“When Liliana Soto started her journalism career with Univision, she thought her only option was to pursue work in Spanish-language news. A college professor she admired told her to stick to reporting in Spanish because of her accent.”
Journalist Liliana Soto reporting in Arizona. / La periodista Liliana Soto reportando desde Arizona.
If NBCUniversal, which owns both Telemundo and NBC, was committed to pay equity, they would figure out a way to add up their revenue and pay their reporters equally, Thiel said.Miami Herald“In Miami, I think it's so obvious how valuable Spanish-language journalism is that no one disputes the importance and the professionalism and the value that journalism has,” said Joey Flechas, co-chair of the One Herald Guild. “Unfortunately those are words. And words don't pay the bills.
So when her two-year contract was about to expire and they offered her a renewal, Soto was surprised to see it didn’t come with a raise. She then asked for a $20,000 increase, to which she said her boss responded “‘Well, Lily, this is not Fox10,’” referring to the local station in Phoenix. Nora López, president of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists, said the association has heard from members that their experience as a reporter in Spanish-language newsrooms doesn’t count. “That includes investigative journalists who tell us that recruiters don't even bother reading their portfolios and honestly don't even consider it valid if it’s not in English,” López said.
She did what she’d always done—performed extra work. Soto offered to translate her stories to Spanish because they were heavily focused on Latino communities and she wanted the stories to reach Spanish-dominant Latinos. The station created a Spanish-language website within ABC15, called “Estamos Contigo.” The website is still active today, with advertisements up and Soto’s last story dated Dec. 17, 2021.
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