War Of The Flea Podcast

                                  This week we're back with a conversation on media, Latina reporters and how important it is to fight for responsible brown voices in our mass media.  On March 27 of this year Lizarraga published a piece about her two year's working as a reporter at Denver's Channel 9 (an NBS affiliate) . The opinion piece, which unfortunately is more likely the rule to the exception starts like this, "It was during my second week as a new reporter in Denver that I remember first feeling concerned about discrimination in my newsroom." In this episode Dr. Ernesto and Alex Lozada talk with Lori about her experiences at Channel 9 and what has happened since then. You can read Lizarraga's opinion piece at the link below.  https://www.westword.com/news/9news-latina-reporter-kusa-media-discrimination-diversity-11925702   Update on this situation "The fallout continues from former 9News reporter Lori Lizarraga's essay detailing the exit of three Latinx reporters from the station