Tag Archives: Journalism

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  Salazar’s Beginnings As A College Student Journalist

  Posted on August 27, 2013 by Kira Brekke in Early Years.

  Ruben Salazar’s long career as a journalist is well known, but before he made his name as a professional he started out writing columns for his college newspaper. What is less known about Salazar is where the Los Angeles Times columnist, KMEX news director, and journalistic advocate for the Latino community first began. Archived documents from […]

  Post Tagged with Journalism, Ruben Salazar, University of Texas at El Paso, UTEP
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  Echoes of a 1970 Briefcase

  Posted on April 17, 2012 by Juan Espinoza in Career, KMEX, Legacy, Los Angeles Times, Personal.

  Opening a briefcase seems somewhat outdated in 2012. A corroded mark of rust came to life as I removed paper clips that seemed untouched since 1970. The smell of history matched the aged, brown, typewritten pages I held in the University of Southern California’s Doheny Library. It’s as if someone opened your laptop and read […]

  Post Tagged with Chicano Moratorium, Journalism, KMEX, Los Angeles Times, MALDEF, Mario Garcia
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  From Mexico City to Los Angeles: A Professional ‘Crisis’

  Posted on April 17, 2012 by Elena Kadvany in Career, Los Angeles Times, Personal.

  The date that resonates in the minds of many when it comes to slain Los Angeles Times journalist Ruben Salazar is August 29th, 1970: the day he was killed. August 29th bore witness to the Chicano Moratorium, the massive march that marked a peak of the Chicano anti-war movement efforts at that time. To many […]

  Post Tagged with Bob Gibson, Chicano Movement, Frank Haven, Frank Sotomayor, Journalism, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Times, Mexico City, Otis Chandler
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