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NAHJ Hall of Fame
Created in 2000, NAHJ's Hall of Fame honors those journalists whose efforts either nationally or locally have resulted in a greater number of Latinos entering the journalism profession or have helped to improve news coverage of the nation's Latino community.
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The deadline for nominations is April 30, 2009.
Potential candidates must be journalists, but not necessarily members of NAHJ. However, only members may nominate someone for the NAHJ Hall of Fame. Candidates may also be in the academic field, demonstrating a commitment to producing outstanding journalists. They, or a reasonable representative, must be able to attend the Hall of Fame Gala in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on Friday, June 24, 2009.
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NAHJ inducted Juan Gonzalez, a former NAHJ president and New York Daily News Columnist, plus radio co-host of "Democracy NOW!", into its Hall of Fame during the 2008 UNITY convention in Chicago.
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NAHJ also inducted Maggie Rivas-Rodriguez, University of Texas at Austin professor and media activist, into its Hall of Fame during the UNITY '08 Convention in Chicago.
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NAHJ also inducted Francisco P. Ramirez, founder of the Spanish-language Newspaper El Clamor Público in Los Angeles in the mid-1800s, into its Hall of Fame at the 2008 UNITY Convention in Chicago.
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NAHJ inducted Cecilia Alvear, a former NAHJ president and retired producer from NBC in 2007, into its Hall of Fame during the 2007 NAHJ Convention in San Jose, Calif.
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NAHJ also inducted Rigo Chacón, three time Emmy winner and president of Rigo Chacón and Associates (RCA), into its Hall of Fame during the NAHJ Convention in San Jose, Calif.
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NAHJ also inducted George Ramos, a three-time Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter with the Los Angeles Times and chair of the Cal Poly Journalism Department, into its Hall of Fame at the NAHJ San Jose Convention.
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NAHJ inducted María Elena Salinas, a founding member of NAHJ and a veteran anchor of Noticiero Univision, into its Hall of Fame during the 2006 NAHJ Convention in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
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NAHJ also inducted Henry Alfaro, one of the first Mexican-American TV reporters who worked for 35 years at ABC7 in Los Angeles, into its Hall of Fame during the Fort Lauderdale Convention.
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Gerald Garcia, Jr., founding member and the first president of NAHJ.
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Ignacio E. Lozano, Sr. founded La Opinión, the nation's oldest Mexican American daily newspaper.
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Dr. Mary Adelaide Gardner was a former professor of journalism at Michigan State University
and a journalism scholar.
Albor Ruiz, columnist, New York Daily News
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Paul Espinosa, independent producer, writer and director
Félix Gutiérrez, author, educator and activist
Frank del Olmo was an associate
editor at the Los Angeles Times.
Frank O. Sotomayor, assistant METPRO director and hiring
editor, Los Angeles Times
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Charlie Ericksen is the founder of Hispanic Link News
Service in Washington, D.C.
Edith Sayre Auslander is a former reporter and editor
at the Arizona Daily Star and former professor at the University
of Arizona.
Peter Moraga was a pioneer in radio journalism in California and Arizona.
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Rubén Salazar was a columnist for the Los Angeles Times and the news director of KMEX.
Elma Barrera, a reporter for ABC's Channel 13, was the first Hispanic female
reporter in the Houston market in 1972.
Sylvan Rodríguez was an anchor at KHOU-TV 11 in Houston.
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