40 years ago today, the latimes published the final stories of the Latino series, an ambitious and groundbreaking series that won the paper a Pulitzer for Public Service. chels_hylton takes a look back at the pioneering work.
Richard Veloz and Irene Calvillo for 10 years have tried to raise money and community interest along Whittier Boulevard in Boyle Heights to help gang members return to school or find jobs.how the team would meet in restaurants, crammed living rooms and conference rooms to share ideas and plan out the series. He said there was an incident when a few members met at the Redwood saloon and restaurant that was only a few blocks away from The Times’ downtown office.
Both projects were met with hostility from the beginning, but the journalists prevailed not only professionally in their reporting but also personally as they grew. Rivera Brooks, Banks and Sahagun said they learned so much about themselves through the projects. Both groups of journalists were recognized with awards and accolades, and in 1984 the Latinos series won one of journalism’s highest honors, the Pulitzer Prize.
Allen Hollis, center, with family members pose for a story on high school star athletes and what their lives look like after graduation. “The biggest thing that I took away from it, and it has been the North Star of my career since then, is to find my voice and to use it,” Banks said. “I believe specifically at The Times, we set up a culture that allowed us to have identities.”
Sotomayor wrote that then-editor Bill Thomas did not think that the series was worthy of a Pulitzer nomination. Sotomayor and the other editors met with Thomas multiple times to explain why, and how the hard work and bravery of the group of Latino journalists deserved to be recognized. Thomas eventually allowed the series to be submitted and even stood on stage to receive the award at the ceremony.
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