The block that learned to breathe again
In the South Bronx, residents turn lived experience into climate data—and a different vision of public space.
CONVERSA
A New Latin Wave × CUNY
Bilingual Journalism Initiative
A living newsroom for the next generation of bilingual journalists—and the stories that reshape our public imagination.
Ideas in
motion
motion
The Magazine / La Revista
Stories with public consequence.
Reporting, criticism, data, and moving-image work made with cultural fluency and editorial ambition.
Who gets to write the canon?
A filmmaker-led op-doc on memory, museums, and cultural authority.
A recipe archive becomes a map of migration
Family kitchens preserve histories that official records leave out.
Editorial constellation
Writers already shaping the conversation.
Selected external work demonstrates the range of criticism, cultural reporting, interviews, and public-interest journalism CONVERSA can bring into dialogue.
Politics & Civic LifeCUNY
Jason Jones se propone acabar con la ley de sodomía en el Caribe
A Spanish-language reporting project on LGBTQ+ insecurity and legal challenges across the Commonwealth Caribbean.
Isvett Verde + Maite Hernandez ↗ Science & HealthThe Latinx Project¡PRESENTE! Disability Justice and U.S. Latinx Art
An essay tracing artists whose practices make disability, care, empathy, and community visible.
Rocío Aranda-Alvarado ↗ Ideas & OpinionThe Creative IndependentSoft Power Vote on Connecting With Community
Melissa Sáenz Gordon and Molly Salas discuss civic design, accessible public information, organizing, and sustained creative practice.
Miriam Garcia ↗ Arts & CultureBandcamp DailyInto the Realm of Picó, Colombia’s Sound System Culture
How family-owned mobile discos connect Caribbean neighborhoods to a global history of sound.
Richard Villegas ↗ Arts & CultureThe New York TimesIn Her New Show, Rita Indiana Confronts All Kinds of Ghosts
A portrait of the Dominican writer and musician’s spiritual multimedia performance, “Tu nombre verdadero.”
Isabelia Herrera ↗ Climate & Environmental JusticeBandcamp DailyEl Búho’s “Strata” Sounds an Ecological Alarm
Folktronica, water conservation, and the anguish of a planet moving from climate change toward global boiling.
Richard Villegas ↗ Food & CommunityCONVERSA PrototypeA recipe archive becomes a map of migration
Family kitchens preserve histories, routes, and everyday knowledge that official records leave out.
Sample feature →Editorial architectureSix themes.
Six themes.
Room to evolve.
Clear enough to build recognition; broad enough to follow the most consequential conversations across communities and borders.
Data Desk / Mesa de datosSee the pattern.
See the pattern.
Share the evidence.
Visual reporting that makes public systems legible and gives community knowledge a rigorous, verifiable place in the reporting process.
Prototype investigation
Where language access meets the waiting room
An illustrative comparison of reported wait times and language availability across six New York neighborhoods. A finished story would pair public records with verified community submissions.
Contribute information →Average reported wait timeMinutes · sample data
Illustrative prototype data only. Not for publication.
One publication, many frequenciesRead. Listen.
Read. Listen.
Watch. Return.
Distinct formats, shared standards, and one recognizable editorial point of view.
Data Desk
Visual investigations and community evidence. →
02Magazine
Features, criticism, essays, and service reporting. →
03Newsletter
A weekly editorial letter and reading map. →
04Podcast
Reported audio and cultural conversation. →
05Social Media
Visual explainers, dispatches, and community dialogue. →
06TV
Video op-docs and original documentary work. →
Newsletter · Sample editionPodcast · From the New Latin Wave archive Social Media · Instagram package
The week in culture, evidence, and civic life
A concise bilingual editorial letter connecting original CONVERSA reporting, essential outside reading, and one actionable public-service resource. Visit Substack ↗
Conversations from the Latine cultural multiverse
Hosts Camila Montañez and Sokio speak with artists, curators, technologists, and cultural producers.
One story, built to travel
A sample carousel distills the language-access investigation into a lead finding, six neighborhood comparisons, reporting context, and a call for community evidence. @conversa.media ↗
TV · CONVERSA Op-DocsHow the Canon Gets Made
A New Latin Wave video piece becomes the model for filmmaker-led documentary opinion: a clear argument, rigorous context, bilingual captions, and a companion reading list. Watch ↗
“Bilingual journalism is not a translation layer. It is a distinct way of reporting, listening, and knowing.”
Contributors
Bring us the story only you can report.
Contributors move from pitch meeting through reporting, editing, publication, and distribution with close professional mentorship.
How to pitch CONVERSA →Reported Feature1,500–2,500 words
Criticism + Essay800–1,500 words
Audio + Podcast20–35 minutes
CONVERSA Film8–18 minutes
Field Notes500–900 words
Poetry + ImageIssue-based