vida latina is a variety show in spanish that celebrates the latino community in cambridge and...
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Vida Latina is a variety show in Spanish that celebrates the Latino community in Cambridge and beyond. The show is cablecast live every second Monday of the month on Cambridge Community Television's Channel 9.
Co-producers: Karin Koch and Irene Bosch Our aim is to provide an accessible platform
for presenting topics of interest to the local Hispanic community
First show was cable cast on 05/08/2008 First guest: Cambridge based Latin musical
group Sol y Canto
Music Venezuelan Pianist
Leo Blanco Columbian Composer
and Band Leader Gregorio Uribe
Venezuelan Classical Guitarist Hermann Hudde
Puerto Rican Duo Las Aboricuás
Literature Elkin Echeverri from
Colombia Emma Romeu from
Cuba Mario Barros from Cuba
Media Mexican journalist
Marcela García from EL Planeta
Ecuadorian-born journalist Jerry Villacrés
Dominican radio host Victor Tejeda
Salvadoran radio host Roxana Sibrián
Health and Education Círculo de Cuidado Cambridge Community L
earning Center
Art and Science The Honduran inventor
José Gómez-Márquez from MIT’s D-Lab Health
The Columbian ex-Bull Fighter and “Suit of Lights”designer Miguel Angel Méndez
The Puerto Rican architect Carlos Ferré
The Main Platform is the Show Monthly Live Cablecast is seen only in Cambridge Live Web Stream
Digital Distribution is used to Reach a Wider Audience Blip.tv archive.org
The Blog on CCTV’s Web Site is used To post past episodes To post additional information about the show and its guests To post local events that are of interest for the group To interact with other CCTV members
Other Social Networks are used to Promote the Show and Build a wider Online Community Twitter Facebook Ning
Building an Online Community To engage people with VL To network To keep in touch with guests of the show To share media with a broader audience To link to content of interest
It’s not easy People use different networks Not all online members are active It’s time consuming
A successful Twitter Connection
NeighborMedia correspondent Karen Klinger wrote a story
Las Aboricuás sent a Tweet and became followers of VL
Las Aboricuás were invited to Vida Latina
Neighbormedia correspondent Karin Koch covered Ginger Ibex Live @ The Lily Pad
The Cuban Humorist of Boston
Mario Barros appeared as a guest on a VL show
NM correspondent Karin Koch recorded his book presentation at Schoenhof's Foreign Language Books in Harvard Square
Mario posted the video on his web page www.lenguaviva.org
Mario Barros and VL became friends on FB and followers on Twitter
VL is on Schoenhof’s mailing list