Adiós El Nuevo Dia Orlando

Although the on line version of El Nuevo Dia Orlando is still live, many reports indicate that the Spanish daily is in the process of closing it's doors. Quoting consistent losses over the past several years of operation, the owners have decided to end the Orlando based operation which will affect about 50 employees. The WayneWho staff is sad to see another voice silenced, especially during such a critical election year.

El Nuevo Dia was a great publication that portrayed local news honestly to the Hispanic community. Unlike TV personalities such as Danny Ramos and some of the radio personalities who like to sensationalize stories to remain relevant, El Nuevo Dia stuck to good old-fashioned reporting. Many of their stories over the years were important stories that other mainstream media outlets ignored or refused to cover. They also had a great talent pool of writers who could keep a story feeling local instead of giving even the most localized issue a nationalized view. They stuck to just good reporting.

We were sad to read of the paper's impending closure in the Orlando Sentinel whose article seemed to be almost joyful as they hoped to regain some of the lost market share. Our fear is that as all of our local papers struggle to stay afloat, the news that our community needs to function could cease to exist. Newspapers scared to rock the boat on hot button issues for fear of advertising revenue retribution could easily table important stories. Facts on popular issues and on popular politicians could easily find themselves on the cutting room floor if they might be offensive to the target markets that advertisers are interested in reaching. We just hope that in the new paperless digital age, news will still just be news.