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Nashville Noticias

For Nashvillians who don’t speak English or Spanish, severe weather alerts come with a language barrier

Alexis Marshall

December 11, 2023

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During severe weather, like the tornadoes that tore through Middle Tennessee on Dec. 9, everybody needs timely information about where the storm is and when to take shelter. But in Nashville, where dozens of languages are spoken, access to that information isn’t guaranteed.

Filed Under: Metro, WPLN News Tagged With: Elmahaba Center, metro office of emergency management, Nashville Noticias, National Weather Service, sever weather, tornado

Nashville residents underrepresented in medical research are offering up DNA samples despite their privacy concerns

Blake Farmer

June 2, 2022

Maretza Castro
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The “All of Us” research program is focused on recruiting people of color, primarily, to build a diverse, million-patient databank, which Vanderbilt Medical Center will help manage.

Filed Under: Health Care, Race & Equity, WPLN News Tagged With: medical research, Nashville Noticias, NIH, Plaza Mariachi

Conoce a Veronica Salcedo, la nativa de México que trae noticias, abrazos y ayuda a la comunidad hispano-hablante de Tennessee

Samantha Max

April 28, 2022

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Read in English. Son las nueve por la mañana el lunes y Veronica Salcedo acaba de entrar en su camino de entrada en Antioch. Ella justo ha llegado del salón, y su cabello largo y rubio está rizado perfectamente en rizos sueltos que caen por su espalda. Ella parece como una estrella de televisión, en […]

Filed Under: en español, WPLN News Tagged With: immigrant, Latino, Nashville Noticias

Meet Veronica Salcedo, the Mexico native bringing news, hugs and help to Middle Tennessee’s Spanish-speaking community

Samantha Max

April 28, 2022

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If you don’t already know Veronica Salcedo, here’s the abridged version: Salcedo runs the local Spanish-language news channel Nashville Noticias, which started about seven years ago with just herself, her husband and a laptop.

Filed Under: Perspectives, WPLN News Tagged With: immigrant, Latino, Nashville Noticias

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