''La Voz de Houston'' (Spanish: "The Voice of Houston") is a Spanish-language weekly newspaper distributed by the ''
Houston Chronicle
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'', and a subsidiary of the ''Houston Chronicle''. The newspaper's offices are located in the ''Houston Chronicle''
's newspaper production plant at the
610 Loop
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and
U.S. Route 59 (
Southwest Freeway).
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Chronicle buys La Voz Spanish newspaper
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''. Friday December 3, 2004. Retrieved on January 8, 2012. This plant is the former ''
Houston Post
The ''Houston Post'' was a newspaper that had its headquarters in Houston, Texas, United States. In 1995, the newspaper shut down, and its assets were purchased by the '' Houston Chronicle''.
History
Gail Borden Johnson founded the ''Houston ...
'' headquarters. Before the ''Chronicle'' acquisition, the paper was published by the La Voz Publishing Corp., headquartered in Houston.
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" ''La Voz de Houston''. February 6, 2002. Retrieved on January 8, 2012. "6101 S.W. Freeway, Suite 127 Houston, Texas 77057"
History
Armando and Olga Ordóñez,
refugees from Cuba, established ''La Voz de Houston'' in 1979. The couple used a small house as the newspaper's offices. Armando and Olga wrote articles and operated the paper, while their children, Carlos and Laura, helped produce ''La Voz''. Armando Ordóñez died in 1984, so Olga Ordóñez became the sole owner of the paper. Under her leadership ''La Voz de Houston'' gained a circulation of 100,000. 35,000 of the circulation consisted of copies that were distributed on Wednesdays to subscribers of the ''Houston Chronicle''. Before the acquisition by the ''Houston Chronicle'', ''La Voz de Houston'' had 14 employees.
For a 13-year period before the 2004 acquisition, ''La Voz'' and the ''Houston Chronicle'' were in a partnership. The ''Chronicle'' distributed and printed ''La Voz'' and the ''Chronicle'' sold advertisements and shared some stories.
On Thursday December 2, 2004 the ''Houston Chronicle'' purchased ''La Voz''. Ordóñez remained as the publisher of ''La Voz''. As an employee of the ''Houston Chronicle'' she began reporting to Jack Sweeney, the publisher of the ''Houston Chronicle''. The 14 employees of ''La Voz de Houston'' became ''Houston Chronicle'' employees. The offices of ''La Voz de Houston'' moved to their current location.
With the sale, ''La Voz'' began to receive advertising sales and editorial support from the ''Chronicle''.
Content
The newspaper is written in a standard mainstream Spanish so that Hispanics of many national backgrounds can easily understand the content.
As of 2004 the weekly newspaper has a circulation of 100,000. The newspaper's sections include news, food, sports, and entertainment.
['Houston Chronicle' Buys Spanish-Language Weekly 'La Voz']
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Awards
In 2009, La Voz reporter Jorge Luis Sierra won two first place awards for News and Features in the
Texas Associated Press Managing Editors
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2009 competition.
In 2010 Héctor Pina of ''La Voz'' won the first place award for opinion writing in the
Texas Associated Press Managing Editors
Texas (, ; Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2020, it is the second-largest U.S. state by b ...
2010 competition for the best journalism work.
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Chronicle, La Voz take top state journalism awards
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The ''Houston Chronicle'' is the largest daily newspaper in Houston, Texas, United States. , it is the third-largest newspaper by Sunday circulation in the United States, behind only ''The New York Times'' and the ''Los Angeles Times''. With i ...
''. Saturday March 27, 2010. Retrieved on March 4, 2012.
See also
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References
External links
* '
La Voz de Houston'
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Archives of the website - chron.com/spanish
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Archives of the website - lavozdehouston.com
''La Voz de Houston'' Echo Media.
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