Despite spending various years working in broadcasting news in different stations across the country, then moving into the business side of the industry by becoming an accountant for ABC 7 Chicago, Will Barroso, a member of National Association of Hispanic Journalist Chicago chapter, decided to make a switch in his career and along with some of his high school friends,…
Marvin Gomez, a recent graduate from Lewis University and member of the National Association Hispanic Journalist Chicago chapter left Entravision WVEN-TV Univision in Orlando to join AccuWeather’s Global Headquarters as a bilingual weather broadcaster this year. Soon after graduating, Gomez joined Univision Orlando as an MMJ. Gomez was in charge of their coverage of hurricane season, including Hurricane Irma, Maria,…
NAHJ Chicago would like to give a warm welcome to Mark Rivera. The Crystal Lake native has been hired as the new ABC 7 Chicago weekend morning anchor. He joins fellow NAHJ member Stacey Baca on the anchor desk…which makes us really proud! Mark is currently the weekend news anchor/political reporter at WTSP-TV in Tampa, Florida. He was on the…
Emmy Award–Winning Journalist and member of the National Association of Hispanic Journalist, Carolina Sarassa, Father Manuel Dorantes, and community organizer Erendira Rendon will lead a conversation of how community members can get civically engaged to create change in their neighborhoods. The conversation, presented by Univision Chicago and The Chicago Community Trust, will be all in Spanish and it will focus on…
On September 16, 2017, partnered to offer local students interested in journalism and video production with an opportunity to provide coverage of the race being held at the Chicagoland Speedway. Among those students were Alma Garcia and Uriel Caballero of City Colleges and Laura Zornosa or Northwestern University. These students were lucky enough to be course side all day long,…
PRESIDENT Natalie Martinez: Natalie joined NBC Chicago as a general assignment reporter in January 2001. With nearly two decades of reporting and anchoring, she came to NBC Chicago from WXXA-TV, the Fox station in Albany, N.Y. Natalie is very active and recognized in the Latino community and a member of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists, for which she was…
On September 30, 2017, NAHJ Chicago proudly presented four college students with scholarships that will be applied toward the Fall tuition. These students include, Andrea Salcedofrom Columbia College, Emmanuel Camarillo from DePaul University, Brian Muñoz from Southern Illinois University in Carbondale and Eddie Garcia from Northern Illinois University. We were graciously joined by family and friends, as well as some of our most…
Scholarship Brunch FOR NAHJ MEMBERS ONLY!!! The NAHJ Chicago Board is excited to host a check presentation for the recipients of the 2017 scholarships. We will be serving a light breakfast and also hold our September meeting at this time. Saturday, September 30th, 2017 Mariano's- Agora (Upstairs Cafe) 40 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60661 10am You can read more…
We are proud to announce the NAHJ Chicago 2017 Scholarship winners. The chapter was able to raise an unprecedented $6500 this year. After reviewing a pool of candidates we've found our top four recipients. Three deserving students will receive $2000. And for the first-time, we are introducing a $500 Digital Scholarship which is graciously sponsored by Chicago's De La Salle…
Among the list of NAHJ Ñ Award finalists is Sebastian Hidalgo a freelancer for the The Chicago Reporter. Born and raised in Chicago's Pilsen neighborhood, Hidalgo is a visual journalist and photographer. You can also find his work in the Austin Weekly News and the Wednesday Journal. Hidalgo, 22, is nominated for his piece on Chicago's Gun Violence under the…