Author: Teresa Puente

Lessons learned from teaching journalism during the pandemic

During the height of the pandemic, New York University journalism professor Yvonne Latty had to teach some of her students on Zoom and others in the classroom at the same time. Her glasses fogged up while wearing  a mask. So she got contacts. She had to also consider how much she spoke as her mouth…

Latino and Spanish-language media fill information gap during the Covid-19 crisis

Former U.S. Surgeon General Antonia Novello once said, “Viruses and bacteria don’t ask for a green card.” In 1990, she became the first woman and the first Hispanic to be named Surgeon General of the United States. George H. Bush was then president. Now 30 years later, with the Covid-19 worldwide health pandemic, we are…