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Hola, ¿cómo estás? Soy Maritza L. Félix, periodista mexicana, latina y migrante, y la fundadora de Conecta Arizona.
Fundé Conecta Arizona como un experimento: Un servicio de noticias útiles que une a quienes hablamos español de los dos lados de la frontera de México con Estados Unidos, en Sonora y Arizona, a través de un grupo de WhatsApp y periódicos locales. En el 2020, desde Phoenix, empecé con muchas ganas de acompañar a mi gente durante el aislamiento. No quería cambiar el mundo, solo salvarlo de la pandemia de la desinformación. Han pasado tres años y seguimos construyendo puentes humanos más fuertes y poderosas que cualquier muro. Juntos tenemos más de mil horas del cafecito en WhatsApp devolviéndole el diálogo al periodismo.
Conecta Arizona tuvo magia desde el inicio. No es un medio masivo de comunicación ni queremos serlo. Queremos que nuestra misma comunidad tenga la confianza de preguntar y que sepan que habrá una respuesta. Y queremos contar sus historias con sus voces, acentos y matices.
Los miembros del cafecito WhatsAppero de Tucsón, Arizona, en nuestra primera reunión en persona. | Tus aportaciones nos ayudarán a producir la segunda temporada de Cruzando Líneas, un podcast transfronterizo que cuenta las luces y lo bueno de nuestra frontera.
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El día de hoy comenzamos una campaña de recaudación de fondos para Conecta Arizona, para reunir el apoyo de todos ustedes y transformarlo en nuevas oportunidades para este medio, que es tan suyo como nuestro. Aunque parezca que somos un ejército, somos muy pocos detrás de todo el esfuerzo de Conecta Arizona y mucho de nuestro trabajo ha sido voluntario. Pero estamos listos para crecer y tener una redacción con periodistas y reporteros comunitarios que cuenten tus historias y tenemos planes de crear espacios y plataformas para que tú también recibas entrenamiento para que cuentes lo que pasa en tu (nuestra) comunidad fronteriza. Muy pronto, con tu ayuda, queremos lanzar las Plumas Invitadas (sí, un espacio solo para ti) y la segunda temporada de nuestro galardonado podcast Cruzando Líneas.
Queremos seguir creciendo, pues tenemos la certeza de que juntos podemos cambiar las narrativas. ¿Nos ayudas?
Estamos participando en la campaña de NewsMatch que nos permitirá que cada donativo que nos des sea duplicado. Es decir, si nos donas $25 dólares, recibiremos $50; si nos das $500, nos llegarán $1000, y si nos das $1000, nos entregarán $2,000. Y todo es deducible de impuestos en Estados Unidos. Pero tenemos de fecha límite hasta el 31 de diciembre. Parece que falta mucho, pero solo tenemos dos meses y queremos juntar $25,000.
Si te gusta lo que hacemos, si disfrutas de nuestras conversaciones Whastapperas con expertos, si valoras nuestro esfuerzo de verificación de datos y periodismo independiente, te agradeceríamos mucho que nos ayudaras a correr la voz. Dona, comparte, cuéntale al mundo ese grano tan importante de arena que estás poniendo para salvar el periodismo local y al mismo tiempo hacer que tu voz tenga un eco mucho más fuerte. Haz bulla en las redes sociales y comparte con el mundo que tu donativo sí importa y mucho.
Muchas gracias por tu apoyo. Te mando un apapacho (un abrazo con el alma)
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Hello, how are you? I'm Maritza L. Félix, a Mexican, Latina, and migrant journalist, and the founder of Conecta Arizona. I started Conecta Arizona as an experiment: A service offering useful news that connects Spanish speakers on both sides of the Mexico-United States border, in Sonora and Arizona, through a WhatsApp group and local newspapers. In 2020, from Phoenix, I began eagerly to accompany my people during the isolation. I didn't want to change the world, just save it from the pandemic of misinformation. Three years have passed, and we continue to build human bridges stronger and more powerful than any wall. Together, we have over a thousand hours of little coffee chats on WhatsApp, bringing dialogue back to journalism.
Conecta Arizona had magic from the beginning. It is not a mass media outlet, nor do we want to be one. We want our very own community to have the confidence to ask questions, knowing that there will be an answer. And we want to tell their (our) stories with their voices, accents, and nuances.
We started a fundraising campaign for Conecta Arizona, to gather support from all of you and transform it into new opportunities for this media outlet, which is as much yours as it is ours. Although it might seem like we are an army, there are very few of us behind all the efforts of Conecta Arizona, and much of our work has been performed on a volunteer basis. But we are ready to grow and have a newsroom with journalists and community reporters who can tell your stories, and we have plans to create spaces and platforms where you also receive training to share stories from your (our) border community. Very soon, with your help, we want to launch the Plumas Invitadas (yes, a space just for you) and the second season of our award-winning podcast Cruzando Lineas.
We want to keep growing, and we are certain that together we can change narratives. Can you help us?
We are participating in the NewsMatch campaign that will allow every donation you give us to be doubled. That is, if you donate $25, we will receive $50; if you give us $500, we'll get $1000, and if you donate $1000, we will be given $2,000. And everything is tax-deductible in the United States. But we have a deadline until December 31. It seems like a long time, but we only have two months and want to raise $25,000.
If you like what we do, if you enjoy our Whatsapp conversations with experts, if you value our effort in fact-checking and independent journalism, we would greatly appreciate your help in spreading the word. Donate, share, tell the world about the incredibly important contribution you are making to save local journalism and at the same time make your voice echo much stronger. Make noise on social networks and share with the world that your donation does matter and a lot.
Thank you so much for your love and support!
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