About El Tecolote

EL TECOLOTE started in 1970 as a bi-monthly, bilingual, four-page tabloid with a press run of 5,000. Our primary goal was to provide a vehicle of information and organization to the Chicano/Latino communities of the Bay Area, articulating it's social, cultural, political and economic needs through our ongoing and timely coverage of issues.

Today, EL TECOLOTE is a community institution serving San Francisco's Mission district. We are still bilingual and now publish biweekly - every other Thursday. The 16-page newspaper has a press run of 10,000.

EL TECOLOTE has also established itself as an effective training ground for aspiring Latino journalists. Through our hands-on journalistic training and a series of writing workshops, interns have gotten jobs with the West Palm Beach Post, Los Angeles Times, Sacramento Bee, San Diego Tribune, Contra Costa Times, Modesto Bee and the Center for Investigative Reporting.

We are also a founding member of New California Media, a 700-membership network of ethnic news media which has recently changed its name to New America Media and has gone nationwide. We are also a member of the San Francisco Neighborhood Newspaper Association, a group of 13 neighborhood-based newspapers.

Accion Latina, a non-profit based in the Mission district, publishes El Tecolote newspaper.