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When the National Association of Hispanic Journalists meets June 24-27 in San Juan, Puerto Rico, its members will focus on one topic: staying afloat in a tempestuous industry. Navigating an increasingly tough journalism environment is a trend that has been addressed in previous NAHJ conventions, but...
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O. Ricardo Pimental, president of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists, is editor of the editorial pages of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, a position he has held since June 2004. Before joining the Sentinel, Mr. Pimental held editorial positions with the Sacramento Bee, the Fresno Bee, the...
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A weekend anchor of San Francisco’s “KRON 4 Weekend Morning News” since 1992, Ysabel Duron is an award-winning journalist whose career began in the graduate-level television program at Columbia University in New York in the summer of 1970. “It was a Ford Foundation program to get minorities into the...
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A pioneer in Hispanic journalism, Juan Gonzales founded El Tecolote, a bilingual, noncommercial newspaper in San Francisco’s Mission District, in 1970. The newspaper has since become a community institution, giving voice to the community’s residents and providing invaluable work experience for young...
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Currently the host of “Geraldo at Large” on Fox News Channel, Geraldo Rivera has long been a high-profile personality in Hispanic journalism. Although he has won more than 170 awards over the span of his career, his induction into the NAHJ Hall of Fame has special significance for him. “The actors who...
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NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HISPANIC JOURNALISTS 7th Annual Convention and Media & Career Expo June 23-27, 2009 Puerto Rico Convention Center San Juan, Puerto Rico Schedule (as of May 29, 2009) Tuesday, June 23 1 p.m.-5 p.m.: Exhibitor/Recruiter Only Registration 9:30 p.m.: The “Midnight Splash” Noche...
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There’s a certain giddiness in the air at the Sunday morning newsmaker shows these days, with the long election behind them and a whole new set of issues to delve into and guests to pin down. It’s a far cry from a year ago, when TelevisionWeek put together its annual anonymous poll of how the politicians...
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The George Foster Peabody Award is considered by many to be the most prestigious honor in electronic media, akin to the Pulitzer Prize for print journalism. For 2008, the Peabody judges have honored a wide variety of entertainment, news and information media. Among this round of Peabody honorees, HBO...
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Anyone who thinks investigative reporting on the local station level is dead need look no further than WWL-TV in New Orleans, which aired more than 50 reports in one month about fraud in a public agency tasked with assisting poor and elderly residents after Hurricane Katrina. Peabody-winning anchor-reporter...
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For George Knapp, water is anything but a dry subject. The chief investigative reporter for KLAS-TV in Las Vegas has been covering the complex issues involving water supply for a rapidly growing metropolis for the past 10 years. But with powerful forces at work—including the casino industry, developers...
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While big-name network shows usually grab all the headlines for winning Peabody Awards, the awards board also recognizes excellence on the local news level. This year, Denver’s KMGH-TV won its second Peabody in five years for the story of Chandler Grafner, a 7-year-old boy who died of starvation because...
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Richard Engel is one of the rare breed of electronic journalists who has spent nearly his entire career in war zones. His next tour of duty starts shortly in Pakistan, where he already has lined up a place to live in Islamabad. But for now, the NBC News correspondent is savoring the Peabody Award for...
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In an unprecedented occurrence, CBS News’ Scott Pelley has won a Peabody Award in two consecutive years. Last year, Mr. Pelley, a “60 Minutes” correspondent since 2004, was honored for “The Killings in Haditha,” an interview with Marine Sgt. Frank Woodrich, who lost a comrade to an IED and led his men...
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The question the film “King Corn” wanted to answer was simple: Where does our food come from? The answer was complex and sprawling, but it was made easier to digest by the storytelling, which the Peabody judges said started off “like a post-grad goof.” College buddies Ian Cheney and Curt Ellis, the film...
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The PBS documentary film series “P.O.V.” is a Peabody Award winner for Kazuhiro Soda’s “Campaign,” which the awards board called a “revealing, sometimes painfully funny documentary” that “observed the ragged political campaign of a naif handpicked and backed by Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party...