Ethnic Newspapers Buck Industry Crisis

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April 5, 2009

In a time of widespread uncertainty in the journalism industry, ethnic papers have been able to hold on to their readership and their place as voices of communities. How are they surviving while their mainstream counterparts falter?

Guest host Linda Werthheimer talks to Juana Ponce de Leon, executive director of the New York Community Media Alliance, about the way ethnic media has been able to survive, and about the special challenges that ethnic papers face today.

 
 

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