The San Juan Star
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The San Juan Star is an English-language, Pulitzer Prize winning newspaper based in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The newspaper is the flagship publication of Star Media Network, a subdivision of San Juan Star, Inc., which also owns San Juan Magazine, El Mayagüez Star, and El Ponce Star, among other publications.
The newspaper was founded in 1959, and was intended for the English-speaking population in Puerto Rico. In 1997, The San Juan Star began an attempt to expand its audience by introducing a Spanish version of the same newspaper, called "El San Juan Star" (as opposed to "The..."). The latter is essentially an exact translation of the English edition.
The Daily News, a fictional newspaper appearing in Hunter S. Thompson's The Rum Diary is based on this newspaper as Thompson had garnered material while working for The San Juan Star.
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Current staff of The San Juan Star includes Eva Llorens, who covers the Capitol, Xavira Neggers at the federal court, Rosario Fajardo covering la Fortaleza, Maria Miranda covering a number of beats, Susan Charneco covering Education, Jon Rust covering Environmental Topics, Bob Friedman in Washington and Jose Alvarado covering government economics.
