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Just in Time for Hispanic Heritage Month, Tips for Reaching the Hispanic Media

by Pilar Portela, West Media Relations Supervisor, Ethnic Circuits New Census data shows US Hispanics have become the second-largest population with 50 million citizens.  Their buying power should reach a projected $1.3 trillion in 2015. With Hispanic Heritage Month (Sept. 15-Oct. 15) right around the corner and in anticipation of the 2012 presidential elections there is renewed [...]

September is Hispanic Heritage Month

by Pilar Portela, Media Relations Specialist, Business Wire/Florida With Hispanic Heritage Month beginning yesterday, keep in mind that the Hispanic consumer base in the U.S. is so big (50 million people) that all marketers, not just Hispanic brands, need to be targeting this group. Also, Latinos are now the nation’s second-largest consumer market after white non-Hispanics. [...]

28th Annual NAHJ Multimedia Convention and Career Expo in Denver: El Grito Across the Rockies

by Pilar Portela, Media Relations Specialist, Business Wire/Florida Business Wire’s West Coast Media Relations Specialists, Eric Thomas and Pilar Portela, were in attendance at this year’s 28th Annual National Association of Hispanic Journalists (NAHJ) Multimedia Convention and Career Expo in Denver, June 23-26. More than 700 journalism professionals, a majority Latino, gathered across the Rockies [...]