Mandalit del Barco
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Mandalit del Barco is an award-winning general assignment reporter for National Public Radio (NPR) born in Lima, Peru. Her stories have been featured on NPR shows; All Things Considered
, Morning Edition
, Weekend Edition Saturday, and Day to Day
. Del Barco has also been published in numerous anthologies.
She began her career as a journalist for the Miami Herald and also spent time working for The Village Voice. She first began working in radio while in New York. She moved to Los Angeles
in 1993 from New York City
, where she was a reporter for WNYC
. Del Barco is known for her hypercorrect
pronunciation of Spanish
toponyms and proper names.
Del Barco spent the year of 1999-2000 living and working in her native Peru on a Fulbright grant and Knight International Journalism Fellowship. While there
she worked on a documentary project about the rise and fall of Fujimori as well as gathering the stories
of those internally displaced during Peru's internal conflicts.
Del Barco has had tremendous influence on many up-and-coming journalists. She has been a student mentor on all of
the NAHJ (National Association of Hispanic Journalists) and Unity student projects as well as mentoring young journalists outside this venue. This has prompted some of her protegeés to claim that they are alumni of the "Del Barco School for Young Journalists."
All Things Considered
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, Morning Edition
Morning Edition
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, Weekend Edition Saturday, and Day to Day
Day to Day
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. Del Barco has also been published in numerous anthologies.
She began her career as a journalist for the Miami Herald and also spent time working for The Village Voice. She first began working in radio while in New York. She moved to Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
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in 1993 from New York City
New York City
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, where she was a reporter for WNYC
WNYC
WNYC is a set of call letters shared by a pair of co-owned, non-profit, public radio stations located in New York City.WNYC broadcasts on the AM band at 820 kHz, and WNYC-FM is at 93.9 MHz. Both stations are members of National Public Radio and carry distinct, but similar news/talk programs...
. Del Barco is known for her hypercorrect
Hypercorrection
In linguistics or usage, hypercorrection is a non-standard usage that results from the over-application of a perceived rule of grammar or a usage prescription...
pronunciation of Spanish
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
toponyms and proper names.
Del Barco spent the year of 1999-2000 living and working in her native Peru on a Fulbright grant and Knight International Journalism Fellowship. While there
she worked on a documentary project about the rise and fall of Fujimori as well as gathering the stories
of those internally displaced during Peru's internal conflicts.
Del Barco has had tremendous influence on many up-and-coming journalists. She has been a student mentor on all of
the NAHJ (National Association of Hispanic Journalists) and Unity student projects as well as mentoring young journalists outside this venue. This has prompted some of her protegeés to claim that they are alumni of the "Del Barco School for Young Journalists."