Palabra: Así Fue

Pulitzer-prize winning reporter Adriana Gallardo joins her long-time friend and producer Luis Gallo to explore how their immigrant experiences prepared them to become journalists and writers.

Adriana Gallardo’s love for storytelling was born inside the library where her parents worked as janitors and grew during her time working in community radio. Luis Gallo became a journalist by writing about subjects he felt passionat...

Mónica Ortiz Uribe, a Mexican American journalist, has long been fascinated by the border - the place where two countries and cultures meet. Her reporting often amplifies the voices of underrepresented groups, including women, immigrants, minorities, and underpaid workers. In this episode, Mónica joins executive producer Valeria Fernández to discuss the creation of Así Fue, a platform that provides support and safety for j...

Covering business might cause a reporter to break out in a cold sweat or their eyes to glaze over. But not Jordyn Holman. She writes about business and the retail industry for the New York Times. Her personal experience pushes her coverage beyond the executive suites and into the lives of wage workers and the communities where they live. In this episode, Jordyn and host Mónica Ortiz Uribe delve into Jordyn’s experience as ...

In conversation with each other, journalists Maye Primera and Maritza L. Felix discuss the hyper-local journalism projects they are part of in their communities. Maye shares the experience of moving from Venezuela to San Francisco’s Bay Area and the information and service El Tímpano provides. Led by Maye, El Tímpano  informs, engages, and amplifies the voices of the Bay Area’s Latino and Mayan immigrants. Maritza delves i...

Emmy-nominated reporter Mariela Murdocco takes us behind the scenes with award-winning music pioneers, including Puerto Rico's Latin Grammy nominee Gale; Panamanian singer-songwriter Erika Ender; Colombian singer Fonseca; Mexican-American singer and activist Becky G; and Grammy nominee audio engineer Jeanne Montalvo, one of the few women working in her field. Despite their proven success, women are still vastly underrepres...

Journalists Zaydee Sanchez and Claudia Meléndez Salinas uncover the dangerous effects of pesticides on the farmworker community. In the course of their reporting they discover truths about their own immigrant roots. Claudia offers advice on self-care and Zaydee reflects on the importance of family. The episode ends with a personal reflection by reporter Olga Rosales Salinas about her father’s role in a global economy.