
They’re a crucial way to engage an already hard-to-reach group of city residents.
The oldest Spanish-language newspaper in the U.S.—New York City-based El Diario la Prensa—recently laid off half its editorial and sales staff, after four years of financial and labor issues. In 2015, the company incurred a loss of $2 million. Now it’s announced the death of its print edition, which could have significant consequences for the city’s sizable Hispanic population, many of whom primarily speak Spanish.
Here’s how Oscar Hernandez, an employee of the newspaper, explained the significance of the publication’s demise, via The Huffington Post: