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Parity Project
News
December 12, 2006
Latino Immigrants Living the American Dream Along Florida’s Treasure Coast
The Scripps Treasure Coast Newspapers, which are partners in NAHJ’s Parity Project, profiles some immigrants from Colombia and Ecuador who have found success along Florida’s Atlantic coast...
November 16, 2006
NAHJ Member Brenda Duran Honored For Her North County Times Story On "The Butterfly Girl"
The California Chicano News Media Association's San Diego chapter has given its La Pluma Award for Best Feature to North County Times (a Parity Project Partner) reporter Brenda Duran for her two-part story on a Latina who is battling a rare disease by educating others...
Articles:
Cristina, "The Butterfly Girl"
Cindi Hofer, Cristina's mother
View the photo slideshow
November 2, 2006
San Jose Mercury News Joins NAHJ’s Parity Project
NAHJ is proud to announce that the San Jose Mercury News will join the association’s Parity Project. The Mercury News is the 25th media outlet to join the initiative.
November 2, 2006
KNXV ABC15 Donates $25,000 to Chicanos Por La Causa
KNVX ABC15 and the Scripps Howard Foundation present Chicanos Por La Causa with $25,000 to support the Westside Workforce Development Program established by Chicanos Por La Causa. KNXV is a partner in NAHJ's Parity Project.
October 23, 2006
Diversity Within Diversity: Latinos On Florida’s Treasure Coast Come From All Over Latin America
When it comes to Latinos, Florida is un-like any other state in the U.S. That point has been made in a Sun., Oct. 15, 2006 piece written by NAHJ member Rebecca Panoff for the Scripps Treasure Coast Newspapers, which are partners in NAHJ’s Parity Project.
October 23, 2006
Corpus Christi Caller-Times Marks Death Of Latino Music Legend Freddy Fender
The Corpus Christi Caller-Times, an E.W. Scripps Company-owned partner in NAHJ’s Parity Project, observed the Oct. 14, 2006 death of Grammy-award winning performer Freddy Fender with a multiple stories on his passing.
July 14, 2006
KNXV ABC 15 Covers Mexico's Elections
Manuel Bojorquez from Phoenix's KNXV ABC15 was in Mexico City covering the elections, and has full coverage of Mexico's Day of Decision. Conservative Felipe Calderon is said to have won the vote count, but Leftist candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador is contesting the results. View Manuel’s photo essay and blog to get a day by day account of the tight presidential race.
View the video clip featuring Manuel Bojorquez's coverage of Mexico's "Day of Decision"
July 11, 2006
Rocky Mountain News' One-Week Immigration Series Upsets Some Readers...
The Rocky Mountain News in Denver has almost tripled the number of Latino journalists in its newsroom since joining NAHJ's Parity Project in April 2003. The presence of more bilingual journalists in its newsroom has allowed the paper to run a one-week immigration series from June 12 - 16, 2006.
Also, read about some of the controversy that John Temple, editor of the Rocky, has addressed for publishing the series in English and Spanish: www.rockymountainnews.com
June 1, 2006
NAHJ’s Parity Project Shines In Orlando
The Orlando Sentinel and local Latino leaders came together at a special town hall meeting to discuss the paper's efforts to reach out to the community
May 25, 2006
NAHJ’s Parity Project A Hit in West Palm Beach
Community leaders joined WPTV and NAHJ for a special town hall as they launched the Parity Project in West Palm Beach, Florida
May 25, 2006
The Parity Project gets its feet wet in Salt Lake
Latinos made quite a bit of noise as the NAHJ launched the Parity Project at The Salt Lake Tribune in Utah
April 20, 2006
Orlando Sentinel Becomes First Tribune Co. Newspaper to Join NAHJ’s Parity Project
The Orlando Sentinel joins the Parity Project as its 24th partner and is the first Tribune Co. newspaper to join the program.
April 13, 2006
L.A. Daily News To Work With Latinos To Improve News Coverage In Southern California
Latinos in the San Fernando Valley met with the LA Daily News staff, urging the newspaper to use more community sources...
April 13, 2006
NAHJ’s Parity Project reaches out to the Valley of the Sun
About 65 community leaders attended the town hall at KNXV ABC 15 Studios in Phoenix, Arizona to ask for greater participation from the station in Latino community projects.
March 8, 2006
Hispanic community urges the LA Daily News to use more Latinos in their coverage
Latino leaders raised concerns about the newspaper's coverage and urged reporters and editors to use more sources from their community and be more sensitive to their culture...
February 28, 2006
NAHJ’s Parity Project Profiled By The Poynter Institute
Poynter’s Aly Colón’s column on NAHJ’s Parity Project demonstrates how this program is making a difference when it comes to hiring Latino journalists and covering the Latino community – one news organization at a time…
February 8, 2006
Salt Lake Tribune Becomes 23rd Partner in NAHJ’s Parity Project
The Salt Lake Tribune, Utah’s largest newspaper with a daily circulation of 130,000, is the newest partner in NAHJ’s Parity Project. Owned by MediaNews Group, The Tribune serves an area that is about 10% Latino and growing…
February 7, 2006
NAHJ Names Texas-Based Parity Project Assoc. Dir.
The National Association of Hispanic Journalists has named Michele Gonzalez its new Texas-based associate director of NAHJ’s Parity Project. Gonzalez will work with partnering media companies located in Texas, Colorado and the Southwest region of the United States.
February 6, 2006
Parity Project Making A Difference in Corpus Christi, Texas
About 80 people attended a follow-up Parity Project town hall in Corpus Christi, Texas on Jan. 31, 2006 to discuss the noticable improvement in coverage of the Scripps-owned Corpus Christi Caller-Times
January 18, 2006
Los Angeles Daily News is the Newest Partner in NAHJ's Parity Project
The Los Angeles Daily News, which serves Southern California's San Fernando Valley and other parts of the region, is the first MediaNews Group, Inc. newspaper to join NAHJ’s Parity Project.
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