National Association of Hispanic Journalists
The National Association of Hispanic Journalists (NAHJ) is a Washington, D.C.-based organization dedicated to the advancement of Hispanic journalists in the United States and Puerto Rico. It was established in 1984.[1]
NAHJ has approximately 2,300 members, including working journalists, journalism students, other media-related professionals and journalism educators. Its president in 2012–2019 was Hugo Balta, Coordinating Producer for ESPN.
Under the leadership of Juan González in 2002-2004, NAHJ created the Parity Project to assist news organizations in hiring and retaining Hispanic journalists and improving coverage of the Hispanic communities across the U.S. NAHJ is one of the few journalist associations to take a stand against media consolidation, largely due to the influence of Gonzalez and former presidents Verónica Villafañe (2004–2006) and Rafael Olmeda (2006–2008). NAHJ is a former partner organization of Unity Journalists of Color, Inc.
Hall of Fame[]
In annual awards since 2000, the NAHJ recognizes great achievements.[2]
For 2013, David Gonzales and were honored.[3] Previous honorees (with short notes in "quotes" being NAHJ website wordings) are:
2013:
2012:
- , first organization to achieve the award.
2011:
- : "Assistant Dean for Career Services at Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism"
2010:
- Ray Suarez: "Senior Correspondent, PBS NewsHour"
- : "Anchor, WFAA-Dallas"
2009:
- Geraldo Rivera: "Host, Fox’s newsmagazine “Geraldo-at-Large”
- : "Anchor, KRON-TV (San Francisco) “Weekend Morning News”
- Juan Gonzalez: "Founder and Editor, El Tecolote; professor of journalism, City College of San Francisco"
2008:
- Juan Gonzalez: "Columnist, New York Daily News; former president, NAHJ"
- : "Professor, University of Texas at Austin, media activist"
- : "Founder, El Clamor Publico (Los Angeles)"
2007
- Cecilia Alvear: "retired producer, NBC, former president, NAHJ"
- : "three-time Emmy winner; president, (RCA)"
- George Ramos: "a three-time Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter, The Los Angeles Times; professor, (San Luis Obispo, CA)"
2006:
- Maria Elena Salinas: "veteran anchor, “Noticiero Univision”; founding member, NAHJ"
- : "one of the first Mexican-American TV reporters, worked for 35 years at KABC-TV (Los Angeles)"
2005:
- : "former publisher, Tucson Citizen (Arizona); founding member and first president of NAHJ"
2004
- Ignacio E. Lozano, Sr.: "founder, La Opinion"
2003:
- : "former professor of journalism, Michigan State University; journalism Scholar"
- : columnist, New York Daily News"
2002:
- Paul Espinosa: "independent producer, writer and director"
- : "author, educator and activist"
- Frank del Olmo: "former associate editor, the Los Angeles Times"
- : "assistant METPRO director and hiring editor, Los Angeles Times"
2001:
- : "founder, ; founding member of NAHJ"
- : "former reporter and editor, Arizona Daily Star; former professor, University of Arizona"
- : "a pioneer in radio journalism in California and Arizona"
2000:
- Rubén Salazar: "columnist, the Los Angeles Times; news director, KMEX-DT"
- : "reporter, – first Hispanic female reporter in the Houston market in 1972"
- : "former anchor, (Houston)"
Student chapters[]
- Arizona State
- Brooklyn College
- California State University, Long Beach
- Columbia College Chicago
- Columbia University
- Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism
- Florida International University
- Lehman College
- Northwestern University
- Stony Brook University
- Syracuse University
- Texas State University
- University of Arizona
- University of California, Los Angeles
- University of Houston
- University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
- University of Missouri
- Universidad de Puerto Rico
- University of Southern California
- University of Texas at Austin
- University of Texas at Arlington
- University of Texas at El Paso
- University of Texas–Pan American
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
See also[]
- Cecilia Alvear
- John Quiñones
- Geraldo Rivera
- Michelle Caruso-Cabrera
- Alycia Lane
- Maria Elena Salinas
- Ray Suarez
- Soledad O'Brien
- Liz Evora
References[]
- ^ Susan Auerbach, ed., Encyclopedia of Multiculturalism (1998) vol 8 pp 2141-2142.
- ^ "About the Hall of Fame". NAHJ. Archived from the original on 2015-05-23. Retrieved 2015-08-11.
- ^ "404 Not Found". Archived from the original on 2014-11-29. Retrieved 2016-01-08.
Further reading[]
- Auerbach, Susan, ed. Encyclopedia of Multiculturalism (1998) vol 8 pp 2141-42.
External links[]
- Organizations established in 1984
- American journalism organizations
- Journalism-related professional associations
- Hispanic and Latino American professional organizations