miércoles, 16 de mayo de 2018

ABOUT ARMANDO GARCIA




MUTIMEDIA WRITER - INDEPENDENT JOURNALIST
PLAYWRIGHT - NEWS PHOTOGRAPHER  
                               
Text Messages Only (925) 289-9765


Professional Profile
Highly influential team builder with successful career in bilingual news media in the United States and abroad. Visionary with proven ability to inspire individuals to work toward common goals and accomplish desired results. Easily adapts to foreign cultures and persons.

Education and Additional Experience
BA Journalism and Mass Communication UNAM-Mexico
BA Immigration Law and Procedures, Stanford, University
MA Performing Arts Mascarones Center at Nahuatl University-Mexico
AA Broadcasting: Columbia Broadcasting Academy, Hollywood, CA.

Public Awards:
California's Ventura County Arts Commissioner
California Legislature for Drama Arts in Communities
Second Place for Political Writer in Latin America by the National Association of Hispanic Publications.
Best Overall Publication, Photographs and Feature Story by the Western Labor Press Association.
Literature Award by the Oxnard Arts Association
Latino Drama Arts by El Concilio del Condado de Ventura
Best journalist by La Prensa de San Antonio.

Publication designer experience
Desktop Publishing: Publisher, Pager Maker, QuarkXPress, and PhotoShop.

Photography: Experienced news photographer.

Immigration Status: United States Citizen and Mexican National.

Languages: Spanish & English

JOURNALISM & PUBLISHING EXPERIENCE (1975-Present). 

Independent Journalist covering the USA-MEXICO Region


Author of love poetry, stories-tales and plays published on: http://teatroypoesiadeamerica.blogspot.com
and https://encuentrosyrelatos.blogspot.com
and https://encuentros-relatos.blogspot.com
Author of POESÍAS DEL ALMA and EROTISMO EN POESÍA (Pen name (Larry Alvarez)


Finding Productions, Media Relations Director. (Los Angeles, CA)
Responsible to write press releases and columns to be published in nationwide publications about the life and work of successful Latino people in the media, the arts, and the business community.

Nuestra America On line
FACE BOOK: Nuestra América

Conexion Hispana.
Chief Operating Officer, acting managing editor and a columnist for Conexión Hispana, a weekly bilingual newspaper in Laredo-Del Rio-Eagle Pass-San Angelo,Texas region.

Cesar E. Chavez Legacy and Educational Foundation Communications Director.
Responsible for the media and public relations of the Foundation in San Antonio, Texas.

Latin Opinion Baltimore, MD
Spanish language newspaper.
Copy editing and writing local and State stories, advertisement and reviewing PDF’s pages.

 “El Patriota”, Grupo Picacho. Honduras, Central America.
Advisor in news gathering, investigating reporting and news photography and American journalism standards.

 “¿Qué Pasa?” NEWSPAPER, Charlotte, NC
Editor and news reporter for print and radio outlets for ¿Qué Pasa?” Media in Charlotte North Carolina. News beats: crime, labor, local government, state politics, transportation and investigating reporting about the flow of immigrants to North Carolina.

IMF-GLOBAL ENTERPRISES
Director of Media Relations providing professional support to the development and implementation of public relations and media programs.
Performs specialized tasks such as media relations, writing in English and Spanish, editing websites, and desktop publishing, special events programming, outreach opportunities, and working on public relations and media campaigns.

DIARIOS RUMBO
News reporter of RUMBO a Spanish language newspaper in San Antonio Texas. Responsible of the news assignment desk. News beats crime, labor, government, immigration and politics.

HISPANIC PRESS NEWS SERVICE
Writer in English and Spanish for the Hispanic Press News Service in Washington DC in the following topics: automotive industry, nutrition, immigration and has translated English articles into Spanish. He also has written press releases for the agency and the National Association of Hispanic Publications.

Agencia EFE
Correspondent in San Antonio Texas of Spain’s news agency for the North America region.

EL MUNDO/LA CRONICA Spain
Contributor writer.

LA PRENSA San Antonio Bilingual Newspaper
Bilingual News Reporter. Responsible to write weekly news and feature stories about the life, economic and political events of San Antonio.

MASTERCARD GLOBAL MARKETING CENTER,
Saint Louis MO.
Bilingual agent in marketing strategies for Latin America.

LATINO LEADERS
Contributor writer to Latino Leaders magazine.

IMAGENES
Editor of Imágenes-Spanish Language Newspaper.

FRANKLIN NEWS
Media consultant for the Santa Barbara, California School District at Franklin Elementary School. Developed a monthly school newsletter as well as teaching to 4-6 graders basic elements of journalism.

NEWS AND PROPAGANDA DIRECTOR
News director for Campesina Radio Network in Bakersfield, CA. Responsible to produce news segments for a Farm Worker union oriented Radio Network, from California to Arizona.

PUBLISHER/FOUNDER/EDITOR- LA FARANDULA
Cofounder and editor of "La Farandula" a Spanish language monthly newspaper featuring Latino entertainers published by Ediciones Flor y Canto.

EDITOR EL NUEVO TIEMPO
Editor of "El Nuevo Tiempo”, the Spanish language weekly newspaper in Southern California, published by M&G Enterprises.

EDICIONES FLOR Y CANTO
Executive Director of this desktop publishing company. Responsible to develop web pages for customers as well as newspaper and magazine lay outs and designs.

NUESTRA AMERICA MAGAZINE
Publisher and founder of Nuestra America Magazine. A bilingual publication in California's Ventura County featuring articles for Latinos in the US. In addition, contributed writer with alternative news stories about Mexico and Latin America.

Assistant Editor for El Nuevo Tiempo newspaper.
Contributor writer for Vida Newspaper in Oxnard, California; and to magazines and newspaper in the US. Mexico, Central America and Europe. Managing Editor of the Hotel and Restaurant Workers Union in Los Angeles. 
Managing Editor and Public Relations Director for the United Farm Workers of America, AFL-CIO responsible for publishing Food & Justice, El Malcriado and The Migrants. Responsible for press conferences and organizing national and international media tours.
News reporter and Radio Producer KUFW 90.5 Co-Founder Radio Campesina. Woodlake, California
Production assistant for directing farm workers union organizing drive TV. Commercials and the "Wrath of Grapes" documentary video for the United Farm Workers Union.
Producer for Vision Advertising in the developing and directing TV. Moreover, Radio Commercials for the Spanish Language Media.
Artistic Director for the International Entertainment Mexican Television Program "Mexico Magia y Encuentro" in benefit of Plaza de la Raza in Los Angeles. Journalism and broadcasting instructor and FCC licensed radio news broadcaster. Production Director for Barrio Bilingual Communications and journalist for La Raza Magazine.

References:
Finding Productions, Jackeline Cacho

Conexión Hispana, Gregorio Gutiérrez.

Cesar E. Chávez Legacy & Educational Foundation, Jaime P. Martinez

Rumbo Newspaper, Lolbe Corona






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