Take Two translates the day’s headlines for Southern California, making sense of the news and cultural events that affect our lives. Produced by Southern California Public Radio and broadcast from October 2012 – June 2021. Hosted by A Martinez.
According to a survey by the National Hispanic Media Coalition, one third of people who responded to a poll assumed more than half of Latinos living in the U.S. are undocumented immigrants.
Where do those beliefs come from? In part, from what we see in film and television.
The NHMC has been working hard to promote better representation of Latinos in entertainment media. This week, it's announcing a number of new partnerships — including collaborations with Univision and Televisa — to train more Latinos to write for TV shows.
NHMC president and CEO Alex Nogales joined the show with more. You can listen at the audio link above.