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Interview with Ernesto Romero

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Title

Interview with Ernesto Romero

Description

Ernesto Romero, news director for Yuma's television network affiliate stations, discusses the role that social media plays in reporting news along the border, the skills needed for new journalists to be effective when working in the area, and how security concerns have not really been an issue for those working under him. Romero touches on the need to have Spanish newscasts for those in the U.S. who prefer to watch news in that language.

Ernesto Romero, director de noticias de las cadenas de estaciones afiliadas de televisión en Yuma, discute el papel que juegan las redes sociales en el reportaje de noticias a lo largo de la frontera, del tipo de capacitación necesaria para reporteros nuevos, y de lo poco que tienen que preocuparse por la violencia los reporteros que trabajan para él. Romero habla de la necesidad de reportar las noticias en español para la poblacion de los Estados Unidos que las prefieren en ese idioma.

Creator

Romero, Ernesto

Relly, Jeannine

Source

Celeste Gonzalez de Bustamante and Jeannine E. Relly Oral History Collection (MS 533)

Date

2014-12-20

Relation

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Transcribed Interview with Ernesto Romero

Format

mp3

Language

English

Type

Sound

Coverage

Yuma, Arizona

Sound Item Type Metadata

Original Format

mp3

Duration

0:22:27

Citation

Romero, Ernesto and Relly, Jeannine , “Interview with Ernesto Romero,” Special Collections Online Exhibits, accessed April 25, 2024, https://exhibits.lib.arizona.edu/items/show/785.