Los Angeles, USA - Recent (CGTN - No access Chinese mainland)
1. Various of Luis Valentan, anchor of Radio Jornalera, working
2. Broadcast console
3. Various of Valentan, guests recording live radio show
4. Microphone
5. Various of Valentan, guests recording live radio show
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Luis Valentan, presenter, Radio Jornalera:
"We watch a lot of families flee to different states, back to Mexico. We saw a lot of pain and suffering, you know, watching all these families breaking apart, kids ending up being alone. I had to take care of two teenagers at that time."
7. Various of Jose Perez, Immigrant Day laborer, recording radio show
8. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Jose Perez, Immigrant Day laborer (ending with shot 9):
"The way this radio is useful to the listeners is through all the advice that experienced workers like myself can provide, so that they don't make the same mistakes. In some cases, it might be an issue of language barrier."
9. Various of radio studio, staff working
10. Facebook page of Radio Jornalera, live show on air
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Manuel Vicente, producer, Radio Jornalera:
"We connect also the show through Facebook live and YouTube live, in that way we reach more people, we connect with the community. Usually the people who listen to us, they're (either) working or they're waiting to go to work, so they can spend that time learning the impact that we are having is tremendous. We´ve reached 200,000 people in one transmission."
12. Facebook page of Radio Jornalera, live show on air
13. People at community job center which is run by National Day Laborer Organizing Network
14. Pictures on wall
15. Various of Pablo Alvarado, co-founder of National Day Laborer Organizing Network, walking in, talking to people
16. SOUNDBITE (English) Pablo Alvarado, co-founder, National Day Laborer Organizing Network:
"The idea of the radio came when actually Trump ascended to power. We needed our own means of communications, we needed to create our own content. Because CNN, MSNBC, Fox will never come and provide coverage and do justice to what immigrants think, so we have to generate our own content."
17. Various of people at community job center

Every morning at seven o'clock, Luis Valentan anchors a live radio show, whose target audience is thousands of immigrants across the United States.

Named after "day laborers" in Spanish, Radio Jornalera has become a voice for immigrant workers in the country.

The 46-year-old single father from Mexico, previously held menial jobs for nearly three decades. He says he has struggled with discrimination and abuse by employers.

"We watch a lot of families flee to different states, back to Mexico. We saw a lot of pain and suffering, you know, watching all these families breaking apart, kids ending up being alone. I had to take care of two teenagers at that time," said Valentan.

Ordinary workers participate in the show to share their own experiences.

"The way this radio is useful to the listeners is through all the advice that experienced workers like myself can provide,so that they don't make the same mistakes. In some cases, it might be an issue of language barrier," said Jose Perez, an Immigrant Day laborer.

In other cases, the employers do not honor the agreements made when hiring, Perez added. They make an offer but later they say they can't pay that much.

In a storage room-turned-studio, the radio station has already become a major information resource for immigrants.

Organizers are now airing the show on a mobile applications and on social media to reach a wider audience.

"We connect also the show through Facebook live and YouTube live, in that way we reach more people, we connect with the community. Usually the people who listen to us, they're (either) working or they're waiting to go to work, so they can spend that time learning the impact that we are having is tremendous. We've reached 200,000 people in one transmission," said Manuel Vicente, producer of Radio Jornalera.

Radio Jornalera was founded by the National Day Laborer Organizing Network, which runs this community Job Center. For years, it's been a meeting place for hundreds of day laborers and employers alike."

But aside from finding daily jobs, workers also come here to hone their skills and learn about their rights.

In fact, it was the anti-immigrant rhetoric of President Trump that triggered the plan to launch this radio station.

"The idea of the radio came when actually Trump ascended to power. We needed our own means of communications, we needed to create our own content. Because CNN, MSNBC, Fox will never come and provide coverage and do justice to what immigrants think, so we have to generate our own content," said Pablo Alvarado, co-founder of National Day Laborer Organizing Network.