Latinos and Media Project

This section of the LAMP web site turns to organizations for which their prime mission, or at least part of their work, deals with Latinos and media issues. The organizations are classified into three types based on their goals with such matters: Professional organizations, Media advocacy organizations, and Advocacy organizations. The explanations for each are provided in the respective sub-sections. As with other parts of this web site, the listing is currently not exhaustive because the research work is still in progress. Suggestions for additions to the section are most welcome. Moreover, the information provided here should serve only as an introduction to the listed organizations' dealings with Latinos and the media. For further information, the reader should contact the organizations directly.

Professional Organizations

Professional Organizations are those based on the members' labor and/or enterprise in the field of communication. Their goals may include the members' status and improvement in their respective professions, as well as advocacy issues pertaining to their fields of endeavor and/or the Latino communities at large. One of the differences with media advocacy organizations is the membership base. Also, professional organizations usually hold annual conventions, and job fairs directed to enhance the media-related job opportunities for their members and affiliates in their respective professions.

Media Advocacy Organizations

Media Advocacy Organizations are those which bring together persons from diverse backgrounds to work together primarily to promote focused or broad-based Latino-related issues in the media. Such issues include concerns pertaining to portrayals (how Latinos are depicted in entertainment, news, and/or advertisements), employment (hiring and promotion of Latinos in entertainment and/or news media), and ownership (opportunities in the business side of the media). While some of these issues are also paid attention to by the professional organizations, the advocacy groups make these issues their prime reason for being.

Advocacy Organizations

Advocacy Organizations are those for which any Latino-related media issues are part, but not the main goals, of the organization. The organizations listed here usually have broad-based community concerns as their main focus, and media related issues may be included as part of the overall advocacy agendas.