¡Extra! ¡Extra!: The Spanish-Language Press That Made the Americas

Join the Deadline Club for a walking tour of New York’s Spanish-language press history and its surprising parallels to media battles of today, led by historian Kelley Kreitz, author of Printing Nueva York (NYU Press).
When Hearst and Pulitzer ginned up “fake news” — what the New York Times called “freak journalism” — to sell papers covering Cuba’s fight for independence from Spain, an innovative Spanish-language press fought back. Cuban émigrés, Puerto Rican intellectuals, and political exiles used their newspapers to champion democracy and forge a pan-Latin American consciousness that emerged into today’s Latinx identity.
Joining us to enact bilingual readings of historic news stories are Gabriela Pinasco Najera, New York correspondent for Mexico-based Quadratín Hispano media; and Juan Manuel Benítez, former NY1 reporter and professor at Columbia Journalism School.
The Itinerary
We start on Park Row at the former New York Times building and 1870s home of La America Ilustrada, then move to the site of La Revista Ilustrada de Nueva York, where José Martí published his landmark “Our America” essay. We also visit the location of what was once the largest Spanish-language bookstore in the Northeast.
We conclude on Stone Street for cerveza, bebidas and networking. Can’t make the tour? Join us there around 4:30 p.m.
Copies of : Spanish-Language Print Culture, Media Change, and Democracy in the Late Nineteenth Century (NYU Press, 2026) available at 30% off with code NYUAU30 at nyupress.org.
AT A GLANCE
WHAT: ¡Extra! ¡Extra!: The Spanish-Language Press That Made the Americas — Downtown Walking Tour
WHEN: 3 p.m. Saturday, June 20
WHERE: Meet near Park Row, Manhattan. (Exact location given upon registration.)
TICKETS: $20 members / $30 nonmembers

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