Political Quotes

“I rise today to celebrate the life of Ignacio E. ``Nacho'' Lozano, Jr., a name synonymous with the rise of Hispanic media in the United States and the legendary, longtime publisher of the Spanish-language newspaper La Opinion. He passed away in December at the age of 96. Nacho Lozano was born in San Antonio to parents Alicia Elizondo Lozano and Ignacio E. Lozano, Sr.--the founder of the San Antonio-based daily newspaper La Prensa and, later, the publisher of La Opinion, then a little-known daily newspaper for the growing Latino population of Los Angeles. Lozano long knew where he was headed in life; he set out to study journalism at the University of Notre Dame, began working at La Opinion after college, and in 1953, after the death of his father, became its publisher. When Lozano took the helm of La Opinion, it had a circulation of 12,000. By the time Lozano stepped down over 30 years later, it had boomed to 70,000 subscribers, as scores of Spanish speakers in the Los Angeles region had come to claim it as their daily paper. But it didn't just grow in size; Lozano had fundamentally shifted the direction of Spanish-language media. What was once an outlet focused on stories from Mexico and other Spanish-speaking countries grew to dominate a local beat not often covered by major English-language outlets. Under Lozano's leadership, La Opinion became a paper that reflected the emerging Latino audience in Southern California.…”