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Gente de NAHJ

Gente de NAHJ NAHJ 2024 

Gente de NAHJ: Broadcaster sent over 60 tapes to land her first job

July 14, 2024July 14, 2024 By Jaeel Beato 0 Comments

When Laura Castañeda graduated from college in Chicago, it took her some time to put together the reel she would

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Gente de NAHJ NAHJ 2024 News 

Gente de NAHJ: Costarricense busca ampliar el periodismo científico con un lenguaje más accesible

July 13, 2024July 13, 2024 By Shawntay Lewis 0 Comments

De las muchas personas que recorren los pasillos del Loews Hollywood Hotel, Debbie Ponchner, una periodista de Costa Rica, es

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Gente de NAHJ NAHJ 2024 News 

Gente de NAHJ: Fabianna Rincón wrote her first newspaper story at 7 and hasn’t stopped since

July 13, 2024July 14, 2024 By Jacob Amaro 1 Comment

There’s a photo of Fabianna Rincón at 7 years old, sitting on her father’s lap, smiling. She’s holding up a

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Gente de NAHJ NAHJ 2024 

Gente de NAHJ: Driver uses Uber to elevate Afro-Indigenous issues

July 13, 2024 By Lauren Lifke 0 Comments

For Dante Cain (Lakota), being an Uber driver in Los Angeles isn’t just a way to pay the bills.  Born

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Gente de NAHJ NAHJ 2024 

Gente of NAHJ: Conference photographer captures slice of Hollywood

July 13, 2024 By Briana Mendez-Padilla 0 Comments

Cesar Loza is not used to photographing journalists. They’re less smiley and more uptight than his usual crowd of subjects:

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Gente de NAHJ NAHJ 2024 

Gente de NAHJ: Alicia de Jong-Davis busca traer la convención anual a El Paso, Texas

July 13, 2024July 19, 2024 By Kiara Maldonado 0 Comments

“La conferencia viene a El Paso”, reafirmó con certeza una mujer con un frondoso cabello gris quien abrió las puertas

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Gente de NAHJ News 

Gente de NAHJ: For Lupe Llerenas, live music is best when shared with her brother

July 13, 2024 By Elizabeth Jazlyn Dieguez 0 Comments

Lupe Llerenas and her older brother loved to sneak in music videos before rushing off to school. They idolized the

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Gente de NAHJ NAHJ 2024 

Gente de NAHJ: Juan González cruzó el charco caribeño para llegar a las calles de Nueva York

July 13, 2024 By Andrés I. Jové Rodríguez 0 Comments

Luego de que la pólvora desvaneciera de las trincheras de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, la familia de Juan González “brincó

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Features Gente de NAHJ NAHJ 2024 

Gente de NAHJ: Empleada del hotel lleva 34 años soñando con regresar a México

July 13, 2024July 19, 2024 By Kiara Maldonado 0 Comments Gente De NAHJ, NAHJ 2024

A María Sánchez le gusta vivir en Los Ángeles. Ella dice que esta ciudad tan grande “es un lugar que

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Gente de NAHJ NAHJ 2024 

Gente de NAHJ: An aspiring science reporter rediscovers her Latinidad

July 13, 2024July 14, 2024 By Sofia Mireles-Gonzalez 0 Comments

Sophie Rentschler, a proud member of this year’s student chapter of the year has connected with her cultura through the

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Gente de NAHJ NAHJ 2023 Noticias en Español 

Gente de NAHJ: Melina Olmo encuentra su propósito con el lanzamiento de su revista digital

July 15, 2023July 15, 2023 By Glendalys Valdés 0 Comments

A Melina Olmo se le ocurrió la idea de crear su propia revista después de tomarse unos días libres de

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Gente de NAHJ NAHJ 2023 

Gente de NAHJ: Morgan Mayfire found his place by helping other trans folks find theirs

July 15, 2023July 15, 2023 By Gisselle Medina 0 Comments

Morgan Mayfire decided he never wanted anyone to be turned away from access to services, so he began to advocate for more inclusive care and information sharing. 

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Gente de NAHJ NAHJ 2023 Noticias en Español 

Gente de NAHJ: Cecilia Figueroa aún sueña con el día que pueda trabajar con su gemela

July 15, 2023July 15, 2023 By Harvey Adrián Cabassa 0 Comments

Cecilia Figueroa aún recuerda el momento que se mudó de Ecuador a Orlando hace 22 años buscando nuevas oportunidades. El

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Gente de NAHJ NAHJ 2023 

Gente de NAHJ: How security guard Amanda Mitchell calmed my first-time conference jitters

July 15, 2023July 15, 2023 By Aisha Baiocchi 0 Comments

Amanda Mitchell smiled at me and said hello. She asked if I needed directions. “Are you okay?” she said.

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Features Gente de NAHJ 

Gente de NAHJ: Carolina Guillén went from the sidelines to the center field of sports journalism

July 14, 2023July 14, 2023 By Fabianna Rincón 0 Comments

In her first year as a sports reporter in Venezuela, Carolina Guillén didn’t interview a single soccer player. She couldn’t

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Gente de NAHJ NAHJ 2023 

Gente de NAHJ: Julio Cortez chases down his World Cup dream

July 14, 2023July 14, 2023 By Xiomara Villarreal-Gerardo 0 Comments

Tears streamed down Julio Cortez’s face as the Mexican national anthem blared through Lusail Stadium in Qatar.

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Gente de NAHJ NAHJ 2022 

Gente de NAHJ: A 100-mile drive to a Tinder date leads to a night alone in a desert town

August 6, 2022August 8, 2022 By Tanya Velázquez 0 Comments

Rueben James drove 100-miles to meet with a Tinder match. He didn’t make it to the date in time. But

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Features Gente de NAHJ NAHJ 2022 

Gente de NAHJ: Jessica Retis becomes the first Latina journalism director at the University of Arizona

August 6, 2022August 8, 2022 By Alexandra Mora Medina 0 Comments

Jessica Retis is the first Latina professor to be named director of the School of Journalism at the University of

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Gente de NAHJ NAHJ 2022 

Gente de NAHJ: Lauren Hogan on helping yourself to help others

August 6, 2022August 6, 2022 By Claudia Rivera Cotto 0 Comments

A booth with soothing lights, aromatherapy and massages greeted journalists as they approached the stairs leading to the NABJ-NAHJ Convention

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