Newspaper struggles to achieve media diversity on U campus

by DAVID SERVATIUS In a way, the name of the newspaper tells its story. Venceremos! It is determined and defiant, a rallying cry during the Cuban revolution and an echo of the U.S. civil rights movement. Literally translated, it means, “We will win.” Or, in some cases, “We shall overcome.” Venceremos is the University of [...]

Respect, accuracy key to coverage, GLAAD strategist says

by YEVGENIYA KOPELEVA The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation offered a presentation on media essentials on Oct. 16, 2007, in support of Pride Week at the University of Utah. Adam Bass, the Northwest media field strategist for GLAAD, encouraged aspiring journalists to recognize and write effective pro-LGBT messages. “A good example of an effective pro-LGBT [...]

NLGJA low on numbers, high in benefits

by STEPHANIE FERRER-CARTER They are called under-represented, minority groups for a reason. Groups that fall under this category often have their images skewed, stereotyped or all together forgotten in America’s newsrooms. In 1975, the National Association of Black Journalists was founded in an attempt to combat this growing problem. Other ethnic minority groups — Hispanic, [...]

Sandra Plazas: Overcoming diversity

by ERIK DAENITZ Sandra Plazas has encountered adversity in moving to a new country and running a business. However, the challenges of entering a new culture did not deter her from pursuing her goals, and the task of running the newspaper, Mundo Hispano, is something that she sees as a duty and service to the Wasatch [...]

Local newspaper marks 15 years of bringing communities together

by DAVID SERVATIUS She calls it the “Field of Dreams” mentality, a reference to the iconic 1989 Kevin Costner film. If you build it, they will come. It is why, Sandra Plazas says, she and her mother, Gladys Gonzalez, went to work in the dining room of their two-bedroom apartment in the early 1990s to [...]