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Joseph Torres
Communications Director,
NAHJ
E-mail: jtorres@nahj.org
Phone: 202/662-7143
Fax: 202/662-7144
Web: http://www.nahj.org/

The Spanish Broadcasting System amended its lawsuit against Clear Channel Communication and the Hispanic Broadcasting Company July 31 and are now seeking damages of more than $500 million, claiming that the companies broke anti-trust laws.

Despite criticisms from journalism associations of color, the National Press Club awarded the book "Coloring the News: How Crusading for Diversity Has Corrupted American Journalism," by William McGowan, first place in the press criticism category during a dinner ceremony July 22 at the Press Club in Washington.

TV NEWSROOMS WHITER:
Week of July 22, 2002

Univisión Communications announced June 14 that it will purchase Hispanic Broadcasting Corp. in a $3.5 billion stock deal that merges the nation's largest Spanish-language television network and the country's largest Hispanic radio company.

New York Daily News columnist Juan González was elected president of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists during the association's 20th annual convention in San Diego, June 12-15.

Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting released a study in its June 2002 magazine Extra! found that 92% of all U.S. news sources on the ABC, CBS and NBC nightly newscast in 2001 were white, 85% were male and when party affiliation was identifiable, 75% were Republican.

Three Latino journalists are among winners of the Society of Professional Journalists 2001 Sigma Delta Chi excellence in journalism awards announced May 1.

The newsmagazine is an attempt by the Republican Party and President George W. Bush to reach out to the Hispanic community and Hispanic voters. It will promote how GOP policies positively affect the lives of Hispanics.

The U.S. Department of Justice has asked the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati to deny the public’s right of access to a deportation hearing against Rabih Haddad, an Islamic charity founder. The government is appealing a federal judge’s decision to open up the hearings.

New York Spanish-language daily Hoy is named by the trade publication Editor & Publisher as one of the nation's 10 best newspapers, according to a May 22 article on E&P's Web site.