About
El Hispano
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El Hispano was
established on October 19, 1976 in Reading, Pennsylvania by
Aaron G. Lopez and his family. In March of 1984, with patience, endurance and an overwhelming response from the Hispanic
community, the newspaper slowly started to expand. The
Allentown/Bethlehem editions were started, and in November, the
Lancaster edition began circulating. 1985 saw the birth of the
Harrisburg edition.
The
readership demand kept increasing, therefore, on September 27, 1987
the Philadelphia edition was introduced, and in 1992, the Camden, NJ edition
began circulation and on January 1, 1996
the Trenton edition was born.
EL
HISPANO had a humble beginning with a manual "mono-type"
style. Today, a sophisticated computerized typesetting system
is used for publication. The artwork has matured from it's primitive
beginning to today's award-winning status. El Hispano has received
awards and honors, in the areas of layout and editorial, from
the National Association of Hispanic Publications and the National
Federation of Hispanic Owned Newspapers. El Hispano's latest achievement
was winning 2nd place for "Best Editorial" by the
Hispanic Federation of Hispanic Owned Newspapers, a national
organization
in 1995.
On
January 1, 1990, El Hispano changed its name from El Directorio
Hispano. The change occurred primarily due to our readers' suggestion
of a shorter name which would also be easier to pronounce, especially
for our non-Spanish speaking friends. But the direction and the
purpose of El Hispano remained the same -- to reach the Spanish
-speaking and non-Spanish speaking communities -- to provide them
with news, editorials, entertainment and knowledge.
In
November of 1990, El Hispano relocated it's headquarters from
Reading to the Philadelphia area. This move was made due to our
expansion in staff and state-of-the-art equipment needed to keep
up with the increase in circulation.
