Town Hall/Plenaries/Super Sessions
TOWN HALL
The Town Hall Meeting preceding the NAHJ annual
convention’s opening is the event the organization traditionally
hosts for the Latino and the general community where the
convention is being held. Tackling a mixture of domestic and
international topics, this meeting is an opportunity for the
community to come together and have a dialogue about issues
of media representation or other timely areas of concern.
The Health Care Crisis: Legislation, Politics and the Impact on
the Latino Community.
Tuesday, June 12, 7 – 9 P.M. – Mexican Heritage Plaza, 1700 Alum Rock Avenue, San Jose
With more than 40 million uninsured people in the U.S. -more
than 6 million in California alone -this is an issue that affects
all of us. Where can people turn to get access to health care if
they’re uninsured? In San Jose, Valley Medical Center is the
safety net for low-income and uninsured patients, of which
40% are Latino. What’s going to happen now that it’s facing
multi-million dollar budget cuts? What are California legislators
doing to address the needs of those seeking low-cost health
care? Can the Latino community influence the decision-making
process? San Jose Councilwoman Nora Campos, president of
the California League of Cities Latino Caucus will give the
welcoming remarks.
MODERATOR: Vintage Foster, publisher, Silicon Valley/San
Jose Business Journal
PANELISTS: Assemblyman Jim Beall, chair of the California State Assembly’s Human Services Committee, and author of an insurance bill for small business
Kathleen Collins, who represents U.S. Rep.
Zoe Lofgren on health care issues
Lupe Alonzo Diaz, executive director, Latino Coalition for a Healthy California
Kim Roberts, executive director, Valley Medical Center and the Santa Clara Valley Health and Hospital System
Sylvia Ruiz, political director, Service Employees International Union (SEIU), Local 1877, San Jose, which represents laborers, janitors and health care workers
OPENING PLENARY
WEDNESDAY, 6 P.M. - 7:30 P.M.
California Theater, 345 South First Street
“A Conversation with Arnold Schwarzenegger”
Sponsored by San Jose Mercury News
Arnold Schwarzenegger, the governor of
the country’s largest state, sits down for a
free-flowing dialogue with three journalists.
After sweeping into office on the heels of a
recall vote, Schwarzenegger, a former
bodybuilding champion known for playing
killer cyborgs and all around tough guys in
Hollywood movies, presides over a state
struggling to embrace its diversity while leading the way for
much of the rest of country on hot-button issues like
immigration, the environment and access to affordable health
care. As NAHJ celebrates its 25th anniversary in the state
where it all began, the conversation with Schwarzenegger will
be informative and help set the tone for the
rest of the week’s events.
LEAD INTERVIEWER: Rick Rodriguez,
executive editor, The Sacramento Bee
Sponsored by San Jose Mercury News
PLENARY
The Digital Revolution
Sponsored by: The E.W Scripps Company
Join us as we analyze the rapid evolution occurring in the digital
media industry, its impact on the traditional media industry and the
many lucrative business opportunities it presents. We’ll explore
cutting edge audience behaviors-the rapid consuming of mobile and
digital entertainment. What do consumers want and are they getting
it? Is mobile news, news on demand or online news delivered to
your email inbox the answer? What roles will Internet television and
high definition programming have in the media spectrum? What will
all these changes mean for the news/content gatherers/generators?
How can you prepare to ride the digital wave?
COORDINATOR: Verónica Villafañe,
independent television producer in San Jose
and former NAHJ President
MODERATOR: George Lewis, correspondent,
NBC Network News
PANELISTS: Meredith Artley, vice-president, Latimes.com
Josh Cohen, business product manager, Google
Susan Gonzales, corporate senior director federal and external affairs, Comcast
Shermaze Ingram, spokesperson and director of media relations, National Association of Broadcasters DTV Transition Team
Liz Lufkin, director, front page content programming, Yahoo! Inc
Randy Stearns, deputy editor, East Coast, MSNBC.com
SUPER SESSIONS
¡Migración! Raids, Rights
and Responsibilities
Immigration raids are at a new high around the nation, in
farming communities such as Mendota, Calif., and Cactus,
Texas to big cities such as Dallas, San Francisco and Chicago.
Caught in the crosshairs are mixed-status families whose blend
of U.S. citizens and undocumented immigrants suffer the
consequences of separation, detention and deportation. These
most dramatic examples of the country’s complex immigration
system are chronicled as panelists explore the worksite raids,
law enforcement operations that are splitting up families and
raising anxieties at home and at work, and the responsibilities of
the parents to prevent the splitting of families in the first place.
COORDINATORS: Alfredo Corchado, Latin America correspondent, The Dallas Morning News
Nancy San Martin, foreign correspondent, The Miami Herald
Dianne Solis, reporter, The Dallas Morning News
MODERATOR: John Quiñones, co-anchor, “Primetime” ABC News
PANELISTS: Mónica M. Ramírez, Equal Justice Works Fellow/Staff Attorney, ACLU Immigrants’ Rights Project
Rev. Carol Been, deputy director, Clergy & Laity United for Economic Justice
Rick Oltman, spokesman, Californians for Population Stabilization
Jamie Zuieback, acting director, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Office of Public Affairs, Washington
A U.S. citizen whose parents were sent back to Mexico will also join the panel
MacArthur Park and Beyond:
Can the LAPD, immigrant groups and the
media trust each other again?
On May 1st, 2007, members of
the LAPD, taunted by a small
group of provocateurs, clashed
with and attacked immigration
rights protesters and journalists.
As rallies, marches and
demonstrations to be called by
immigration-rights groups loom
in the future, how can we in the
media cover these events
fairly and accurately considering
that many of us are now part
of the story? How can the LAPD
ensure that the rights of
peaceful demonstrators,
whatever their immigrant status, will
be respected and that journalists will be
allowed to do their job
without risk of injury? What can the organizers
of the marches do to restrain provocateurs? Is
there any way that “we can all just get along”?
COORDINATOR: Cecilia Alvear, former NAHJ
President and network news television producer
MODERATOR: Ysabel Durón, weekend anchor, KRON TV4,
San Francisco
PANELISTS: William Bratton, chief, Los Angeles Police Department
Joe Domanick, senior fellow, USC Annenberg/Institute for Justice and Journalism
Christina Gonzalez, reporter, Fox 11
(Los Angeles)
Angelica Salas, executive director, Coalition for Humane
Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles (CHIRLA)
Patricia Nazario, reporter, KPCC (Los Angeles)
Missing in Action: The
Pattern of Erasing Latinos from History and
Coverage
Ken Burns left Latinos out of his World War II epic, “The War,”
and it ignited a firestorm of controversy and a national and
grassroots movement. Frustration over unanswered antiimmigration
rhetoric in the media and a punitive bill helped
fuel the largest simultaneous pro-immigration marches across
the country last year. When talk show host Don Imus made his
infamous remarks that sparked a call for a national dialogue on
race, Latinos were once again left out of it or absent from the
screen. Even U.S. history books focusing on anti-segregation
efforts and civil rights movements often leave out Mexican-
American anti-discrimination legal battles or the horrible
lynchings of Mexicans in Texas. We look at the historical
pattern of invisibility of Latinos’ actions, perspectives and
contributions that plays out to this day and how some are
fighting to reverse this phenomenon and raise awareness.
MODERATOR: Rafael Suarez,
senior correspondent, The
NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, and
author of The Holy Vote: The
Politics of Faith in America
PANELISTS: Jim Estrada, Former TV journalist, Author of The ñ Factor, CEO of Estrada Communications Group
Pedro G. Castillo, associate professor of history, University of
California, Santa Cruz
Maggie Rivas-Rodriguez, associate professor of journalism/director, U.S. Latino & Latina WWII Oral History Project, UT-Austin
Revolución Moderna
The so-called “21st Century Revolution” is one of most tossed
about terms across Latin America. As the region struggles to
improve its lot and survive in an increasingly polarized world
focused on the Middle East, the U.S. government grapples with
how to relate to a region many say has long been ignored.
What exactly is this modern revolution, is it catching on across
the region, and what, if any, are the domestic and international
ramifications for participating countries? Venezuela, for
example, has already seen dramatic effects such as the forced
shut down of a news station critical of the government. A panel
of journalists and experts discuss the issue.
COORDINATORS: Nancy San Martin, foreign correspondent,
The Miami Herald
Alfredo Corchado, Latin America correspondent, The Dallas
Morning News
MODERATOR: Ricardo Sandoval, assistant city editor, The
Sacramento Bee
PANELISTS: Miguel Angel Rodriguez, anchor, La Entrevista, Radio Caracas Television (RCTV), Venezuela (invited)
Giannina Segnini, coordinator, investigations unit, La Nación,
Costa Rica
William Ratcliff, Fellow, Hoover Institution, Standford University, Adjunct Fellow at the Independent Institute
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