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  • Zita ArochaCuban-born Zita Arocha is a bilingual print journalist and senior lecturer in the UTEP Department of Communication. She was most recently at the Freedom Forum as coordinator of training for the Chips Quinn Scholars Program for young journalists of color. For over 20 years she worked as a reporter for The Washington Post, The Miami Herald, The Miami News and The Tampa Times. A freelance contributor to various national publications, she earned a master’s degree in English and comparative literature from the University of South Florida, and is currently pursuing an MFA in bilingual creative writing at UTEP. She his working on a memoir: Made in Tampa: A Cuban-American Childhood. She is project director for Borderzine.com
    • Affiliation/ University UTEP
    • City El Paso
    • State Texas
    • Country United States

Articles by Zita Arocha

Borderzine.com featured in Columbia Journalism Review Borderzine.com featured in Columbia Journalism Review Featured Mar 22nd Zita Arocha Borderzine featured in Columbia Journalism Review. Awareness of Borderzine continues to grow with this story in Columbia Journalism Review about the five-year-old multimedia website that publishes stories about borders and assists......Read More
Mexodus: A student journalism project that truly crosses fronteras Mexodus: A student journalism project that truly crosses fronteras Featured Aug 5th Zita Arocha EL PASO — This Sunday Borderzine goes to press with Mexodus, an unprecedented bilingual student-reporting project that documents the flight of middle class families, professionals and businesses to the U.S. and safer areas of México......Read More
Juarez/Warez: Why quibble? Juarez/Warez: Why quibble? Featured Feb 24th Zita Arocha EL PASO – It had been a year since I’d last visited Juarez, considered the most dangerous city in the world because of unrelenting drug violence.  After crossing the international bridge from EL Paso, I drove into a city under......Read More
Borderzine.com 2010 — growing and growing, gracias to you Borderzine.com 2010 — growing and growing, gracias to you Featured Dec 17th Zita Arocha At this holiday time my mind turns toward reflecting on the road that Borderzine traveled this past year and where it’s headed as it marks its second anniversary this month. There are many accomplishments to celebrate.  Viewership......Read More
Borderzine.com launches “Mexodus” – a multimedia-reporting project on the exodus of Mexicans fleeing violence – with a $25,000 journalism grant Borderzine.com launches “Mexodus” – a multimedia-reporting project on the exodus of Mexicans fleeing violence – with a $25,000 journalism grant Featured Oct 2nd Zita Arocha El Paso, Texas –– A team of UTEP student reporters working with an experienced bilingual journalist will develop and publish a multimedia project for Borderzine.com examining the exodus of middle-class Mexicans and businesses from......Read More
In a city full of ghosts Juarez newspaper takes a surprising stand In a city full of ghosts Juarez newspaper takes a surprising stand Featured Sep 27th Zita Arocha EL PASO, Texas — A major border news daily published a jaw-dropping front page editorial this week that seems to call on drug cartels, or whichever entities are in control of crime-plagued Ciudad Juarez, to tell them what the newspaper......Read More
Borderzine nominated for Top Hispanic Digital Media Innovation award Borderzine nominated for Top Hispanic Digital Media Innovation award Featured Sep 17th Zita Arocha Dear BZ Fans, Borderzine.com is a contender for Top Hispanic Digital Media Innovation for 2010 by Portada magazine. Help share our success with the rest of the world. Cast your vote here today.  It may help put us over the top,......Read More
Hispanic College Students Need More Internships – the Paying Kind Hispanic College Students Need More Internships – the Paying Kind Featured Apr 9th Zita Arocha EL PASO, Texas — This is not a diatribe against employers who abuse unpaid interns – promise. But an entreaty for the news industry, media companies and others to step up to offer more internships – the kind that pay students......Read More
UTEP Summer Workshop to Focus on Web Journalism for a Multimedia Age UTEP Summer Workshop to Focus on Web Journalism for a Multimedia Age Featured Mar 17th Zita Arocha NOW ACCEPTING HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT NOMINATIONS FOR JOURNALISM IN JULY DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: APRIL 2, 2010 (Deadline extended to April 16, 2010) To all El Paso area high school journalism/media advisors: We invite you to nominate......Read More
Esther Chávez Cano: An Army of One Esther Chávez Cano: An Army of One Featured Feb 15th Zita Arocha Esther Chávez Cano (Courtesy of Victor Munoz) EL PASO — She stood five feet two inches tall in her sensible heels. With her short-cropped blonde bob and piercing blue eyes behind rounded spectacles, Esther Cano looked more like......Read More