We are pioneering a unique, multidisciplinary student news organization to recruit more Latinos to journalism and improve coverage of Hispanics. Why? Because the ever-increasing numbers of Latinos in Houston and the U.S. make evident the necessity of a vehicle that will unite our various communities, produce and distribute quality information concerning central issues, and become the medium through which a diversity of voices may be expressed. In addition to being the only Latino college news organization in the city, we are the first and only such association at the University of Houston.
Why Latinos? Latinos are greatly underrepresented in the media. In 2005, there was an estimated 41.3 million Latinos in the U.S., comprising 14% of the total population. Demographers predict we will be the majority minority in the next 50 years.
· The American Society of Newspaper Editors’ annual newsroom census shows the number of Latino journalists working at U.S. dailies is 4.29%
· Latinos in the nation’s TV and radio newsrooms fared worse. The percentage of Hispanic journalists working at local TV stations dropped slightly, from 8.9% in 2003 to 8.7% in 2004.
 | Raymond Ruiz | Director | Executive Leadership |
 | Editor-in-Chief | Executive Leadership | |
 | Carlos Estrada | Associate Director | Executive Leadership |
| Staff by Alphabetical Order | |||
 | Jesus Acevedo | Reporter/Social Media Coordinator | Sports |
 | Erika Andrade | Blogger/Historian | News |
 | Paul Barron | Reporter | Sports |
 | Giselle Bueno | Reporter | News |
 | Martin Calzada | Science Reporter | News |
 | Ivan Castillo | Photographer/Videographer | News |
 | Claudia Galindo | Reporter | News |
| Laura Gomez | Reporter | Sports | |
 | Andre Habet | Reporter | News |
 | Jeanet Hernandez | Public Relations | Corporate |
 | Argelia Martinez | Reporter | Corporate |
 | Arianna Martinez | Reporter | Sports |
 | Yenny Martinez | Treasurer/Reporter | Corporate |
 | Ruth Montanez | Community Service Coordinator/Photographer | Corporate/News |
 | Isaac Pedraza | Reporter | News |
 | Reyes Ramirez | Reporter | News |
 | Kelly Sanchez | Secretary/Reporter | News |
 | Selena Salvide-Vasquez | Reporter/Former Editor | News |
 | Jose Santos | Reporter | Sports |
 | Sinai Tirado | Media Production/Social Media Coordinator | News |
 | Edgar Veliz | Reporter | Sports |
 | Norma Vasquez | Repoter | News |
 | Grace Varela | Reporter | News |
 | Cesar Espinosa | Community Advisor | |
 | George Lupercio | Professional Advisor | |
| Fredrick Schiff | Faculty Advisor |
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