Wayne McLeod, A Canadian Very Vallartense

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wayne1A concluding stage for Vallarta Today , where daily he wrote thousands of stories, from the wording in which fraternal moments with those who lived in daily life became real friends with whom he shared many jokes, smiles memorable and anecdotes.

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The professional life of Wayne McLeod, was a constant adventure, since graduating from the British Columbia Institute of Technology, where he studied radio and television, the desire to express in writing their worldview, took him to see several countries in Europe , practicing journalism alike that doing scripts for television film, and alongside music luminaries as Paul Anka and Tom Jones.

That walk led him to Germany, Italy, Greece, and Los Angeles California, before docking in Puerto Vallarta in 1990, where fate had traced his life, along with the woman who did take root in this port, Laura López Labra , and two destinies intertwined into one, with an illusion that kept alive the passing years, and that was the inspiration for this Canadian journalist, editor of "Vallarta Today", English daily published by the publishing house " Comment Vallarta ", for almost thirty years.

The end of the wanderings

Gone are the adventures of Wayne McLeod on camera for a CBS television station and behind the microphones on the radio in Vancouver, Canada, in the productions of artists such as Paul Anka and Tom Jones in its glorious times, or jogging by European countries to join the community Vallarta, always the hand of his beloved, Laura.

Infected with the virus in the blood ink, Wayne McLeod, found the space idea to continue the practice of journalism in the pages of "Vallarta Today" when the editor was Lynne Bairstow, and eventually became the editor of English-language newspaper publisher, owned by Luis Reyes Brambila.

Starting from scratch

Since appearing in the writing of the publisher of "Vallarta Today", Wayne was an example of dedication, skill, perseverance, and above all a love of craft, in an ongoing effort to bring deep conviction information to readers This morning, not only information of interest and opportunity, but quality to dignify the practice of journalism in this publication is liaison between English-speaking tourists and the community of foreign residents who speak that language.

Without flaunting that preceded path before settling in this city, the figure of Wayne is already part of the inventory of journalism in Puerto Vallarta, where did as he liked to the end of his life: writing.

Professional versatility

His professional experience was not limited to journalism, he also wrote for television and film, as in the series "Sweating Bullets", and it was as a writer that the paths of the profession brought him to Puerto Vallarta in 1990, in the draft a script that would take three months, however, after three weeks met Laura López Labra, "and the story changes," says the share that moment when a real crush begin to weave their story, as it was by the Laura I love Wayne burned his ships and his ship docked here, "Laura is amazing is that ... is my inspiration to write, develop ideas and write ..."

Its origins

Originally from Vancouver, Canada, 58 years old, with radio and television studies by the Institute of British Columbia, worked on "Vancouver Show" a television program that broadcast two hours of live news, "was good experience, where I learned, for example, how long is 30 seconds ... served to set the time and plan. "

Twelve years stood before television cameras in Vancouver, then for a further four years, was in television production equipment for the stars of Paul Anka and Tom Jones, also working for the international chain of CBS, which led him to live for three months in work plan in Germany, Italy and Greece, to return to America to move to live for three months in Los Angeles.

That's when venturing as television and film writer, being at this stage when the roads of life will bring to Puerto Vallarta, with a ticket that was only one way, not back, but he did not know.

"This week in Vallarta"

Once in 1990 making the decision to stay in this town for a year editing a weekly in English, "This Week in Vallarta", and the daily talacha for information on events coincides with  then editor of "Vallarta Today" , who invited him to collaborate on the English-language daily, to which access longing as the pace of the diary, by experience in radio and television, in "Vallarta Today", the ideal place to continue to exercise that office that  is unquestionably vocation and Canadian origin and heart Vallarta.

Twenty-five years to start writing in "Vallarta Today", and as editor for twenty, doing what he likes, straightforward writing to inform and entertain, but not at any cost, but giving quality material for readers, for what has collaborators who says "I'm proud columnists".

A team of professionals

This team does everyday reality editing "Vallarta Today" to bring the best and most diverse information are Ken Molinaro, Lynne Bairstow, Ed Hutmacher, Peter Wells Scott "Shark", Marla Hoover, Gil Gevins, Mike Zimmerman, Bob Cohen, Peter Kroptler and the writers Polly Vicars, Vanessa Cole, Barbara Sands, also collaborate, Candy Sulliver Andydes, including collaborations feathers that provide health, ecology, politics, social, film, theater, and a variety of topics provide quality information to this newspaper in English, which for several years also has its www.vallartatoday.com website.  The team at Vallarta Today Online transmittine Vallarta Today to the world are:  Peter Olsen - Publisher Emeritus, Tom Egan - Publisher, Isabel Breseda Piedra - Managing Director, Suyapa Ajuria - Editor in Chief, Santini - Director of Client Service and Sales, Karina Cruz Gomez - Journalist, Karina Espinoza Becerra - Journalist, Gamaliel Espinoza Becerra - Journalist, Phil Kerr - Journalist, Noemi - Journalist, Mariella - Journalist, Giovanni -Journalist.

With contributions informative events with Adam Leyva police, and responsible for the design work of Alfonso Rodriguez, who in the course of their work becomes co-editor of this newspaper that accompanied him during the last seven years of continuous work, and who developed a noble friendship that kept him pending his health until the last of his days.

Consolidation

In the consolidation phase to reach twenty-five years of the "Vallarta Today", an English daily in its pages reflecting the most important events of the economic, social, cultural and political life of Puerto Vallarta, and is a instrument to publicize laws and regulations, and information on Migration and Finance, as well as activities and consular services of the United States and Canada.

A news organization with a regional distribution in the municipalities of Puerto Vallarta and Banderas Bay, well over a hundred strategic points to be available to English-speaking tourists, from the Cross of Huanaclaxtle to Mismaloya, ponders his editor to say that converges place where foreign tourists today, you can find a copy of "Vallarta Today".

Advances

In a retrospective of Puerto Vallarta that met the start the last decade of the last century to the present, remember that at the time in a year he rode 150 exhibitions of art and are now more than 300, as well as an amazing breakthrough in medical infrastructure.

In the talk, Wayne McLeod, highlights the community integration of foreign residents to the commune Vallarta, in diversity of actions and activities from the commendable work that for years has operated the International Friendship Club in program operations cleft lip and palate, until recent events promoted by U.S. consulates in First International Altruism Festival, Canada and the Terry Fox run to collect financial resources to combat cancer.

His vision Vallarta

From his vision and the experience of having worked for the film industry, considered an alternative to this tourist destination is to make film making center, because it has a wide range of natural scenes and photography experts emphasize the light existing natural on Banderas Bay.

In his presentation highlighted the organization's International Film Festival, which will be added to the various international festivals gastronomic, sporting events such as fishing, that have become tradition and give added value to the destination.

Ahead of the release of "Vallarta Today" with 25 years of working in the publishing house that publishes it, can not fail to acknowledge the support she has received from its owner, Luis Reyes Brambila, who he says "is a teacher of teachers, who for many years I have been learning ... "

A concluding stage for Today Vallarta, where daily wrote thousands of stories, from the wording in which fraternal moments with those who lived in daily life became real friends with whom he shared many jokes, smiles and memorable anecdotes, exiting Street to reporting in an effort to obtain the information became news of interest to readers at a computer as they once did against a mechanical writing machine, the computer that changed with the changes of the new technologies in the digital age, not the vocation of journalist living a constant adventure and renewed every day as someone who definitely brings ink virus in the blood, that was Wayne McLeod.

20 years of uninterrupted

For former editor of "Vallarta Today", was food for thought to have reached 20 years of publication, it was a publication that featured the best of the region in English.

"But mostly I think it was possible to fully integrate a community in their projects and problems to reach a fundamental part of Puerto Vallarta, in all aspects," says Wayne McLeod to endorse  him, Luis Reyes Brambila " is a professor who still learning ... and who is to value what has made contributions to the community, just to mention the scholarships awarded over the years ... there are also files containing the history of Vallarta Opina..

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