This year marks 25 years that a group of Latino journalists first met in San Diego to create what has become the National Association of Hispanic Journalists.
CHECK OUT OUR 25th ANNIVERSARY TRIBUTE VIDEO! NAHJ @ 25: Featuring our Founders and Student Alumni. Sponsored by: Comcast Produced by Luis A. Clavell
NAHJ President Rafael Olmeda comments on NAHJ's accomplishments.
Scholarships & Internships: NAHJ member and former scholarship recipient, Betty Cortina, talks about how NAHJ helped her.
Parity Project: NAHJ member Gloria Campos Brown shares why she supports NAHJ's Parity Project.
Advocacy: NAHJ member Geraldo Rivera urges Latino journalists to stand up for our community.
NAHJ continues to fight the good fight – by speaking out on issues involving minority media ownership, providing students with scholarships and internships and getting Latino journalists jobs through its innovative Parity Project. These are just a few of the initiatives that your gift to NAHJ helps make possible.
This year we awarded $100,000 in new and $125,000 in continuing scholarships, totaling more than $1.4million in 20 years of awarding scholarships.Click here to read the press release.
We joined with the National Association of Hispanic Publications Foundation for an internship program which supports 5 Latino journalism students pursuing careers at Spanish-language publications.
We joined with the National Association of Black Journalists in condemning radio broadcaster Don Imus for his vile comments about the Rutgers University Women’s Basketball team. Click here for the story.
We stood up for the importance of Spanish-language media after Governor Schwarzenegger’s comments during our 25th Anniversary Convention in June. Click here for the story.
We called on PBS to reexamine the September airing of Ken Burns' documentary “The War” which failed to include the war contributions of US Latinos.
AND THERE’S SO MUCH MORE TO DO. Please make your gift to the NAHJ Campaign for Parity today.
To commemorate this special year, NAHJ has created a 25th Anniversary Fund seeking to raise $250,000 from members and supporters like you between now and December 31, 2007.
Each person that donates $2,500 or more will be recognized as a 25th Anniversary Angel. In addition, they will automatically become a Lifetime Member of NAHJ. The first 25 people that donate $2,500 or more will also receive a complimentary registration to the 2008 UNITY: Journalists of Color Convention in Chicago, July 23-27, 2008.
The National Association of Hispanic Journalists
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529 14th St., NW
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E-mail: nahj@nahj.org
Phone: 202.662.7145
Fax: 202.662.7144
