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riversedge

(70,259 posts)
Thu Aug 13, 2015, 09:26 AM Aug 2015

Hillary Clinton Hires Senior Adviser To Harry Reid As Hispanic Media Director

You go gal.



Hillary Clinton Hires Senior Adviser To Harry Reid As Hispanic Media Director

Jorge Silva is leaving Harry Reid’s staff, where he served as senior advisor for Hispanic media, to join the Clinton campaign to run Latino media, the campaign confirms.
posted on Aug. 13, 2015, at 5:01 a.m.
Adrian Carrasquillo




Jim Cole / AP

Hillary Clinton has hired an experienced operative to lead Hispanic media for her campaign, adding Harry Reid’s senior adviser for Latino media, Jorge Silva, the campaign has confirmed.

Silva, who starts on Monday, is the latest example of the campaign’s focus on bringing on Hispanic staffers and gives it a deeply experienced team in the crucial swing state of Nevada.

He developed and implemented Hispanic media strategy in states like Colorado, New Mexico, and some parts of California, in addition to Nevada, as the senior strategist for the Senate Democratic Caucus.

Nathaly Arriola, who worked with Silva under Reid and served on Obama’s Hispanic media team during his reelection campaign, said he has been behind the scenes for every major push the Democratic Party has engaged in when it comes to the Latino community during the last four to five years. .................

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HereSince1628

(36,063 posts)
1. Did she lose the other person in charge of Hispanic communication
Thu Aug 13, 2015, 09:30 AM
Aug 2015

or did she just change leadership of this division?

sufrommich

(22,871 posts)
6. She has hired many hispanics for various media.
Thu Aug 13, 2015, 09:41 AM
Aug 2015
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=post&forum=1251&pid=515495


Most are hired for state campaigns.Silva will run the national campaign and isn't replacing anyone.

Thinkingabout

(30,058 posts)
4. She is doing quiet well, she has been hiring and will probably continue to hire, this is what is
Thu Aug 13, 2015, 09:41 AM
Aug 2015

needed to run a serious campaign for presidency.

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