IAP 127: "Our Paper of Record" A Visit with the Couple Behind the Italian Tribune - Marion and Buddy Fortunato

<p>From its humble origins in Newark, New Jersey, for nearly 90 years, the venerable ‘Italian Tribune’ has grown to become perhaps the most important English-language voice in Italian American media.</p> <p>We’ll meet the inspiring couple who has made this multi-generational Italian family business into not just “the Paper of Record for the Italian American Community," but who has also bucked the trends of print media with a weekly newspaper that continues to attract a growing and ever-younger audience.</p> <p>They’ll share the history of this unique periodical, and why its place as a substantial English-language source for Italian American news has always kept it at the epicenter of the Italian experience in America.</p> <p>We’ll also explore the work of “Uncle” Floyd Vivino... the “Italian American Mark Twain," and how a tight-knit team of five passionate Italian Americans has continued to evolve this venerable institution for an ever-changing population.</p> <p>And, in true Italian American Podcast style, we’ll discover the mysterious origins of the North American Tripe Association, and how it’s yearly event has become a standing-room-only symbol of the Italian American community of the 21st Century!</p> <p>Share in an incredible exploration of this community treasure in an episode you won’t want to miss!</p> <h5><a href="http://www.italiantribune.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><strong>Click here to visit the Italian Tribune's website</strong></a></h5> <p>Grazie mille,</p> <p>The Italian American Podcast Team</p>