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…
2017 NAHJ CHICAGO SCHOLARSHIPS The National Association of Hispanic Journalists Chicago Chapter is excited to announce that we are offering three separate $2000 scholarships/stipends and one $500 scholarship to Latino students. NAHJ scholarship opportunities are open to college-bound high school seniors, college undergraduates and graduate students pursuing careers in English or Spanish-language print, broadcast, digital or photojournalism, and social media. Students attending four-year colleges and…
Fine-tune your interviewing skills and spruce up your resume and reel. It's time for the FREE 2017 NAHJ Chicago Job Fair. Meet with News Directors, Editors and Human Resource Reps and veterans of the industry. REGISTER HERE Confirmed Employers: ABC 7 Chicago Associated Press CBS 2 Chicago CBS Radio Chicago Magazine Chicago Reader Chicago Sun-Times Chicago Tribune City Bureau…
Please join us in congratulating two of our members who have been selected for City Bureau's Spring 2017 Fellowship! One of them is a familiar face to NAHJ Chicago Chapter. Board Treasurer Carolina Cruz along with NAHJ DePaul Chapter member Amber Colón, and eight other journalists will collaborate on three local issues impacting people in Chicago. Carolina and her team will report…
What's for lunch? We suggest you brown-bag it on March 22 and join in our first-ever Facebook Live Town Hall at 12:30 p.m. It will be hosted and moderated by Univision Chicago News Director Teri Arvesu. Panelists include WGN's Lourdes Duarte, Telemundo Chicago's Alfonso Gutierrez and WLS Radio's Marianne Murciano.
The NAHJ Chicago Board would like to congratulate Social Media Coordinator Yvette Cruz. Cruz has accepted a Web Producer position at KSL-TV, the NBC affiliate in Salt Lake City, Utah. That’s only 45 minutes away from her hometown of Provo. Cruz says she will be working with TV, radio and print teams in the newsroom to post content online while…
Marvin Gómez is the newest multimedia journalist for Univision Orlando. Gómez joined Entravision Communications in October. Upon his arrival Gómez got right to work covering Hurricane Matthew and the aftermath. Currently he works weekdays for the 6 p.m. show in Orlando and also in Tampa Bay at times. Gómez graduated from Lewis University in the spring of 2016 with a…
UNITY: Journalists for Diversity Regional Media Summit Friday, October 21, 2016 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM (CT) “Rethinking Journalism in the Midwest” Register: http://bit.ly/2dGvKVZ Location: Loyola University Chicago Water Tower Campus Schreiber Center Wintrust Hall, 9th Fl. 16 E. Pearson Street, Chicago, IL 60611 (773) 274-3000 AGENDA 8:00 AM - 8:30 AM - Registration & Continental Breakfast - Wintrust…
At least four people have been hired as a result of the recent National Association of Hispanic Journalists Chicago Job Fair. Over 100 students and young professionals attended the fair that was held in June at DePaul University's downtown campus. Applicants had the rare opportunity to speak one-on-one with news directors, editors, reporters and human resources representatives from Chicago's leading…
Congratulations to the new 2016-2017 NAHJ Chicago Board. Thank you to everyone who voted. Meet your new board members! PRESIDENT Natalie Martinez Bio If there’s a breaking news story, Natalie Martinez is usually on it! 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…