Paul Espinosa
Executive Producer
Paul Espinosa is an award-winning producer/writer/director for Espinosa Productions based in San Diego, Calif. Espinosa is renowned for his productions specializing in Latino and U.S.-Mexican border issues, most of which have aired nationally on public television.
Espinosa’s major production credits include: "The U.S.-Mexican War: 1846-1848," "…and the earth did not swallow him," "The Hunt for Pancho Villa," "1492 Revisited," "The Lemon Grove Incident," "Ballad of an Unsung Hero," "The Trail North" and writer for "Los Mineros." Among his awards are seven Emmys, five CINE Golden Eagles, two Ohio State Awards and two Blue Ribbons at the American Film Festival.
Espinosa previously served as the executive producer for Public Affairs and Ethnic Issues for KPBS-TV (1990-1993) and as the senior producer and director of the KPBS Office of Latino Affairs (1980-1990), which he created in 1980. Espinosa earned his B.A. from Brown University in anthropology and his Ph.D. from Stanford University, also in anthropology, where he specialized in the cultural analysis of television communication.
Hector Galan
Galan Productions, Austin, Texas
Hector Galan is a producer/director for Galan Productions, an independent documentary production company. Galan has worked in the television industry for more than 20 years and has participated in every aspect of television production. He began his work in public affairs at the NBC affiliate in Lubbock, Texas and later moved to public television, where he produced and directed public affairs and cultural programming. He produced the four-part documentary series "Chicano!: The History of the Mexican American Civil Rights Movement," the nationally acclaimed "Checking It Out" series, a documentary news magazine for Hispanic teenagers, and 11 episodes of "Frontline," including "Go Back to Mexico!" and "The Dallas Drug War."
He has directed a variety of long-form documentaries and specials, earning him awards from The American Film and Video Festival and the New York International Film Festival. In 1996, Galan was invited to a private screening of his most recent documentary at the White House for President Clinton.
Matthew Sneddon
KNME-TV, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Matthew Sneddon, former managing producer for public affairs at KNME-TV, has more than a decade of experience as journalist, producer and director. He has produced and directed national documentaries, news segments for "MacNeil/Lehrer Newshour" and the locally produced and nationally distributed "Colores!," a program about the arts and culture of New Mexico. Sneddon has received many prestigious awards, including two Corporation for Public Broadcasting Awards and two Rocky Mountain Emmys.
Hector Gonzalez
KUAT-TV, Tucson, Arizona
Hector Gonzalez is the executive producer of "Arizona Illustrated," a nightly newsmagazine produced by KUAT-TV, a public television station located on the campus of the University of Arizona in Tucson. "Arizona Illustrated" offers in-depth reporting and news analysis as part of its public affairs block in addition to regular features on health, science and the arts for the southern Arizona and border community. Gonzalez is also executive producer and director of "Reflexiones," a weekly public affairs series targeted primarily at southern Arizona’s Hispanic population.
John Quiñones is an Emmy Award-winning correspondent for ABC’s "20/20." For the past 20 years, he has covered diverse stories from all over the world. Quiñones joined ABC in 1982 as a general assignment correspondent based in Miami, providing reports for "World News Tonight with Peter Jennings" and other broadcasts.
In addition to receiving seven national Emmy Awards, Quiñones has been honored with a Gabriel Award, a World Hunger Media Award and a Citation from the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Awards for "To Save the Children," his 1990 report on the homeless children of Bogota.