NAHJ shatters membership record thanks to online donations
Brandy Ruiz, a journalism student from the University of Texas at El Paso, didn’t know how to connect with other
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NAHJ 2020
Stories from the 2020 NAHJ Latino Reporter student project.
Journalists face increasing attacks from law enforcement while covering racial justice protests
People across the country watched live as police officers handcuffed three members of a CNN crew who were covering protests
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Las caras de los trabajadores de restaurantes en San Francisco sobreviviendo la pandemia de covid-19
To read this story in English, click here. SAN FRANCISCO — Una semana antes de que el brote de covid-19
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The new Trans Journalists Association wants to see more transgender representation in newsrooms — and in the journalism they produce
Journalists from around the world have come together to create the Trans Journalists Association, the newest addition to the landscape
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Latinos in the restaurant industry have been out of work for months. As the pandemic worsens, many wonder when things will stabilize.
Para leer esta historia en español, visite este enlace. SAN FRANCISCO — A week before the COVID-19 outbreak was classified
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Zoom-bomber disrupts NABJ-NAHJ session with ‘wildly uninventive’ burst of pornography, panelists say
It began as most informational Zoom sessions do: A grid of faces and names tuned into a virtual room. Then,
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Joe Biden will announce VP pick days before DNC, he tells panel of NAHJ, NABJ journalists in joint interview
During a video interview prepared for the nation’s largest annual gathering of Black and Latino journalists, presumptive Democratic presidential nominee
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Latinos struggle with mental health, seeking care as deadly coronavirus rips through their communities
Latino communities around the U.S. have been pummeled for months by the still-spreading coronavirus. They’ve fallen ill, lost jobs, buried people they love. Bills continue to roll in. The demands of daily life remain. The mental health toll, experts have said, is extreme. But for many Latinos, it’s not always clear where they can turn for help. Latinos face barriers to mental health care, according to the National Alliance of Mental Illness (NAMI), both in access and in quality of treatment.
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Colleges created on-campus housing to bring students together. In a pandemic, schools are eliminating it to keep them apart.
FULLERTON, Calif. — For most college students, living on campus brings independence and an opportunity to live out the full
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‘Not just a trending thing’: Afro-Latinos work to establish their place amid growing national interest in race, identity
In today’s news cycle, amid ongoing protests and demands for racial equality, media outlets are scrambling to feature Black perspectives. Afro-Latinos have struggled for years to get their stories heard.
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Undocumented immigrants struggle with the pandemic’s financial toll as public bailouts remain out of reach
While millions of Americans got a $1,200 check to offset the virus’ economic blow, the federal government offered no such relief to undocumented immigrants.
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Canceled and unpaid internships can leave journalists of color behind. During a pandemic, there may not be other options.
As COVID-19 continues spread across the country, news organizations have seen a sharp drop in revenue. Some with paid internships, like NPR and The Seattle Times, cut their summer programs entirely. But at a time when calls for racial equity have led to revolts at newsrooms across the country, fewer paid internship programs also mean fewer opportunities to bring diverse voices into the industry.
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Community colleges reap enrollment gains as coronavirus forces students to reconsider plans
As the COVID-19 pandemic devastates the nation’s economy, some students are re-thinking twice about how much to spend on higher education.
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As the first-ever virtual NAHJ, NABJ conference begins, members worry about what is lost when everything goes online
As the 2020 NABJ-NAHJ conference kicks off this week, journalists are connecting through computer screens in their own homes instead of mingling at hotel bars and conference halls. Some said they worry about the intangibles that will be lost without the face-to-face interactions and serendipitous meetings that have come to define the conference experience.
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Puerto Rican officials use ‘fake news’ laws to dodge tough questions. Journalists are pushing back.
In Puerto Rico, government officials have banned so-called “fake news” with a newly passed law that criminalizes the work of investigative journalists exposing political corruption. To fight back, journalists are suing Gov. Wanda Vázquez and other Puerto Rican government officials for violating their constitutional rights.
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