Chicago Spanish-Language Newspaper Hoy To Shut Down

Nov 14, 2019, 4:00pm CT

An Hoy newspaper box in 2008. Tribune Publishing announced Tuesday it is shutting down the Spanish-language newspaper on Dec. 13, 2019. Quinn Dombrowski / Flickr

Chicago Spanish-Language Newspaper Hoy To Shut Down

By Daniel Tucker

Nov 14, 2019, 4:00pm CT

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Tribune Publishing announced Tuesday it is shutting down its Spanish-language newspaper Hoy on Dec. 13.

Reset checks in with two current Hoy staffers and a former editor of the paper to hear about the impact it has had on Spanish-speaking communities in Chicago and the legacy it leaves behind.

GUESTS: Laura Rodriguez, Hoy journalist

Octavio Lopez, Hoy managing editor

Fernando Diaz, editor and publisher of the Chicago Reporter, former managing editor of Hoy (2010-2014)