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Gente de NAHJ NAHJ 2021 

Gente de NAHJ: Alex Del Barrio’s journey from small-town Texas boy to Harlem Globetrotters announcer

July 18, 2021July 18, 2021 By Marc Ray 0 Comments

As a kid, Alex Del Barrio dreamed of working for the WWE. But he never imagined someone like him ⁠—

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Gente de NAHJ NAHJ 2021 

Gente de NAHJ: For news yogi Leslie Rangel, the practice is therapy

July 17, 2021July 17, 2021 By Aurora Martínez 0 Comments

Yoga has helped Leslie Rangel deal with childhood trauma, burnout, depression and anxiety at different stages of her life.  When

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Multimedia NAHJ 2021 News 

Miami-Dade Mayor joins NAHJ conference panel on covering traumatic events

July 17, 2021July 18, 2021 By Aurora Martínez and Olivia Montes 0 Comments

In between appearing regularly in front of reporters to deliver updates and answer questions about the Surfside building collapse in

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Gente de NAHJ NAHJ 2021 

Gente de NAHJ: With weeks of pre-conference training, chair Yoli Martinez ran the longest convention ever

July 17, 2021July 17, 2021 By Jorge Flores 0 Comments

LOS ANGELES – For Yoli Martinez, life is about accepting new challenges. As a member of the National Association of

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NAHJ 2021 News 

Miguel Cardona, first education secretary of Puerto Rican descent, calls for more cultural awareness in U.S. schools

July 17, 2021July 17, 2021 By Maya Brown and Denisse Quintanilla 0 Comments

The U.S. secretary of education addressed Latino journalists who gathered virtually for the 2021 annual conference of the National Association

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NAHJ 2021 News 

Afro-Latino membership jumps 60% amid national NAHJ conference, membership drive

July 17, 2021July 17, 2021 By Jorge Flores 0 Comments

The National Association of Hispanic Journalists said that 34 new Afro-Latino members joined the organization in the last month —

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NAHJ 2021 News 

Student journalists demand greater engagement from NAHJ, report finds

July 17, 2021August 3, 2022 By Denisse Quintanilla 0 Comments

Student journalists have joined together to push the National Association of Hispanic Journalists to be more inclusive of its youngest

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Features NAHJ 2021 

Mothers in journalism advocate for more family-friendly newsrooms

July 17, 2021July 19, 2021 By Aurora Martínez and Monica Cappas 0 Comments

Rebecca Ruiz waited until she received a job offer from Mashable to reveal to her new employer that she was

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Gente de NAHJ NAHJ 2021 

Gente de NAHJ: Miguel Martinez-Valle juggles work with virtual conference

July 17, 2021July 17, 2021 By María Paula Mijares Torres 0 Comments

PHILADELPHIA ⁠— The annual conferences put on by the National Association of Hispanic Journalists are special to Miguel Martinez-Valle. It

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NAHJ 2021 News 

NAHJ breaks new membership record: 4,000 and growing

July 17, 2021July 18, 2021 By Aurora Martínez 0 Comments

NICARAGUA — A year after shattering a membership record of 3,000, the National Association of Hispanic Journalists has blown past

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Gente de NAHJ NAHJ 2021 

Gente de NAHJ: Melissa Macaya has many origin stories

July 17, 2021July 18, 2021 By Olivia Montes 0 Comments

Ask Melissa Macaya where she calls home, and she will answer with a prepared list: The mid-Atlantic, or maybe Texas,

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Features Multimedia NAHJ 2021 Noticias en Español 

Atletas LGBTQ+ redefinen sus experiencias dentro y fuera de sus deportes

July 17, 2021July 27, 2021 By Danelys Estévez-Dávila 0 Comments features, multimedia, NAHJ 2021

TOA ALTA, Puerto Rico — Cuando Verónica Vega Bon decidió mostrarse quien realmente es, una atleta LGBTQ+, entendió que debía de

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NAHJ 2021 News 

NAHJ sports task force will emphasize mentorship and support for journalists of color

July 17, 2021July 17, 2021 By Marc Ray 0 Comments NAHJ 2021, News

A Latina had never before been named as sports editor at a major newspaper in the United States until 2018,

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NAHJ 2021 News 

NAHJ session addresses overcoming racism in the Latinx community

July 16, 2021July 17, 2021 By Jorge Flores 0 Comments NAHJ 2021, News

LOS ANGELES — Amid an ongoing conversation about racism within the Latino community, a plenary at the National Association of

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NAHJ 2021 News 

Interest dips as NAHJ elections leave five spots unfilled, three regional candidates unopposed

July 16, 2021July 17, 2021 By Maya Brown 0 Comments NAHJ 2021, News

FREEPORT, New York — The National Association of Hispanic Journalists represents journalists in the United States, Mexico and the Caribbean,

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NAHJ 2021 News 

Burned-out journalists learn to put self-care first

July 16, 2021July 17, 2021 By Olivia Montes 0 Comments NAHJ 2021, News

From the COVID-19 pandemic and nationwide protests against systemic racism to a polarizing presidential election that culminated with a deadly

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Multimedia NAHJ 2021 News 

Journalists face death threats, harassment, slurs as online abuse mounts

July 16, 2021July 17, 2021 By Maya Brown 0 Comments NAHJ 2021, News

The online vitriol leveled against a Latina reporter in California got so bad early last year that her newsroom decided

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Features Multimedia NAHJ 2021 

His mother and grandmother died in the Surfside collapse. Now he wants answers.

July 16, 2021July 17, 2021 By Maya Brown 0 Comments features, NAHJ 2021, News

On the night of June 23, Pablo Rodríguez called his mother, Elena Blasser, for one of their daily talks. Blasser,

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NAHJ 2021 News 

Celebrated and criticized, Alberto Mendoza leaves top NAHJ job after six years at the helm

July 16, 2021August 3, 2022 By Brandy Ruiz 0 Comments NAHJ 2021, News

After six years leading the National Association of Hispanic Journalists, Alberto Mendoza quit his job as executive director in April,

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