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NAHJ Awards $71k in Scholarships in 2010

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More than $1.6 Million in Scholarships Paid in 23 Years of Giving

Washington, DC – On this 40th anniversary of the slaying of the pioneer namesake of the organization’s scholarship fund, the National Association of Hispanic Journalists awarded $71,000 in new scholarships this fall to 26 students pursing a career in journalism.

The scholarships are made possible through individual, corporate and foundation donations to the Rubén Salazar Scholarship Fund, named in honor of the prominent Latino print and broadcast journalist killed 40 years ago Sunday by a tear gas projectile a Los Angeles sheriff’s deputy shot into a bar. Salazar had entered the East Los Angeles bar following his coverage of a Chicano anti-Vietnam War demonstration. Click here for NAHJ’s tribute to Rubén Salazar, http://www.nahj.org/2010/08/ruben-salazar-tribute/.

With this year’s awards, NAHJ has given out a total of more than $1.6 million in financial aid to about 600 aspiring journalists since the scholarship fund began operating in 1987.

“During these tough economic times, scholarships like these are needed even more and NAHJ is glad to be able to help these students reach their dreams,” said Iván Román, NAHJ’s Executive Director. “The significant hardships many of them are enduring to become journalists show that they are committed to giving a voice to our people, and to improving media coverage of the Latino community. We need more voices like theirs to join ours.”

The scholarships are part of NAHJ’s educational and professional development programs, which include annual conventions, student media projects, journalism workshops, multimedia training, an online career center and much more. Through these programs, NAHJ seeks to boost the number of Latinos in newsrooms and to create a path toward achieving more fair and accurate coverage of the Hispanic community.

NAHJ is also able to offer these scholarships in 2010 thanks to generous personal donations from María Elena Salinas, co-anchor of Noticiero Univisión and syndicated columnist, Geraldo Rivera, senior correspondent for Fox News Channel, and new donations this year from CNN anchor and special correspondent Soledad O’Brien, and Mike and Maggie Rodriguez, who is co-anchor of CBS’ The Early Show. This year’s scholarships are also possible thanks to grants and donations from the Ford Motor Company Fund, the Gannett Foundation, CNN, Univisión, and many members and friends of NAHJ.

Despite the economic downturn, NAHJ remains committed to continuing its support of the next generation of Latino storytellers. NAHJ’s Denver Challenge fundraising campaign seeks to raise funds to bolster its educational and professional development programs in this changing news media landscape. For more information on the campaign or to donate, click here.

NAHJ is pleased to announce the 2010 scholarship recipients:

NAHJ/Ford Motor Company Scholarships
($2,000 scholarships for students pursuing careers in journalism in English or Spanish and in any type of media)

Luciana Morales, University of Texas, Brownsville
Mario Salazar, California State University, Los Angeles
Andrea De Brito, University of California, Berkeley
Anna Gallegos, University of Houston
Theresa Avila, University of California, Los Angeles
Lindsey Bomnin, Emory University
Antonio Azíos, American University
Almendra Carpizo, University of California, Chico

NAHJ/Maria Elena Salinas Scholarship
($5,000 scholarships for students pursuing a career in Spanish-language broadcast journalism)

Nancy Virginia Bulacio, California State University, Northridge
Maria Nimia Amaya, University of North Texas
Marlene Salinas, California State University, Northridge

NAHJ/Geraldo Rivera Scholarship
($5,000 scholarship for students pursuing a career in journalism in English or Spanish)

Jacob Rascon, Brigham Young University

NAHJ/Mike and Maggie Rodriguez Scholarship
($5,000 scholarship for students pursuing a career in journalism in English or Spanish)

Ingrid Rojas, Columbia University

NAHJ/Soledad O’Brien Scholarship
($5,000 scholarship for students pursuing a career in journalism in English or Spanish)

Gustavo Gutierrez, University of Southern California

NAHJ/Gannett Foundation Scholarships
($5,000 scholarships for NAHJ student members attending Florida International University)

Wilma Hernandez, Florida International University
Carime Hernandez, Florida International University

NAHJ/Rubén Salazar Scholarships
($2,000 scholarships – or $1,000 for those with an asterisk* — for students pursuing a career in journalism in English or Spanish and in any type of media.)

Christina Miralla, University of North Texas
Alejandra Matos, University of Texas at El Paso
Andrés Caballero, Columbia University
Juliana Jimenez, University of Florida
Carolina Hidalgo, Stony Brook University
*Benjamin Perez, University of Wisconsin, River Falls
*Paula Machado, University of Central Florida
*Melissa Colorado, Brooklyn College
*Gladys Vega, Long Beach City College
*Andres Gonzalez, University of Maryland

Founded in 1984, NAHJ’s mission is to increase the percentage of Latinos working in our nation’s newsrooms and to improve news coverage of the Latino community. NAHJ is the nation’s largest professional organization for Latino journalists with more than 1,400 members working in English and Spanish-language print, photo, broadcast and online media. NAHJ is a 501 (c)(3) tax-exempt non-profit organization. For more information, visit www.nahj.org.

Media Contact: Erwin Díaz, NAHJ Education Program Manager, (202) 662-8901, ediaz@nahj.org

NAHJ induce a Geraldo Rivera, Ysabel Durón y Juan Gonzáles al Salón de la Fama

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Pioneros galardonados inducidos durante la Convención Multimedia de la NAHJ en Puerto Rico

NAHJ Hall of Famers Geraldo Rivera, Ysabel Duron, Juan GonzalesWASHINGTON, DC- Tres incansables pioneros de la igualdad y la verdad en la narración de historias serán inducidos al Salón de la Fama de la Asociación Nacional de Periodistas Hispanos (NAHJ por sus siglas en inglés) durante la Convención Anual de la NAHJ en San Juan, Puerto Rico, el próximo mes donde se reunirán cientos de periodistas creando un grupo crítico de expertos en multimedia.

Geraldo Rivera, presentador de “Geraldo-at-Large” de Fox News Channel, Ysabel Durón, presentadora de KRON Weekend Morning News y Juan Gonzáles, fundador y editor del diario El Tecolote y profesor de periodismo de City College of San Francisco, se inducirán al Salón de la Fama de la NAHJ. El Salón de la Fama de este año comienza a las 7:30 p.m. el viernes, 26 de junio en el Puerto Rico Convention Center durante la 27ª Convención Anual y Feria de Medios y Carreras de la NAHJ en San Juan, del 24 al 27 de junio de 2009.

““Cada uno de los tres nominados realizó valiosos esfuerzos para promover el interés por el periodismo y la participación de los latinos en el sector”, dice Ricardo Pimentel, presidente de la NAHJ y editor de la página editorial para Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. “Les felicito a todos, y principalmente quiero agradecerles por abrir el camino para los periodistas latinos que sabiamente los siguieron como ejemplos y luego comenzaron sus propias carreras”. ”

Geraldo Rivera fue el primer corresponsal latino en una cadena noticiosa nacional para Good Morning America de ABC’. “Rivera lanzó el programa de opinión que salió al aire por largo tiempo, “Geraldo” y fue un corresponsal senior para “20/20”. Poco después del 11 de septiembre de 2001, Rivera se integró a Fox News Network como corresponsal de guerra y actualmente es el presentador de “Geraldo-at-Large”. Rivera ha ganado más de 170 galardones de periodismo y es un miembro fundador de la NAHJ.

Ysabel Durón es una periodista ganadora del Premio Emmy y narradora de historias a la vanguardia como la primera presentadora latina en los medios noticiosos tradicionales de Chicago. Durón es presentadora de “Weekend Morning News” para KRON en San Francisco por cerca de dos décadas y una fuerte defensora para la provisión de recursos para la educación y tratamiento contra el cáncer en comunidades marginadas. Después de ser diagnosticada con la enfermedad de Hodgkin en 1998, Durón produjo una galardonada crónica de su victoriosa batalla contra la enfermedad.

Juan Gonzáles fundó El Tecolote en 1970, un diario bilingüe no comercial en Mission District de San Francisco que continúa abogando por la justicia y sirve de imagen para los periodistas en ciernes. Además de la edición de El Tecolote, Gonzáles preside el Departamento de Periodismo de City College of San Francisco, donde enseñó el primer curso de nivel universitario en periodismo hispano con el título de La Raza Journalism. Gonzáles también preside el proyecto Voices for Justice (Voces de justicia) en conmemoración del bicentenario del los Diarios Latinos en Estados Unidos

El Salón de la Fama de la NAHJ, creado en 2000 está reservado para periodistas y pioneros en la industria cuyos esfuerzos nacionales o locales resultaron en un mayor número de latinos iniciándose en la profesión del periodismo o ayudaron a mejorar la cobertura noticiosa de la comunidad latina de la nación.

Con la inducción de Rivera, Durón y Gonzáles, hoy hay 25 profesionales reconocidos en el Salón de la Fama. Entre los homenajeados anteriores están periodistas pioneros de la talla de Rubén Salazar, un columnista para Los Angeles Times y el director de noticias de KMEX e Ignacio E. Lozano, Sr., que fundó La Opinión, el diario en español de circulación diaria líder nacional. Los inducidos del año pasado fueron, Juan D. González, columnista de New York Daily News; Maggie Rivas-Rodríguez, Ph.D., profesora de la University of Texas en Austin; y Francisco P. Ramírez, editor de El Clamor Público, el primer diario en español de Los Ángeles.

La Gala del Salón de la Fama de la NAHJ de 2009 será coauspiciada por Continental Airlines. Para más información sobre la Convención, por favor visite, www.nahj.org.

NAHJ to Induct Geraldo Rivera, Ysabel Durón and Juan Gonzales into Hall of Fame

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NAHJ Hall of Famers Geraldo Rivera, Ysabel Duron, Juan Gonzales

Washington, DC – Three enduring pioneers for equality and truth in storytelling will be inducted into the National Association of Hispanic Journalists’ Hall of Fame during the NAHJ Annual Convention in San Juan, Puerto Rico next month where hundreds will converge to create a critical mass of journalists skilled in multimedia.

Geraldo Rivera, host of Fox’s newsmagazine “Geraldo-at-Large”; KRON “Weekend Morning News” anchor Ysabel Durón; and founder and editor of El Tecolote newspaper and professor of journalism at City College of San Francisco Juan Gonzales will be inducted into the NAHJ Hall of Fame. This year’s Hall of Fame Gala starts at 7:30pm on Friday, June 26 at the Puerto Rico Convention Center during the 27th Annual NAHJ Convention and Media & Career Expo in San Juan set for June 24-27, 2009.

“Each of the three nominees has done valuable work advancing the interest of journalism and the interest of Latinos in journalism,” says Ricardo Pimentel, NAHJ President and editorial page editor for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. “I congratulate them all. Mostly, I thank them for paving the way for the Latino journalists who wisely held them up as role models and then began careers of their own.”

Geraldo Rivera was the first Latino correspondent at a national news network for ABC’s “Good Morning America.” Rivera launched the long-running talk show “Geraldo” and was a senior correspondent for “20/20.” Shortly after September 11, 2001, Rivera joined Fox News Network as a war correspondent and now hosts “Geraldo-at-Large.” Rivera has won more than 170 journalism awards and is a founding member and the largest benefactor of NAHJ.

Ysabel Durón is an Emmy Award-winning journalist and storyteller who broke ground as the first Latina anchor in Chicago mainstream news. Durón has anchored the “Weekend Morning News” for KRON in San Francisco for nearly two decades and has been a fierce advocate for providing resources for cancer education and treatment to underserved communities. After being diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Disease in 1998, Durón produced an award-wining series chronicling her winning battle with the disease and founded Latinas Contra Cancer.

Juan Gonzales founded El Tecolote in 1970 – a bilingual, non-commercial newspaper in San Francisco’s Mission District that continues to advocate for justice and serves as a canvas for budding journalists. In addition to editing El Tecolote, Gonzales chairs the Department of Journalism at the City College of San Francisco, where he taught the first college-level course on Hispanic journalism titled La Raza Journalism. Gonzales also chairs the Voices for Justice project commemorating the bicentennial of Latino Newspapers in the U.S.

Created in 2000, NAHJ’s Hall of Fame is reserved for journalists and industry pioneers whose national or local efforts have resulted in a greater number of Latinos entering the journalism profession or have helped to improve news coverage of the nation’s Latino community.

With the induction of Rivera, Durón and Gonzales, there are now 25 NAHJ Hall of Famers. Past honorees include such pioneering journalists as Rubén Salazar, a columnist for the Los Angeles Times and the news director of KMEX who was covering the Anti-Vietnam War Moratorium rally when he was killed by a tear-gas projectile fired by a deputy sheriff into a bar in East Los Angeles, and Ignacio E. Lozano, Sr., who founded La Opinión, the nation’s largest Spanish-language daily newspaper. Last year’s inductees were Juan González, New York Daily News Columnist; Maggie Rivas-Rodriguez, Ph.D., professor at the University of Texas at Austin; and Francisco P. Ramírez, editor of El Clamor Público, Los Angeles’ first Spanish-language newspaper.

The NAHJ Hall of Fame Gala is being co-sponsored by Continental Airlines. For more information about the Gala and the Convention which will take place from June 24-27, 2009 in San Juan, Puerto Rico, please visit www.nahj.org.

Biographical information about the inductees:


Geraldo Rivera
Ysabel Durón
Juan Gonzales

Geraldo Rivera’s groundbreaking accomplishments in journalism span three decades, starting when he became the first Latino correspondent at a national news network for ABC’s “Good Morning America.” After eight years as senior correspondent for “20/20”, Rivera launched “Geraldo” in 1987. The talk show ran for 11 years and included a high-profile on-air fight that left Rivera with a broken nose. Rivera joined Fox News Network shortly after September 11, 2001 and now hosts “Geraldo-at-Large.” Rivera has won more than 170 journalism awards, including a George Foster Peabody Award and three national Emmys. Rivera earned his law degree from the Brooklyn Law School and is the author of six books, most recently His Panic, Why Americans Fear Hispanics in the U.S. Rivera joined NAHJ as a founding member in 1984 and has been a generous financial supporter of programs that support journalists of color.

Ysabel Durón is an Emmy Award-winning journalist and storyteller who broke ground as the first Latina anchor in Chicago mainstream news. Durón has anchored the “Weekend Morning News” for KRON in San Francisco for nearly two decades, a post she still holds after being diagnosed with cancer and subsequently producing an award-wining series chronicling her winning battle with the disease. A longtime member of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences’ “Silver Circle”, Durón won an RNTDA award for her series “The Child I Never Had” about a son she gave up for adoption.

Juan Gonzales is a visionary and longtime pioneer in Hispanic journalism. Gonzales founded El Tecolote in 1970 – a bilingual, non-commercial newspaper in San Francisco’s Mission District that continues to advocate for justice and serves as a canvas for budding journalists. In addition to editing El Tecolote, Gonzales chairs the Department of Journalism at the City College of San Francisco, where he taught the first college-level course on Hispanic journalism titled La Raza Journalism. Gonzales also chairs the Voices for Justice project commemorating the bicentennial of Latino Newspapers in the U.S.�
Founded in 1984, NAHJ’s mission is to increase the percentage of Latinos working in our nation’s newsrooms and to improve news coverage of the Latino community. NAHJ is the nation’s largest professional organization for Latino journalists with more than 2,300 members working in English and Spanish-language print, photo, broadcast and online media. NAHJ is a 501 (c)(3) tax-exempt non-profit organization. For more information, visit www.nahj.org.

Media Contact: Iván Román, (202) 662-7178