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 » This is the news archive, where I throw away everything that's been on the front page for a while. (Since this section is new, it's going to take a while to populate it.)

 » SOME NEW ADDITIONS (September '07)
 › It's very hard to keep up with myself and have all stories online soon after they run. One day, I promise I'll hire a webmaster to do that for me. Those who want to practice their Spanish should visit this page, where you'll find several stories I wrote for Hora Hispana, the Spanish-language newsweekly with the biggest circulation in New York and a Daily News publication. (Worry not: English versions are also available.)

 » I BLOG, TOO
 › I recently launched a not-very-serious blog where I write mostly about media and journalism. It's in Spanish and you can find it here.

 » ALL IN A DAY'S WORK (August '07)
 › Well, not really, more like over a week's work. We're in the middle of summer and many colleagues are basking in the sun, while we bake in the city. So it was my turn to pick up the slack for VNY, and write three stories for today's edition (Aug. 8.) There's music for all tastes: bachata with Aventura; pop with Kat DeLuna; and in-your-face tango with The Pulpo. And the best quotation of the day goes to... The Pulpo (El Octopus): "Happy tangos are like Santa Claus. They don't exist."

 » HE SPEAKS ENGLISH, TOO (July '07)
 › A few months ago, I was lucky enough to come across Feet in Two Worlds, a joint project of The New School and WNYC, New York public radio (read more), which aims at connecting foreign journalists and mainstream American media. I applied and became one of the three reporters currently working to bring unheard-of stories to the New York public radio audience. My first piece -about the growing tango scene in the city- aired on May 4, 2007. You can listen to and read it here. I also wrote a short text about doing the story, which is here.

 » VNY NOW ONLINE
 › With the New York Daily News' revamping of its Web site, Viva New York or VNY, a Latino-themed section I regularly write for, has gone online. You can read some of my most recent stories for them there, including: the revolutionaries who live in the U.S. after fighting against it; a profile of La Bruja, a very interesting Nuyorican artist; Latinos' growing involvement in the comic industry; and Cuban musicians who do timba and hip-hop.

 » I'M WITH ROLLING STONE (March '07)
 › That's the name of a reality show that was on TV recently. But what journalist won't find a little pleasure in being able to say that of him/herself at least for a brief, Warholian moment of quasi-fame? In my case, it was a short story about Puerto Rican reaggetoneros Calle 13 which got my byline on the pages of the Latin American editions of Rolling Stone. Read it here.

 » NEWS THAT ONLY MATTERS TO ME
 › After a couple of years of writing about myself in the third person -which made me feel like a soccer player being interviewed after a game- I decided to switch all texts here to the first person. Of course, as it normally takes some time for me to update all pages, you'll probably still find some texts written by the footballer in me.

 » STORIES UPLOADED (February '07)
 › A Wall Streeter leaves New York to change the world in South America -- read here.
 › Interviews: El Matador Kempes, one of Argentina's greatest footballers; Afro-Peruvian folclore diva Susana Baca.

 » DIEGO GRAGLIA, COLUMNIST? (January '07)
 › On Jan. 17, Diego published the first installment of hiddenny, a new section in the Viva New York monthly section of the New York Daily News. There, Diego will attempt to portrait unknown aspects of the numerous subcultures and urban tribes which compose Latino New York. The section may evolve into a column later on. Read the first article, Every-Night Fever at the Milonga, here.

 » MEXICO'S OWN MIGRANT PROBLEM (September '06)
 › Last summer, Diego traveled to Mexico for the presidential elections and wrote a story about how undocumented foreigners are mistreated as they traverse that country trying to reach the U.S. Read the front-page story for The Star-Ledger here. And read election day coverage in Spanish for Rumbo here.