Los Angeles Times and journalist Jose Antonio Vargas collaborate in creating #EmergingUS

Los Angeles Times, the country’s largest metropolitan newspaper, announced on February 17th, the collaboration with the multi-award winning journalist Jose Antonio Vargas, to establish #EmergingUS, a multimedia platform that will explore the evolution of US identity in the XXI century.#EmergingUS will aim to create a dialogue at a time when demographic changes are transforming the face of the US.”Los Angeles is the city where the US turns to see its future, and part of that future will be built it if we better understand the role of diversity in our lives,” President and CEO of Los Angeles Times, Austin Beutner said.Meanwhile, Vargas will lead the effort to write the comments and produce video, graphics and other digital content to focus on the intersection of race, immigration, identity and the complexities of multiculturalism.”In a country increasingly diversified and in the age of social networks and new technologies, I cannot think of a better time to start this exciting collaboration,” Vargas said, founder and editor of #EmergingUS.Vargas is also the founder of Define American, an organization that aims to raise the level of discussion about immigration and citizenship. It is also producing the campaign Look different for MTV, a film project that explains what it means to be young and black in America.To receive news and updates, visit {@emergingUS;https://twitter.com/emergingUS} on Twitter.