La Raza secures $25,000 for solutions-focused democracy coverage

The Field Foundation of Illinois provided a $25,000 grant to La Raza, a leading Spanish newspaper in Chicago, to support its coverage of democracy and the Hispanic community ahead of the 2024 election cycle. Moving beyond the usual horse race coverage, Jesús Del Toro, the publication's director and general manager, said La Raza would be “transparent in what is covered and how we do it, opening our reporting to include our audience’s perspectives and needs regarding politics and elections, and producing content that showcases local solutions and initiatives.” It also plans to produce “educational materials, such as voter guides, to help our immigrant readers to better understand democracy and its process in the USA,” explained Del Toro. (La Raza participated in the 2023 edition of the Advancing Democracy Fellowship, led by SJN, Hearken and Trusting News.)