| Alianza Metropolitan | |
| Type: | Weekly newspaper |
| Format: | Broadsheet |
| Owners: | Rossana Drumond |
| Editor: | Gerardo Fernandez |
| Circulation: | 40,000 |
| Headquarters: | 300 S. First Street, Suite 207, San Jose, CA 95113 United States |
| Oclc: | 34427239 |
Alianza Metropolitan is a bi-weekly bilingual, English and Spanish, newspaper that serves the Hispanic community in the greater metropolitan area of San Jose, California. The paper was founded in 1986[1] and is currently 100% Hispanic owned,[2] by Rossana Drumond and previously by George Villalobos. The paper is edited by Gerardo Fernandez. The website of the newspaper is in Spanish. The paper's estimated circulation totals 40,000.[3]
Alianza Metropolitan was founded in 1986 by George Villalobos.[4]
In 1996, San Jose Mercury News, owned by media conglomerate Knight Ridder, established Nuevo Mundo and its Spanish-language weekly subsidiary to compete directly with the three local Hispanic-owned papers: La Ofreta, El Observador, and Alianza.[5] Within months of its launch, Nuevo Mundo began drawing readership and advertising away from the three papers, causing financial troubles for the local papers.[6] In 2005 Mercury News shut down its foreign language subsidiaries including Nuevo Mundo.[7]
Current publisher Rossana Drumond is Region VI Chair for the National Association of Hispanic Publications.[8] In 2017, Drumond was voted "Publisher of the Year" by the NAHP.
| 2017[9] | Outstanding Design - Broadsheet | Gold | Alianza Metropolitan | |
| Outstanding Less Than Weekly | Bronze | Alianza Metropolitan | ||
| Outstanding Editorial Column - Spanish (circ >30,000) | Bronze | Alianza Metropolitan | ||
| Outstanding Health Article | Gold | Liz Gonzalez | ||
| 2016[10] | Outstanding Design - Broadsheet | Bronze | Alianza Metropolitan | |
| Outstanding Latin America Political/Business Article | Bronze | Rossana Drumond & Amalia García | ||
| Outstanding Less Than Weekly | Silver | Alianza Metropolitan | ||
| 2015[11] | Outstanding Less Than Weekly | Silver | Alianza Metropolitan | |
| Outstanding Design - Broadsheet | Bronze | Alianza Metropolitan | ||
| 2014[12] | Outstanding Design - Broadsheet | Bronze | Alianza Metropolitan | |
| 2012[13] | Outstanding Less than Weekly | Alianza Metropolitan | ||
| 2006[14] | Outstanding Less than Weekly | Gold | Alianza Metropolitan | |
| Outstanding Editorial Column | Bronze | Rossana Drumond |