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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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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The National Association of Hispanic Journalists is launching a news platform for longform journalism by its members in an effort to help distribute work from freelancers and emphasize investigative and narrative storytelling, officials said.
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A new survey from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suggests that millennials from communities of color have better mental health than their white counterparts — reversing a longstanding trend.
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The sight of uniformed police officers standing at the escalator ascending to the 2019 Excellence in Journalism conference sent an unsettling message: attendees may be at risk.
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The NAHJ board of directors announced it will restructure its one-week student project into a nine month-long fellowship.
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Pese al cansancio y estrés, periodistas de distintos medios de comunicación escribieron, fotografiaron y grabaron los colores, cánticos y emociones
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This is not the first time an NAHJ conference has collided with a storm. Many conventions have been held during hurricane season.
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During the organization’s annual conference in 2018, board members revealed that the records dating back to 1984 disappeared.
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La independencia editorial de las organizaciones periodísticas sin fines de lucro dedicadas a la fiscalización han acrecentado el interés recientemente hacia el periodismo investigativo en Puerto Rico.
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Low-income Latinos are struggling to keep up with some of the harshest side effects of economic development: rising property values and shrinking access to transportation.
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Los 12 días de protestas consecutivas en Puerto Rico llevaron a Ricardo Rosselló Nevares a dimitir a la gobernación de la isla.
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For the past two years, students and mentors in NAHJ programs have been required to sign a two-page contract barring fraternization after allegations of sexual misconduct were raised ahead of the 2018 national conference.
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For many Latinos like Castro, speaking Spanish has been a target for harassment. In an effort to show they are assimilating, they’ve dropped their native language.
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Newsrooms struggle to decide how to describe overtly racist language and acts. And the lines are rarely clear.
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Although Puerto Ricans are a much more prominent group in eastern states, Texas has a fair share of Boricuas.
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The San Antonio River Walk stretches 15-miles long and ties together a vibrant downtown to the city’s robust history.
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A year-long probe into sexual misconduct claims dating back to 2010 ended days before the National Hispanic Journalists Association annual conference. No disciplinary action was taken. Findings will be released within a month, NAHJ said.
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Jim Avila, Elaine Ayala, and Ana Real — three veterans of the industry who are being credited for spending decades paving the way for future Latino journalists — will be inducted the final night of NAHJ’s Excellence in Journalism Conference in San Antonio.
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