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    May 15, 2008
    Naples Daily News' Editor Says Much Is At Stake With FIU Journ. Prog.
    This paper, a Parity Project partner, is concerned about the future of journalism at a university with an extremely large Hispanic enrollment...

    May 13, 2008
    Salt Lake Tribune's Decision to Run Spanish-Language Ads Causes Stir
    Salt Lake Tribune Reader Advocate Connie Coyne says some readers are also reacting to the paper's plan to launch a Spanish-language publication, Ahora Utah...

    May 5, 2008
    Robert Aguilar to Retire As Publisher of the San Angelo Standard-Times of Texas
    Aguilar and Standard-Times' Editor Tim Archuleta have helped the paper to improve its coverage of the area's Hispanic community since the paper joined the Parity Project in December 2003...

    May 5, 2008
    Latino Author Writes Guest Column for the Naples Daily News of Florida
    Steven Valdivia's column focuses on computer mapping to document the evolution of youth violence...

    April 29, 2008
    Rocky Mountain News Columnist Tina Griego Re-Visits Denver's Border Street
    This comes about a year after her series of columns about a street where legal residents and un-documented people meet their neighbors...

    April 28, 2008
    Former NAHJ board member Javier Aldape Hired Into Executive Position at E.W. Scripps Co.
    Aldape will head up development of niche products for Scripps' newspaper division...

    April 22, 2008

    KNXV-TV ABC 15 In Phoenix Talks With Latino Community Leaders About News Coverage


    Scores of community leaders in Phoenix call for fair and accurate coverage of Latinos at the March 19, 2008 follow-up Parity Project town hall for this station...

    April 22, 2008

    Arizona's E-Verify System Harming Some Hispanic Americans Who Are Looking For Jobs


    NAHJ member Christina Boomer of KNXV ABC 15 in Phoenix explains how this program is affecting some Latinos in that area...

    April 10, 2008
    Long-time NAHJ member Carolina Garcia named new executive editor of the Los Angeles Daily News
    Garcia joins this Parity Project partner newspaper after serving in newsroom management positions in Monterey, Calif. and San Antonio, Tex...

    January 28, 2008
    National Public Radio Examines The Latino Vote
    NPR interviews the editor of CandidatoUSA to gauge Latino voting tendencies...

    December 18, 2007
    Latinos in West Palm Beach: WPTV Doing Better, But Still Room for Improvement
    NAHJ held a follow-up town hall with WPTV NewsChannel 5 in West Palm Beach, Florida on Dec. 11, 2007...

    December 17, 2007
    WPTV Covers Woman Dedicated To Serving Mayan Community in South Florida
    WPTV NewsChannel 5 reporter/anchor Kelley Dunn introduces us to Sister Rachel Sena, who has made it her mission to see that Mayans who speak neither English nor Spanish, are treated fairly…

    November 5, 2007
    More than 100 turn out for Parity Project's First Multicultural Launch
    The Parity Project town hall with The Virginian-Pilot newspaper in Norfolk, VA is held very close to the spot where one of several lunch counter sit-ins where held throughout the South during February 1960.

    October 17, 2007
    NAHJ Receives $300,000 Grant for Parity Project
    NAHJ continues to seek more funding for this worthy program, which journalism program officials at the Robert R. McCormick Tribune Foundation describe as "a winner" while issuing a grant to continue offering support to the Parity Project.

    October 11, 2007
    "The Butterfly Girl" Passes Away
    NAHJ member Brenda Duran, who had profiled a young Latina in north San Diego County, Calif., who battled a rare disease, now reports for the North County Times on the girl's death and the impact she had on others during her short life...

    Learn more about "The Butterfy Girl" by checking out Brenda's original story on this courageous young Latina:

    Articles:

  • Cristina, "The Butterfly Girl"
  • Cindi Hofer, Cristina's mother

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    September 25, 2007
    NAHJ's Parity Project Takes Multicultural Approach With Launch of Program at The Virginian-Pilot
    Leaders of communities of color in the Hampton Roads/Norfolk, Virginia area will take part in an Oct. 30, 2007 town hall, co-sponsored by NAHJ and Hampton Roads Black Media Professionals, Inc.

    September 10, 2007
    Latino Population in U.S. Continues Dramatic Growth
    The most recent figures by the U.S. Census Bureau show that the Latino population in the United States is growing at a rapid rate, with Americans who identify themselves as Latino now comprising 15% of the nation's total population.

    September 5, 2007
    Latinos Play Major Role In Orlando's Demographic Shift
    An Aug. 9,2007 story by the Orlando Sentinel, a partner in NAHJ's Parity Project, examines the role that Latinos are playing in the region's growth and finds that, within the next year, people of color will be the majority in Florida's Orange County.
  • Orlando Sentinel Public Editor Manning Pynn's Sept. 2, 2007 column takes up use of the term "Hispanic" in describing people.

    August 28, 2007
    Learning Lessons en Español From Latino Community Leader along Florida's Treasure Coast
    Treasure Coast resident Nelson Merchan-Cely writes a guest column on the popularity of his group's efforts to teach Spanish to people who want lessons. (Note: Nelson is also a member of the WPTV NewsChannel 5 Parity Project Hispanic Community Advisory Committee).

    July 17, 2007
    NPR Launches Its First Spanish-language Podcast
    NPR producer Rolando Arrieta, who is a member of NAHJ, credits the organization's Parity Project with helping to launch this podcast, dubbed "Al Grano Con Maria Hinojosa."

    April 18, 2007
    Napa Valley Register Examines Life Among English-Language Learners
    NAHJ member Cristina DeLeon-Menjivar, who is an education reporter at the Napa Valley Register, a partner in NAHJ’s Parity Project, has completed a multi-part, multimedia series that gives readers an idea of what people who are in the process of learning English are experiencing in that area of Northern California.

    April 18, 2007
    The Virginian-Pilot Joins the Parity Project
    The National Association of Hispanic Journalists is proud to announce that The Virginian-Pilot of Norfolk, Va. is joining the association’s Parity Project, becoming the 26th media outlet involved with the project.

    March 28, 2007
    Three Parity Project Partners Recognized by ASNE for Diversity
    Three Parity Project partner newspapers are given high rankings by the American Society of Newspaper Editors as it presents its first-ever Diversity Pacesetter Awards.

    March 28, 2007
    NAHJ's Rosa Maria Santana Talks About the Latino Presence in Newsrooms
    Associate Parity Project Director Rosa Maria Santana talks about increasing the influence of Latinos in U.S. Newsrooms and how the Parity Project is making that happen.

    March 28, 2007
    TCN Editor Gets Fellowship to Improve Coverage of Immigration
    Mike Canan, metro editor at the Scripps Treasure Coast Newspapers along Florida's Atlantic Coast, was awarded a fellowship to attend a "Covering Immigration" seminar presented by the International Center for Journalists.

    March 7, 2007
    San Fernando Valley Business Journal Examines the Success of Parity Project at L.A. Daily News
    Mark R. Madler, a reporter at the San Fernando Valley Business Journal, says the number of Latino journalists hired at the L.A. Daily News is on the rise.

    March 6, 2007
    Immigration Court Backlog in Orlando, Florida
    NAHJ member Victor Manuel Ramos reports for both the Orlando Sentinel and its Spanish-language sister paper El Sentinel that the immigration caseload there has become so clogged that some hopeful citizens may not get their cases heard until next year.
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    March 6, 2007
    Border Street: Rocky Mountain News Examines Relations Between Citizens And Un-Documented People
    Columnist Tina Griego, who is NAHJ’s Frank del Olmo Print Journalist of the Year, is about to wrap up a year-long series on a street in Denver where legal residents and un-documented people meet their neighbors…

    March 6, 2007
    President of Guatemala Visits Florida's Treasure Coast
    Guatemala accounts for almost 1,900 residents along Florida’s Atlantic coast. The Scripps Treasure Coast Newspapers published several stories during Pres. Oscar Berger’s visit to that region and how his visit attracted hundreds...

    February 28, 2007
    Parity Works: The Official Newsletter of NAHJ's Parity Project
    NAHJ's Parity Project has made significant headway, launching at 25 news organizations across the country. The project continues to grow by bridging the gap between English language media and increasing the Latino audiences they serve.

    February 28, 2007
    The Orlando Sentinel Profiles Latino Scientist
    The paper’s Hispanic Community Advisory Committee, formed as a result of NAHJ’s Parity Project, helped the Sentinel to learn about Lorenzo Zayas. NAHJ member Sarah Langbein introduces us to “The Butterfly Man”

    February 28, 2007
    Life For A Guatemalan Day Laborer in Florida
    The Scripps Treasure Coast Newspapers sent reporter Lily Ladeira and photographer Julio Cortez out to follow a man from Guatemala as he sought work as a day laborer.

    January 22, 2007
    NAHJ’s Parity Project launched in San Jose
    About 80 people attended the town hall meeting on Jan. 9 hosted by the San Jose Mercury News and NAHJ. The meeting gave area Latinos a chance to voice their opinions on the paper's coverage of local Hispanics...

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