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ANNUAL EVENTS & PROGRAMS






Ruben Salazar
Journalism Awards

2009 deadline closed


CCNMA's mission is to promote diversity in the news media by providing encouragement,
scholarships and educational programs
for Latinos pursuing careers in the news media, and to
foster an accurate and fair portrayal of Latinos in the news media,
and promoting the social,
economic and professional advancement of Latino journalists.

Job links are listed at bottom


"A Night at the Getty"

hosted by CCNMA: Latino Journalists of California and The Getty

Friday July 10, 2009, 6 to 8 p.m.
Getty Center Los Angeles

Join us for appetizers and refreshments, network with Latino journalists and
enjoy an exclusive preview of the upcoming exhibition
"The Aztec Pantheon and the Art of Empire"


space limited  ●  rsvp to rsvp@ccnma.org  ●  click here for more information


El Chismoso
We've stopped publishing a newsletter, but El Chismoso is back on the CCNMA Web site.  Find out the latest chismes--promotions, demotions, new jobs, lost jobs, marriages, divorces, new kids, old kids, honors or just plain travesuras. Send an e-mail with your info to ElChismoso@ccnma.org and maybe we'll post it.
Click here for the latest chisme.



 EVENTS

Tuition-Free Multimedia Workshop In Ventura July 30-Aug. 2

VJ Workshops, in partnership with Brooks Institute in Ventura, Calif., is offerring a tuition-free multimedia workshop to be held at the Ventura campus of Brooks Institute to provide college students and professional journalists who have been laid off with strategies for storytelling in the ever-changing media landscape. The only costs for attendees are their personal expenses: travel to the workshop, transportation, food and lodging during the workshop.  Using video, audio and still photography, participants in the workshop will document life in Ventura within a span of 24 hours, followed by two days of hands-on postproduction days in a team environment.
The deadline to apply for the workshop is June 21, 2009. Applications and more information can be found on the workshop’s Web site: www.vjworkshops.org 

Two CCNMA Members, Durón and Gonzales, Among the Latest Additions to the NAHJ Hall of Fame

Ysabel Durón of KRON-TV in San Francisco, and Juan Gonzales of El Tecolote in San Francisco, will join Geraldo Rivera at the induction ceremony Friday June 26 at the NAHJ annual convention in Puerto Rico. Duron, who anchors the weekend morning news from San Jose, is an award-winning journalist with more than 30 years in television broadcasting. Gonzales founded El Tecolote, a bilingual, non-commercial newspaper, in San Francisco in 1970 as a class project to channel Latino students into journalism careers. Gonzales continues to edit the paper, in addition to chairing the Department of Journalism at the City College of San Francisco.  He also chairs the Voices for Justice project, which commemorates the bicentennial of Latino newspapers in the U.S.


The NAHJ Convention is June 24-27, 2009, in San Juan, Puerto Rico
. For more information on registration and hotels click here.


 N E W S

La Prensa San Diego Founder and Publisher Daniel Muñoz Dead at 81

Muñoz died May 31 and is being remembered as someone who fought for the fair and balanced coverage of Mexican-Americans and Hispanics. Read La Prensa's obituary here.


4-Time CCNMA Scholarship Winner America Arias Named Among U-Wire's Top 100 Student Journalists

Arias, who graduates from Cal State Fullerton this year, is among the 100 students have excelled in one or more journalism mediums, have a proven commitment to the journalism field and have the potential to help revolutionize their industry, say U-WIRE editors. Read U-Wire's announcement here.

RTNDA Reports Drop in TV Jobs and Salaries

Local TV news has seen a 4.3 percent decrease in jobs and 4.4 percent decrease in salaries in 2008, according to a study released at the RTNDA@NAB convention in Las Vegas in April. Hofstra University professor Bob Papper, who conducted the study, says 1,200 jobs were lost. But interestingly, at the same time, stations set a record for the amount of news on the air. Click here to read the press release.

Newspapers Circulations Continue to Drop

For the six months ending March 31, 2009, the top five largest newspaper all experienced declines, including the Los Angeles Times, which dropped 6.55 percent to 723,181 for Monday through Friday circulation. Other California papers in the top 25 include the San Francisco Chronicle (15.72 percent to 312,118) and the San Deigo Union-Tribune (9.53 percent to 261,253). Read the Editor & Publisher story here.

ASNE 2009 Newsroom Census Reports Drop in Number of Journalists of Color to 13.41%

The American Society of News Editors, which has conducted a census of newsrooms since 1978, found that the percentage of minorities in newsrooms stood at 13.41 percent, a decline of .11 percentage points from a year ago. Of the journalists who departed newsrooms, 854 were minorities according to ASNE’s 2009 census. The overall year-over-year drop left 46,700 journalists, including 6,300 minority professionals, on newspaper staffs at the end of December 2008. The number of minority journalists stands at the level reported in the 1998 census. To read more and see specific breakdowns click here.

PEW's 2009 Annual "State of the Media" Grim

This year’s report, as always, offers a general overview of the state of journalism as well as detailed examinations of the state of eight separate sectors (newspapers, online, network television, cable television, local television, audio, magazines, and ethnic media). The report also includes an in-depth content analysis, based on a study of nearly 80,000 news stories and television and radio segments in A Year in the News, which this year includes an Interactive Topline where people can explore the data for themselves. Read the full report here.

  BOOKS
                       
 Frank del Olmo:  Commentaries on His Times


As a Los Angeles Times columnist, Frank del Olmo was known for his clear-headed analysis of hardball issues: politics, education, labor, immigration, as demonstrated in this book. Then, in the final decade of his life, a new dimension emerged in his columns: The compassionate father of a young son, Frankie, dealing with autism. Del Olmo, a CCNMA founder and a board member for more than 30 years, died of a heart attack in 2004. In addition to his role as a columnist, he was the first Latino to be promoted to the Times’ masthead. This book offers 90 of his most memorable columns,  including his 1994 commentary in which he dissented from the Times' reelection endorsement of Pete Wilson, citing the governor’s “cynical” use of divisive Proposition 187. A selection of photos features some early CCNM
A events.Through a generous donation by the Los Angeles Times of the remaining books, the book is now available through the CCNMA office. Proceeds of sales benefit the Frank del Olmo Memorial Scholarship Fund. Your donation may be tax deductible. Donation: $30 hard cover, $20 soft cover. Call (213) 437-4408 or click here for an order form online, or to download.


Latino Writers
"Latino Writers and Journalists" by Jamie Martinez Wood


The book profiles more than 150 writers and journalists who have worked to advance the role of Latinos in the United states and abroad. Click here to read the author's story about why she wrote the book.



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