Gallery: The 2019 NAHJ awards luncheon
L-R, Alfredo Corchado, Nicole Chávez, Esmeralda Bermudez, and Ana Cabrera discuss the El Paso shooting at the 2019 Ñ Awards Luncheon. (Latino Reporter/Cheyenne Darcy Amaya) Centro de Periodismo Investigativo Codirector Oscar Serrano and Executive Director Carla Minet thanked Hugo Balta and NAHJ for receiving Si Se Puede award. (Latino Reporter/Cheyenne Darcy Amaya) Carla Minet executive director of Centro de Periodismo Investigativo holds her Ñ Award on Friday, September 6, 2019. (Latino Repoter/Jackeline Lizama) Melissa Adan Reporter for NBC 7 San Diego received the Al Neuharth Award for Investigative Journalism. Adan spoke on the importance of her work. (Latino Reporter/Cheyenne Darcy Amaya) Dominic Torres holds an Ñ Award that he won for “Best Coverage of Latino Issues in a Student Broadcast.” Torres is a student at California State University Fullerton. (Latino Reporter/Cheyenne Darcy Amaya) Co-director of Centro de Periodismo Investigativo Oscar Serrano embraced NAHJ President Hugo Balta while Executive Director of CPI Carla Minet held the Si Se Puede award. (Latino Reporter/Cheyenne Darcy Amaya) The 2019 Ñ Awards Luncheon was hosted by NAHJ during the EIJ Conference. (Latino Reporter/ Jackeline Lizama)
Jackeline Lizama is a 2019 NAHJ Student Project participant. She is a graduate of the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, where she studied journalism with an emphasis on visual storytelling. She was a staff photographer at The Daily Tar Heel, UNC’s independent student newspaper. Reach her at jackelinelizama@yahoo.com and on Twitter at @JackyLizama.
Cheyenne Darcy Amaya is pursuing a master’s degree in broadcast journalism at Boston University and interning as a production assistant for The Rachel Maddow Show. She hopes to one day work for NBC and eventually have her own late-night talk show. Reach her at cheyennedarcyamayatv@gmail.com and on Twitter at @DarcyAmaya_TV.