I once was told that the @washingtonpost wouldn’t consider me for a reporting job because I didn’t have experience in a “U.S. newsroom.” Confused, I pointed I had worked in El Paso, Dallas, Philly, Atlanta and NYC. You know, the U.S. https://twitter.com/tanzinavega/status/1270724545654124546">https://twitter.com/tanzinave...

Tracy Grant then told me, “I don’t know how to say this, but you don’t have U.S. newsroom experience.” It dawned on my right there what she meant: my 14 years of experience in Spanish-language publications meant nothing to her, bc those newsrooms weren’t “U.S. newsrooms.”

I actually gave a speech about this as the student commencement speaker for the @newmarkjschool graduating class of 2016. https://youtu.be/47mmQhmYwQ4 ">https://youtu.be/47mmQhmYw...

Our commencement speaker was @PostBaron and after the commencement, I spoke to him about what happened. He apologized and said they take this issues very seriously. Tracy Grant was later promoted to managing editor in charge of attracting and recruiting...

And while this is a personal story, it’s just part of a larger discusion in media & society: in this country, media in a language other than English is looked down upon as lazy and unprofessional.

Want proof? In the 100+ years of the Pulitzer Prize, how many awards have gone to publications in a language other than English?