La Voz (Phoenix)
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| Type | Weekly newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner | Gannett |
| Language | Spanish |
| Headquarters | United States |
| Official website | [[1]] |
La Voz (The Voice) is a newspaper produced in Phoenix, Arizona, in the United States. Although the newspaper is associated with The Arizona Republic, their content is unrelated. La Voz was also distributed in Tucson, and copies were free. On March 2006 La Voz Tucson was closed due to big looses. Experts from Arizona State University (ASU) argue that managerial style of the Arizona Republic was the cause of the failure of La Voz Tucson. It is ironic that a newspaper in Spanish closed in a city as Tucson which such a large hispanic population.
La Voz is geared towards Hispanic readers, specially Mexican and Mexican American readers, therefore, most of the news covered are from incidents or social events that happen in Mexico, disregarding other Hispanics in Arizona.
On December 2008 La Voz Phoenix lay off 70% of its staff, including reporters, designers and account executives. Amazingly, none of the managerial positions were cut.
It was rumored that several employees with working visas H1 were lay off and later deported by U.S. local authorities in early 2009. Ironically, this newspaper used to published stories about immigrants and the unfair situation they live in.
La Voz's sports department concentrates mostly on Mexican league Association football games, but it also covers other sports, such as baseball and boxing. Ahmed Santos, the famed former boxer, is a contributor for La Voz.
Currently "La Voz" lacks local stories and mainly focus their content on press agencies stories or translated stories of "The Arizona Republic". Some people mock La Voz as The Voice of The Arizona Republic. In a market study done in early 2009, several people asked about La Voz expressed that it is an out of touch newspaper.
La Voz's main competitors include La Opinión, Prensa Hispana and others.
La Voz became famous with a photo of A.J. Alexander who took a photo of 2 helicopters belong to media channels plunging to the ground after they collided with each other. It was circulated by AP and shown on major media such as CNN and Reuters.
