|
 |
Press Release
October 17, 2005
NAHJ President Villafañe, VP Medrano Named to List of 100 Most Influential Hispanics
Media Contact: Daniela Montalvo (202) 662-7152
Hispanic Business magazine named NAHJ President Veronica Villafañe, Vice President of Broadcast, Manny Medrano, and other Hispanic journalists and members of NAHJ to its 2005 list of 100 most influential Hispanics.
Hispanic journalists honored this year include:
Alberto Ibargüen, CEO John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, NAHJ Lifetime Member
Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez, Author, Former Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
Carl Quintanilla, NBC News Correspondent, NAHJ Member
Felix Contreras, NPR Reporter/Producer, NAHJ Member
Jim Avila, ABC News Correspondent, NAHJ Member
John Quiñones, ABC News Primetime Co-Anchor, NAHJ Lifetime Member
Manny Medrano, NAHJ Vice President - Broadcast, ABC News Correspondent
Mimi Valdés, Vibe Magazine Editor-in-Chief, NAHJ Member
Rick Sanchez, CNN Reporter, NAHJ Member
Rolando H. Santos, CNN Headline News General Manager
Ruben Navarrette, San Diego Union-Tribune Columnist, NAHJ Member
Veronica Villafañe, NAHJ President, San Jose Mercury News Anchor/Reporter
Vince Gonzales, CBS News Correspondent, NAHJ Lifetime Member
Full List of Honorees
Founded in 1984, NAHJ's mission is to increase the percentage of Latinos working in our nation's newsrooms and to improve news coverage of the Latino community. NAHJ is the nation's largest professional organization for Latino journalists with more than 2,300 members working in English and Spanish-language print, photo, broadcast and online media.
|
|
|
