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McCormick Tribune Foundation Awards
NAHJ $1 Million for Parity Project
May 20, 2004
NAHJ has been awarded a grant of $1 million from the Robert R.
McCormick Tribune Foundation to support the expansion of the association's
newly created Parity Project.. ...more
Pulitzer Joins NAHJ's Parity Project
May 17, 2004
Pulitzer Newspapers, Inc. is the latest media company to become
a partner in NAHJ's Parity Project. Three Pulitzer newspapers
in California will take part in the Parity Project as NAHJ seeks
to increase dramatically the number of Latinos in U.S. newsrooms.
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NAHJ Names Kevin Olivas Its New Parity Project Director
March 1, 2004
NAHJ Staff member Kevin Olivas was named the association's Parity
Project director. Olivas had been NAHJ's educational programs
manager since September 2002. ...more
NAHJ Launches Parity Project with the North County Times
February 10, 2004
NAHJ launched the Parity Project at the North County Times in
Escondido, Calif., on Jan. 28. The North County Times is the first
Lee newspaper to partner with NAHJ on the project. ...more
NAHJ's Parity Project Sparks Dramatic Increase in Minority
Hiring at Partnering News Organizations
January 22, 2004
The number of full-time minority journalists increased sharply
last year at the first two newspapers participating in NAHJ's
new diversity project. ...more
Parity Project
Launches at Three West Texas Newspapers
December 22, 2003
The National Association of Hispanic Journalists successfully
launched the Parity Project at three Scripps newspapers in West
Texas. NAHJ unveiled the project with the San Angelo Standard-
Times on Dec. 15, the Abilene Reporter-News Dec. 16 and the
Wichita Falls Times Record News Dec. 17. ...more
Parity Project Launches in Naples, Fla.
September 30, 2003
The NAHJ and the Naples Daily News successfully
launched the Parity Project in Collier County, Fla. on Sept. 30,
2003. More than 40 Latino community leaders attended a town hall
meeting, hosted by the editor and the publisher of the Daily News
and the NAHJ, to discuss the paper's coverage of the Latino community.
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NAHJ and The E.W. Scripps Company Launch Joint Effort To Improve
Newsroom Diversity and News Coverage of Latinos
April 3, 2003
The National Association of Hispanic Journalists
and the E.W. Scripps Company announced today a new joint effort
to improve news coverage of Latinos and to dramatically increase
the number of qualifiewd Latino journlaists employed at selected
Scripps' newspapers around the country.
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