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Oscar GarzaOscar Garza brings more than 20 years of journalism experience to his post as editor-in-chief of Tu Ciudad magazine. During his 15-year tenure at The Los Angeles Times, he served for eight years as editor of Daily Calendar, one of the leading arts & entertainment sections in the United States. He supervised Calendar’s contributions to The Times’ Latino Initiative, which was launched to improve the newspaper’s coverage of the Latino community. Calendar’s Latino coverage was recognized with the Raul Julia Award for Public Service from the National Hispanic Foundation for the Arts. During his tenure in Calendar, Garza also conceived and edited two special sections: a supplement in conjunction with the inaugural Latin Grammy Awards; and another to mark an important Diego Rivera exhibition at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. For the past two years, Garza was deputy editor of the Los Angeles Times Magazine, where he edited numerous cover stories on subjects ranging from Chicano art to politics to a profile of baseball team owner Arte Moreno.Garza arrived at The Times in 1989 as arts editor at the paper’s San Diego County edition. Prior to that he was arts editor and a columnist at the San Antonio Light in his Texas hometown. Before turning to print journalism, Garza worked in television, including a stint as senior producer at KLRN-TV (PBS) in San Antonio, where he produced several programs for national distribution, including a documentary about Henry Cisneros’ historic election as San Antonio’s mayor in 1981. He also produced PBS’ first-ever news coverage of annual conventions held by the National Council of La Raza and the League of United Latin American Citizens.
Seminar speeches given by Oscar Garza:THE LATINIZATION OF ART & CULTURE IN AMERICAUnderstanding Its Impact and Why it Matters October 18, 2005 “Varieties of Experience: Personal stories about Writing for the Anglo Mainstream vs. Latino Mainstream / English vs. Spanish language press” Lead speaker: Oscar Garza, editor-in-chief, Tu Ciudad and former arts editor at the Los Angeles Times and editor of Los Angeles Times Magazine. Speakers: Gustavo Arellano, OC Weekly reporter and columnist of “Ask A Mexican;” Antonio Mejias-Rentas, entertainment editor, La Opinión; Lorenza Munoz, Los Angeles Times, entertainment reporter in Calendar and Business sections Video is presented in either Real Media or Windows Media format. To view Real Media video, download and install RealPlayer, a free video streaming player available from RealNetworks. To view Windows Media video, you will need to download and install the Windows Media 10 Player. |
What fellows have to say about past seminars: "As a confirmed 'water geek,' all I can say is WOW. This was one of the best training and educational experiences I've had in a long time. Top-notch organization, exceptional topics, speakers and materials. Just a fabulous program."
- Shaun McKinnon, Arizona Republic |
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