Lillian Agosto Maldonado
I'm a journalist.
An accomplished and energetic award-winning journalist, digital strategist, and scholar with a solid history of achievement in media and communication. Her areas of expertise include freelancing, the web, social media, tech, content creation, community, and culture. Her research interests include Puerto Ricans, "DiaspoRicans," and Latino identity representation in media and cultural spaces.
Smithsonian Magazine
Spanish-language Television Turns 70 in Puerto Rico
When I was a child, my mom introduced me to WKAQ TV. From our home in Gurabo, Puerto Rico, I watched kids' shows like Telecómicas as well as comedy and variety shows. Telenoticias was mandatory. She always said: “It’s 5 o'clock. Turn on the TV to watch the news.”
My mother's interest in the news and the local communications industry inspired me to consider journalism as a career. My interest was cemented when, in seventh grade, I visited a newsroom in Guaynabo and realized how much I wanted t...
airingtonlaw.com
Miriam Airington es fuerza y convicción para los inmigrantes
Feature interview and article writing for LawFirmVideos.com.
limagris.com
Elecciones presidenciales: Calma y tensión en Washington, D.C. ante posibles manifestaciones
Election 2020 - Reporting for independent media
sembramedia.org
Arepita conecta con la comunidad venezolana con una mirada optimista
I wrote this case study for SembraMedia, a nonprofit organization dedicated to increasing the diversity of voices in Spanish by helping digital media entrepreneurs become more sustainable and independent.
salsoul.com
El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico: su identidad es la clave
Exclusive interview with members of El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico, a Puerto Rican salsa orchestra with more than 50 years of existence.
americanhistory.si.edu
A trip to the archive illuminates broadcast journalism's roots in Puerto Rico
As a 2023 Smithsonian Latino Museum Studies Program Fellow, I have been working with the team that recently launched the new exhibition ¡De última hora! Latinas Report Breaking News at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History. As part of the team, I researched archival materials from WKAQ, which are now preserved in the museum’s Spanish Language Broadcasting Collection. Studying the collection hit me emotionally, but it also gave me a deeper appreciation of the history of communications in Puerto Rico and the people who inaugurated a new era of television.
eltoque.com
2020, el año inesperado: contamos el coronavirus con poemas e ilustraciones
One of my photographs was selected for the 2020 review for the independent Cuban media El Toque.
elinformadornews.com
Inician manifestaciones en Washington D.C. tras elecciones presidenciales
Election 2020 - Reporting for independent media
salsoul.com
Rubén Blades lleva a Puerto Rico en un viaje musical
My job covering Rubén Blades' career 50th anniversary.
crwannamakerlaw.com
Constance Wannamaker, en carrera para cambiar vidas de inmigrantes
Feature interview and article writing for LawFirmVideos.com.
edsurge.com
After a Hurricane, Earthquakes and a Pandemic, Teaching in Puerto Rico is an Act of Resilience
How is it to be a teacher in Puerto Rico? I wrote this article about the act of resilience that means to be a teacher on the Island after a hurricane, earthquakes, and in the middle of a global pandemic.
limagris.com
«Fiesta nacional» en Washington, D.C. por victoria de Joe Biden
Election 2020 - Reporting for independent media
mayuperiodista.com
Todo es expectativa ante las elecciones presidenciales en Washington, D.C.
Election 2020 - Reporting for independent media
salsoul.com
Bobby Valentín: nostalgia y pasión musical
Exclusive interview with Puerto Rican bassist and salsa orchestra director, Bobby Valentín, for SalSoulFM.