Saturday, February 17, 2007

Vida Latina

Claudia Samulowitz is an English/Spanish translator and interpreter who chaired the Lafayette Commission on Latino and Hispanic Affairs in 2006. She's been trying for eight years to get a newscast in Spanish. Well, thanks to her, that dream has been realized. And the spots are exceptional.

Vida Latina will be aired at 5:12 PM on Tuesdays during the regular 5 o'clock news show and during the CBS Morning Show on Saturdays. They are also linked and archived on the WLFI website.

WLFI's decision to go ahead with this project was a good one. And it is Claudia's hope that maybe someday Lafayette will be able to have the local news in Spanish on a regular basis. I agree that this is where we should be heading, and I think it's only a matter of time before this hope and dream of hers is also realized.

Way to go, Claudia and WLFI!