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Emmy winning multimedia journalist Angela Kocherga joins KTEP.

KTEP welcomes Angela Kocherga as its latest news director

Maria Ramos, Contributor February 24, 2020

KTEP, the National Public Radio station from the southwest, welcomes journalist Angela Kocherga aboard as news director. Kocherga has dedicated her career to covering the U.S.-Mexico border and the interior of Mexico soon after graduating from college.    “After...

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Zita Arocha on stage at the 2016 NAB/NAHJ national convention as she is inducted into their Hall of Fame.

Arocha inducted into NAHJ Hall of Fame

Rene Delgadillo, Reporter August 6, 2016

UTEP senior lecturer Zita Arocha was inducted to the NAHJ 2016 Hall of Fame on Friday, Aug. 5, for her journalism career and for serving Hispanic and Latino students. “I think it is a huge honor for UTEP because it really focuses attention on what...

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Journalism educators from Hispanic-serving institutes train on multimedia reporting during a workshop at UTEP.

Changing the complexion of news media calls for revolución

Zita Arocha, Professor of Practice and Director of Borderzine September 5, 2014

It’s time to shatter the myth that young Latino journalists won’t leave home for jobs in news media.
 This thought and others flashed in neon across my mind as I sipped white wine recently in a San Antonio ballroom to celebrate 30 years of tilling...

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