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Daniel Hernandez
Journalist, blogger, chronicler.
Interests: I'm interested in the fusion and mixing of all cultures, nations, and borders. As a storyteller my building blocks were shaped while growing up bilingual and bicultural on the U.S.-Mexico border, in multiethnic barrios. I'm excited by all forms of cultural production, by the intersections that exist between art, society, the sublime, and the streets.
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Hey, Peter, thanks for the shout and the comment!! Appreciated. Rudy, I'm not sure who the rapper is, but I will check with the reporter. Saludos, Daniel
Commented Apr 4, 2013 on BBC: Mexico's youth culture explosion at Intersections
BBC: Mexico's youth culture explosion
Here's a video report by journalist Michael Maher, with photographs by Peter Kayafas, about the endlessly fruitful topic of youth culture in Mexico City. With takes at El Chopo and at protests during last year's #YoSoy132 movement, the video also features an interview with your blog author. Go...
Hey Manuel! Thanks for stopping by and sorry for the late reply/post. Glad to hear you enjoyed the book! - D.
Commented Nov 28, 2012 on Chicago diary, Part 3 at Intersections
Chicago diary, Part 3
The talk at DePaul was about the processes in which the populist-progressive current leaders of Mexico City, under the administration of Mayor Marcelo Ebrard, have re-socialized the core of the city into a "user-friendly" urban enthusiast's playden. The process I think at least partly reduces ...
Gracias, Nick! - D
Commented Nov 19, 2012 on Chicago diary, Part 1 at Intersections
Chicago diary, Part 1
This was some radical gang graffiti in Chicago, I guess, proclaiming, "Radicals Against Discrimination," like it was a slogan for a political party or a popular movement. Somewhere along the north end of the city's shore on Lake Michigan, near Lincoln Park and DePaul University, an idealistic ...
Hi Alex, thanks for stopping by! Go right ahead! Or, I will soon. - Daniel
Commented Aug 31, 2012 on Incidents of travel in the Yucatan, Part 1 at Intersections
Incidents of travel in the Yucatan, Part 1
Is this for real? Your faithful writer, floating over an eternal galactic blue portal into the inframundo. This cenote was on a private hacienda to which I had the incredible fortune of being invited, as a guest of a guest. We floated for hours. I do believe that the experience of s...
Thanks for stopping by!
Commented Aug 28, 2012 on Incidents of travel in the Yucatan, Part 2 at Intersections
Incidents of travel in the Yucatan, Part 2
** From here to below, photos by Alberto Bustamante. Tepakan is an empty town east of Izamal. A few old men sat on stoops. A few old women in hipiles were out. A few kids were hanging out behind the municipal building. Other than that, there was no one around. There was nothing...
Alix! I love this!! Thank you for sharing. Isn't Chipilo a trip? Miss it! Cheers, and thank you again for the vivid description of your swing through the weirdest lil Italian town in Mexico. :-)
Commented Aug 22, 2012 on Cruising in Chipilo, an Italian village in Mexico at Intersections
Cruising in Chipilo, an Italian village in Mexico
* Our best shot of the Sunday cruising ritual in Chipilo, Puebla. I knew something was strange in this town, something different was up, when we descended from a memorial hill behind the main church on a visit last Sunday and came upon two light-skinned guys in tight T-shirts, sparkly jewelr...
Google Street View now available for Mexico archaeological sites
Posted Aug 22, 2012 at World Now
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Nate,
In foreign news bureaus we regularly cite local news outlets when we are unable due to time and resource-constraints to go personally verify a news account, especially in a breaking news situation with several moving parts at once.
As with everything I write for the L.A. Times, always, everything I reported in this piece I checked with *at least* two news sources and with law enforcement authorities when any statements were made in the local areas where these incidents occurred.
Forgive me, but I'm no sheep, and I never write anything with half-a-wit.
Daniel
Commented Aug 13, 2012 on Dozens dead in attacks in Acapulco, San Luis Potosi, Mexico City at Intersections
Dozens dead in attacks in Acapulco, San Luis Potosi, Mexico City
** Originally published at World Now and re-published in the print edition of the Los Angeles Times, with added material from the Mexico City bureau: Fourteen bodies were found in a truck Thursday in the state of San Luis Potosi, at least 17 people have been killed since Sunday in the port of ...
Wow, Craig. Thank you for stopping by and for the historical detail. I'd love to see an image of that. - Daniel
Commented Aug 13, 2012 on A 'Mexico City Cafe' in 1950s Los Angeles? at Intersections
A 'Mexico City Cafe' in 1950s Los Angeles?
Remember Mexico City in the 1940s? Here's another good one. Via LAObserved, this is an L.A. Public Library photograph showing the intersection of 1st Street and Broadway in downtown L.A., with a view of the corner where the gloomy Times Mirror corporate building now stands. That's on the block...
Hola. Saludo, y gracias. - Daniel
Commented Aug 10, 2012 on Singer Chavela Vargas 'had the public at her feet' at Intersections
Singer Chavela Vargas 'had the public at her feet'
** Originally published at World Now: It is almost pointless to be sad about the passing of Chavela Vargas. Her entire life, through song, was about transcending and challenging death. The singer, who passed away Sunday in Cuernavaca, lived to be 93, surviving many contemporaries from decades...
:-(
Commented Jul 16, 2012 on To be a journalist in Mexico at Intersections
To be a journalist in Mexico
Watch the video above, I implore you. Support, ponder, and bear witness. A democracy in Mexico cannot survive without the women and men you see here.
Thank you for that thorough update. - Daniel
Commented Jul 13, 2012 on Tepache in Southern California * at Intersections
Tepache in Southern California *
This is imported tepache, a natural drink made from fermented pineapple. I spotted this bottle last week while on a beer run at the liquor store on Sunset and Alvarado in Echo Park, Los Angeles. Could be nasty but could be good, I thought. Tepache is sold all over D.F. from carts on the street...
Replied! Sorry for the delay. - Daniel
Commented Jun 27, 2012 on Mexico students plan protests as second presidential debate nears at Intersections
Mexico students plan protests as second presidential debate nears
** Originally published at World Now: It's looking more and more like a two-way race in Mexico's July 1 presidential election. That is, a contest between Mexico's former ruling party and everyone opposing its return. Four candidates gather Sunday night in Guadalajara for the second and last of...
Nick, That's a very good question. Let me think about that a bit before responding. It didn't occur to me that "youth" and "student" maybe should not be interchangeable. - Daniel
Commented Jun 22, 2012 on Mexico students plan protests as second presidential debate nears at Intersections
Mexico students plan protests as second presidential debate nears
** Originally published at World Now: It's looking more and more like a two-way race in Mexico's July 1 presidential election. That is, a contest between Mexico's former ruling party and everyone opposing its return. Four candidates gather Sunday night in Guadalajara for the second and last of...
Emailed ya! Thanks for stopping by. - Daniel
Commented Jun 18, 2012 on Popular Chilean student leader to visit Mexico at Intersections
Popular Chilean student leader to visit Mexico
** Originally published at World Now, Wed., June 13: MEXICO CITY -- The Chilean student leader Camila Vallejo confirmed on Wednesday that she will visit a Mexico City university and meet with members of the nascent student movement in Mexico known as "I am 132." Vallejo, a popular figure, is a...
longdrivesouth at gmail dot com. Please feel free to write! - Daniel
Commented Jun 10, 2012 on My L.A. Times articles at Intersections
My L.A. Times articles
Here is a sampling of some of the articles I did while on staff at the L.A. Times. I started working there in September 2002, after completing by B.A. at UC Berkeley, until March 2006, when I left to try new approaches at the LA Weekly. Some of these articles took weeks or even months to rep...
Hey thanks! Oh, and let me check on readership stats. That's a good question. There are a lot of papers, though, in Mexico. Keep that in mind, not one per city (if that) in the U.S. Saludos, loveandhatela! - Daniel
Commented May 30, 2012 on Leading Mexico candidate, actress wife star in reality TV campaign ads at Intersections
Leading Mexico candidate, actress wife star in reality TV campaign ads
** Originally published at World Now: MEXICO CITY -- The campaign for the front-runner in Mexico's presidential election is producing reality TV-style documentary videos that show him kissing and flirting with his wife, eating ice cream and returning home after a day on the campaign trail to h...
Must. Update. This page.
Commented May 22, 2012 on My L.A. Times articles at Intersections
My L.A. Times articles
Here is a sampling of some of the articles I did while on staff at the L.A. Times. I started working there in September 2002, after completing by B.A. at UC Berkeley, until March 2006, when I left to try new approaches at the LA Weekly. Some of these articles took weeks or even months to rep...
Jarochoporvida, thanks for your amazing comments. I had no idea bout "chinga" and "chamba," wow! Saludos, Daniel
Commented May 16, 2012 on Mexicans confront racism with white, black doll video at Intersections
Mexicans confront racism with white, black doll video
** Originally published at World Now: Is Mexico's an inherently racist society? Does the culture overwhelmingly favor those with light skin over those with dark skin? And if so, is that a legacy of European colonialism or present-day images in television and advertising? These are among the th...
Thank you, -k-, I am OK. Thank you.
Commented May 7, 2012 on Mexican reporter killed in another case unlikely to be solved at Intersections
Mexican reporter killed in another case unlikely to be solved
** Originally published at World Now: MEXICO CITY -- If the long list of unsolved murders of journalists in Mexico offers any indication, there is little likelihood that justice will be reached in the weekend death of magazine reporter Regina Martinez. Little chance of a credible arrest. Litt...
Thanks, Nick! And thanks for stopping by. I am sometimes a bit late on getting posts from the LAT up on this platform, but eventually they come up on here. Take care, Daniel
Commented May 7, 2012 on Room for dissent in Mexico's resurgent PRI at Intersections
Room for dissent in Mexico's resurgent PRI
** Originally published on April 23 at World Now: MEXICO CITY -- Inside the compound last Monday, the chief of Mexico's former ruling party called a news conference with the sole purpose of reading a letter aimed at a rival, with no questions from reporters allowed. Outside, a small but energe...
I love military surplus wear! :-)
Commented May 1, 2012 on Back home in Mexico wearing U.S. military surplus at Intersections
Back home in Mexico wearing U.S. military surplus
What does it mean that Mexican migrants are returning to their home lands, starting up farms, and wearing U.S. military surplus while doing it? In this report in the Christian Science Monitor, the workers followed by reporter Sarah Miller Llana all appear to be wearing recent U.S. military sur...
Hey! Thanks for stopping by and thanks for the link. Love the blog! Nice work. Adding it to my links bar. Take care, Daniel H.
Commented Apr 10, 2012 on More snapshots from Monterrey, NRMAL fest * at Intersections
More snapshots from Monterrey, NRMAL fest *
El Festival NRMAL fue *laaaaa onda.* Pero la otra realidad pica. From Wikileaks: "While there is public concern about the influence of the cartels, civil society is in general unaware of the degree to which the cartels have infiltrated key state and municipal institutions. All of the region's ...
How dancers in Mexico honor the last emperor of the Aztecs
Posted Mar 27, 2012 at World Now
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Hey gabriela, thanks for stopping by. Sorry that some of these links no longer work. I need to get around to fixing them. You can get in touch with the LA Weekly by checking out their site and looking up the editors and news writers, and make a pitch with them! Unfortunately I don't have much direct contact with that newsroom much more. But good luck!! - Daniel
Commented Mar 21, 2012 on My LA Weekly articles * at Intersections
My LA Weekly articles *
Here is a sample of some of my favorite pieces of journalism from my time as a staff writer at the LA Weekly. The articles are listed in ascending order from most recent. ** NOTE: These URLs have gone bad since the LAWeekly.com redesign. I will be updating them once time permits. "The Bacon-Wr...
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