Quarantine Bonus: Media Activism in Puerto Rico
Dr. Yadira Nieves Pizarro, Assistant Professor and Chair of the Communications Department in the Inter American University of Puerto Rico (Bayamón Campus), joins the show to discuss media activism in Puerto Rico. We talk about the media's role in Afro-Latinx representation, the aftermath of Hurricane Maria, protests, how people and the news are covered on la Isla and more.
Keep in mind this episode was recorded just before the pandemic made us all quarantine, so some references and insights - while worth listening to - may be dated.
Host: Joshua Smyser-DeLeon, Twitter @jsdeleon
Site: paseomedia.org
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Sounds: Notification Sounds + Flor Meléndez Ramos
Dr. Yadira Nieves Pizarro Website + Twitter
Dr. Yadira's work mentioned:
When Everything Else Fails: Radio Journalism during Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico
The Representation of Latin@’s in Media: A Negation of Blackness
Hurricane Marie Website Dr. Yadira mentioned: losmuertosdemaria.com