The National Association of Hispanic Journalists, Chicago Chapter, would like to thank the sponsors and attendees of our Nuevo Comienzo 2018. Thanks to your generosity, this year we surpassed our goal and raised over $5,000. These funds will help us grant scholarships to Latino journalism students in the Chicago area and help send one of our members the upcoming national convention…
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…
The Chicago Journalists Association invites NAHJ members to their first free Google News Lab training session next Saturday October 14. Professional and aspiring journalists are welcome to the workshop taking place at Columbia College from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. The workshop will cover various Google tools that journalists can use to improve their reporting and storytelling, such as fusion tables, maps,…
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…
Please take the time to review the 2017-2018 NAHJ Chicago Board candidates. Voting will begin on 9/20. FOR PRESIDENT: Natalie Martinez What a busy and wonderful year we've had together! I'd like to do it again: the Natalie2.0 version! I feel like we've really grown as a chapter, and I have a LOT I'd still like to do with…
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…