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Hispanic Personal Finance Reporting Program
Improving Personal Finance Literacy in Hispanic Communities:
A Training Program for Latino Journalists
Purpose
The Hispanic Personal Finance Reporting Program of the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) provided hands-on training to Latino journalists working at Spanish-and English-language news organizations in the United States. Between 10 and 15 journalists from print, radio, television and on-line media outlets participated in a two-day workshop. The training addressed the full spectrum of critical personal finance topics, including investing, consumer debt, financial planning, mortgages, and retirement planning.
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 Watch as a panel of experts discuss the major challenges facing the Hispanic community regarding financial literacy and consumer finance. The panel featured:
Moderator: Joyce Barnathan - President, International Center for Journalists
Panelists: Xavier Serbia – Online Financial Expert, freelance finance journalist, XavierSerbia.com
Peter McKillop - Global Consumer and Small Business Banking Communications Executive, Bank of America
Lauren Young - Personal Business Editor, Business Week
Hugo Balta - Vice President of News / News Director - WNJU/Telemundo 47
Jose Melendrez - Editor Spanish-language Web site on personal finance and technology, laalcancia.com (2007 Program Participant)
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Xabier Serbia, an expert in Personal Finance and lead instructor of the ICFJ Personal Finance Reporting Program, addresses the ethical challenges facing TV reporters who often are under pressure to present a three-hour story on the financial market in 90 seconds.
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Chris Roush, the founding director of the Carolina Business News Initiative, instructs workshop participants of the Hispanic Personal Finance Reporting Program in New York about investment options including mutual funds, stocks and bonds.
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For more information contact:
Natasha Tynes
ntynes@icfj.org
202-349-7603
1616 H St. NW 3rd Fl.
Washington, DC 20006
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The Hispanic Personal Finance Reporting Program: Two Parts
Sponsored by the McGraw-Hill Companies
Two workshops provided hands-on training to journalists with the aim of to improving personal finance literacy in Hispanic communities in the United States. The program was aimed specifically at Latino journalists at Spanish-and English-language Hispanic news organizations in New York City and the Washington, D.C., metro areas.
The 2007 Sustainable Development and Conservation in the Gulf of California Workshop
Sponsored by the David and Lucile Packard Foundation and the International Community Foundation
Partner: Center of Journalism and Public Ethics (CEPET) and Michigan State University’s Knight Center for Environmental Journalism
This project helped build the capacity of the news media to cover the Gulf of California’s development issues in depth. Growth issues ranged from the construction of a coastal highway, real estate development, tourism policies, agriculture, aquaculture, and climate change.
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