Arts and Media October 2020

'Sesame Street' Tackles Racism In TV Special

Sesame Workshop – the organization behind “Sesame Street” – is airing a half-hour anti-racist special later in October that will feature skits and songs in a Zoom-like format.

Arts and Media October 2020

American Poet Wins Nobel Literature Prize

Yale University faculty member Louise Glück became the 16th female Nobel Literature laureate when she won the Nobel Prize in Literature for her poetry.

Arts and Media September 2020

Balvin, Bunny Top Latin Grammy Nods

J Balvin earned 13 nominations for the 2020 Latin Grammys. Bad Bunny and Ozuna received nine and eight nominations, respectively. Other nominees include Ricky Martin and Kany García.

Arts and Media July 2020

Leadership Changes At NBCUniversal Telemundo

With Beau Ferrari’s appointment as chairman of NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises, the multiplatform media company is realigning its leadership team.

Arts and Media July 2020

Is There A Smithsonian American Latino Museum?

The House of Representatives passed the National Museum of the American Latino Act, which would establish a Smithsonian National Museum of the American Latino.

Arts and Media July 2020

Who Is NBCUniversal Telemundo’s New Chairman?

NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises officially has a new chairman. Beau Ferrari has succeeded Cesar Conde, who was recently named Chairman of NBCUniversal News Group.

Arts and Media July 2020

NBC News Sets Goal Of A Half Minority Workforce

Cesar Conde, the chairman of NBCUniversal International Group and NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises, has set the goal of building a workforce that is at least half minority.

Arts and Media July 2020

Lin-Manuel Miranda’s 'Hamilton' On Disney+

Just in time for the Fourth of July, Lin-Manuel Miranda’s “Hamilton” is premiering on Disney+ and will feature the Broadway hit’s original cast.

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Small In The City

In honor of our Arts and Media issue, we are featuring the 2020 winning and honors books of the Ezra Jack Keats Award. Also, in partnership with the New York City Department of Education, the Ezra Jack Keats Foundation has announced the winners of the 34th annual Ezra Jack Keats Bookmaking Competition for grades 3-12, including Patrick Szewczyk (Grade 4), Andre Kulikov (Grade 8) and by Nadine Baidan (Grade 11) who won for the city. All of the winning entries and honors books are listed in the online catalogue at www.bklynlibrary.org/ejk-2020 (catalogue’s cover features Sophie Wright’s winning entry “EARTH, OUR ONLY HOME”).

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Finding The Support To Pursuing Dreams

Written by Jose Ortiz

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Reflecting On Latinx Courage

Written by A Longoria Assistant Professor of Secondary Education Woodring College of Education Western Washington University AAHHE Faculty Fellow, 2020

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Unprecedented Latino Leadership In Media

Editor’s Note: It is important to note that not all news of Hispanics in the media is bad. In the midst of the COVID-19 crisis, you might have missed this ground-breaking announcement from NBCUniversal. A Cuban-American, whose mother was a refugee to America rose to the top of the mega media giant. A release from the National Association of Hispanic Journalists heralded the news this way:

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Mary Ann Cooper