NAHJ Launches Parity Project at Three West Texas Newspapers
December 22, 2003
NAHJ successfully launched the Parity Project at three Scripps newspapers in West Texas Dec. 15-17. NAHJ unveiled the project with the San Angelo Standard Time, the Abilene Reporter-News and the Wichita Falls Times Record News.

Latinos Marginalized by News Networks, NAHJ Study Finds
December 11, 2003
Despite the enormous growth of the nation's Latino community, Latinos continued to be marginalized on the evening newscasts of ABC, CBS, CNN and NBC in 2002, according to the National Association of Hispanic Journalists eighth annual Network Brownout Report released today.

NAHJ Votes to Explore Chapters
October 24, 2003
The NAHJ board voted to craft a plan by early next year that will permit the association to create local chapters and affiliated organizations in cities and colleges throughout the United States.

El diario Apologizes to Readers
October 23, 2003
The owners and publisher of el diario/LA PRENSA apologized to their readers for censoring a column written by Fidel Castro.
Letter From NAHJ

NAHJ Protests Censorship at El Diario
October 06, 2003
NAHJ President Juan Gonzalez sent a letter to the new owners of el diario/LA PRENSA protesting the censorship of a column by Cuban President Fidel Castro and expressed outrage that it led to the resignation of the paper’s editor Gerson Borrero.

NAHJ Remembers Pete Moraga
September 30, 2003
Pete Moraga, a long-time colleague whose work opened doors for many Latino journalists and helped give Hispanic communities a stronger voice in our society passed away on September 27. He was 77.

Bailon Elected to ASNE’s Leadership Ladder
September 24, 2003
Former NAHJ President Gilbert Bailon was elected treasurer-designate of the American Society of Newspaper Editors during the group’s fall board meeting in September. Bailon will become group’s treasurer in April and rise through the ranks to become the ASNE president in April 2007.

NAHJ President Calls Court Decision on FCC Rules
A Victory for Journalism
September 05, 2003
This week's 11th hour action by a panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals in Philadelphia to temporarily halt implementation of new media ownership rules by the Federal Communications Commission was hailed as "a victory for American journalism and for the American people," by Juan Gonzalez, president of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists.

NAHJ Questions Homeland Security
August 28, 2003
NAHJ has co-signed a letter sent to Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge by more than 70 journalism organizations and other groups asking for public input on procedures that may restrict freedom of information.
Letter to Secretary Tom Ridge

NAHJ Selects Design For Spanish-Language Stylebook
August 28, 2003

Pablo Colón Features Design Director The Star-Ledger

Pablo Colón began his newspaper career as a high school junior when he was hired by The Home News in New Brunswick, N.J., part-time as a graphic artist in 1983. He joined the newspaper full-time in 1984 while he was a student at Rutgers University, majoring in marketing and graphic design. In 1996, he was recruited by the Newark (N.J.) Star-Ledger and was named features design director shortly thereafter. Pablo has won numerous prestigious awards from the Society Of Newspaper Design, an annual international design competition that draws entries from 50 countries. His work has also been recognized with a variety of national honors for newspaper design.

NAHJ Names New Executive Director
August 25, 2003
Veteran newspaper reporter Iván Román has been named the new executive director of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists, effective Sept. 15.

NAHJ Blasts Broadcast Industry for Backpedaling on Commitment to Diversity
July 29, 2003

Winner of Trailblazer Raffle
July 18, 2003
The winner of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists raffle for a 2003 Chevrolet Trailblazer LS sports utility vehicle is Mr. Andrew Kanyote of Baltimore, Maryland. Mr. Kanyote works at The Chimes School for developmentally disabled children in Baltimore. He held the winning ticket number: 1878.

NAHJ Convention Attracts 1,800 Participants and Raises $300,000 in New Funding
July 03, 2003

Top executives in the U.S. media were among the nearly 1,800 people who attended the 21st annual convention of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists in New York City June 26-28.

Sulzberger to Take Part in Newsroom Diversity Plenary Session at NAHJ Convention in NYC
June 20, 2003

Arthur Sulzberger Jr., publisher of The New York Times, will take part in a plenary session to discuss newsroom diversity and ethics at the National Association of Hispanic Journalists’ 21st Annual Convention in New York City June 26-28 at the Marriott Marquis Hotel.

NAHJ Helps the "Next Generation" of Latino Journalists By Awarding Scholarship to 30 Students
June 16, 2003

NAHJ Launches Parity Project
April 3, 2003

NAHJ Calls for delay of FCC Regulations
February 25, 2003
The National Association of Hispanic Journalists appealed to the FCC this week to postpone issuing new broadcast ownership regulations until the commission has held a series of public hearings nationwide.

O'Reilly Criticized for "Wetback" Remark
February 14, 2003

NAHJ Issues Committee Chair Rafael Olmeda criticized Fox’s Bill O’ Reilly for not apologizing for using the word “wetback” during a recent program

NAHJ Criticizes Dame Edna, Vanity Fair
February 08, 2003

The NAHJ sent a letter to Vanity Fair after a column by Dame Edna made disparaging remarks about Latinos.

NBC's Labor Conflict Concerns NAHJ
January 02, 2003
NAHJ President Juan Gonzalez expressed concern to NBC about an on-going labor conflict at the Los Angeles and Chicago NBC-owned Telemundo stations and allegations by some of the Telemundo employees of discriminatory treatment and anti-union practices by their new NBC management.

NAHJ Submits Questions to FCC
January 02, 2003
The National Association of Hispanic Journalists filed comments and questions with the FCC as the commission is set to review the nation's broadcast ownership regulations.