As the GLAAD Media Awards gear up for the end of the month in New York (with other cities to follow), I wanted to take this opportunity to congratulate all the nominees for their great work, specifically, everyone nominated in the Spanish categories. This year, there are 60 nominations in 15 Spanish language programming for the awards – let’s take a closer look.
In regards to big broadcast networks, Univision takes the lead with 14 nominations, followed by NBC’s Telemundo with 4 and the list trickles down to HBO Latino with one nomination. People en Español and La Opinión, the country’s largest Los Angeles-based Spanish language daily, both received two nominations.
In the “outstanding newspaper article” category, I am proud to highlight Texas’s own Don Juan Corzo for his Mother’s Day-themed article focused on lesbian families for the Houston weekly, SEMANA News. In this category, Don Juan and the newspaper are running alongside some of the most recognized U.S. Spanish language media names such as Hoy (Los Angeles), El Nuevo Herald (Miami) and The Associated Press.
Specific television shows being recognized include “Ugly Betty”, “Ventaneando America” (celebrity gossip show) and Noticiero Telemundo (Telemundo News).
Lucia Méndez, whom we’ve blogged about was also nominated for her work on raising awareness on LGBT issues-related teen suicides.
Although these great networks, programs and individuals have been nominated for great work, what is even more comforting is the great work that continues to develop. For example, GLAAD has been counseling Telemundo New York’s "Las Comadres con Gloria B" to feature the first-ever transgender daily TV personality in Spanish language media history. A huge undertaking, and not just to Spanish TV, but general market as well.
As communicators, we seek these leaders and partnerships and make them relevant to our client’s businesses. We take part in telling the stories through different platforms, such as a blog, and sometimes help shape the outcome of some of these nominees and the community at large.
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