Each book in the series begins with a description of many careers along with education, talent, and experience necessary, salary ranges and outlooks from a Latino perspective. Part 2 presents profiles of success: interviews with successful Hispanics in many different careers with advice for young people who might want to pursue that career. "Inspired" is an understatement of what you'll feel when you read these very personal profiles. Part 3 is a complete resource section filled with further reading of books, magazines, names and addresses of organizations to contact, and web addresses. Each highly usable volume contains a master index to all the careers listed in all the volumes along with a master index to the people profiled. Careers in Publishing and Communications details careers in book, magazine, and newspaper publishing, along with careers in radio and television. Such careers as art director, copyeditor, journalist, photographer, technical writer, and public relations specialist are detailed. Part 2 provides personal stories of such successful Latinos as writer Gioconda Belli, publisher Nicolas Kanellos (Arte Publico Press), TV News Anchors Soledad O'Brien and Jorge Ramos, and bookstore owner Rueben Martinez.

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