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NAHJ to Honor the Best Journalism of the Year NAHJ to Honor the Best Journalism of the Year Community 2008-09-12 10:32:12 Washington, D.C. (CapitalWire PR) September 12, 2008-- Winners of the prestigious ñ Awards and the NAHJ Journalism Awards to be honored at the 2008 Noche de Triunfos gala set for Sept. 12 at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. Maria Hinojosa, a radio, print and TV journalist and book author, and Fernando Diaz, a bilingual investigative reporter at The Chicago Reporter, are among the journalists who will receive the prestigious ñ Awards Friday night from the National Association of Hispanic Journalists. They will receive the Leadership Award and Emerging Journalist Award, respectively. Others honored with ñ Awards include: Diana Washington Valdez of El Paso Times for her stories giving a resounding voice to the powerless, in particular women in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. Ray Chavez of the Oakland Tribune for his photos that beautifully chronicled the lives of Guatemalans and also immigrants working as day laborers in the San Francisco Bay Area, and for mentorship of young Latino photojournalists. Jim Avila of ABC News for his work as senior law and justice correspondent on an enterprising team that delivers compelling justice stories and shines light on injustices in the legal system. They will receive the Frank del Olmo Print Journalist of the Year Award, the Photojournalist of the Year Award and the Broadcast Journalist of the Year Award, respectively. All the ñ Award recipients and winners in other categories will be honored during the 23rd Annual Noche de Triunfos Journalism Awards Gala on Sept. 12 at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. The gala is NAHJ's signature event during Hispanic Heritage month. Ray Suarez of The NewsHour, the evening's honorary gala chair, and master of ceremonies Michelle Caruso-Cabrera of CNBC, will host the event attended by journalists, Latino leaders and the community at large. The work to be honored with the Journalism Awards that evening range from photos that chronicle the rehabilitation of a Marine injured in Iraq ("Among the Wounded") to a series of TV news stories in Spanish that expose how a small mistake in a hospital caused the death of a newborn that parents had waited ten years to have, (Peligro en los Hospitales.) The winning work also explored the life-and-death struggle of a teen who was shot in the face by her ex-boyfriend ("Johanna: Facing Forward,) Guatemalan immigrants' fight to make ends meet while preserving their cultural ties to their homeland (Mayan Daily Life), and the plight of child brides forced into marriages around the world and the potential for change (Child Brides: Stolen Lives.) "Among the wounded: Cpl. Eric Morante," photo by Lara Solt "Surviving and thriving in the face of tragedy and despair was a big theme of this year's awards," said Iván Román, NAHJ's executive director. "From Honduran environmentalists risking their lives for their beliefs to a gunshot victim fighting for her life in Cleveland to an injured Marine back from Iraq readjusting to life back home - the stories had universal themes that connected to everyone, and made us proud to be journalists. The body of work awarded tells the complex stories of Latinos and immigrants in a more complete and compelling way, something all too rare in today's news coverage about our communities." The gala's presenters include Maggie Rodriguez, Co-Anchor of CBS News' The Early Show, Ruben Navarrette, Jr., Syndicated Columnist with the Washington Post Writers Group, Michael Madrid, Sports Photo Editor at USA TODAY, Lori Montenegro, Washington Correspondent of Noticiero Telemundo, and J. Walter Tejada, Arlington County Board Chairman. For information on purchasing tables, tickets or other sponsorship opportunities, please contact Ivan Roman, NAHJ Executive Director, at (202) 662-7178 or [email protected]. 1/2 Sponsors include Freddie Mac, Continental Airlines, Fox News Channel, Hearst Newspapers, Public Broadcasting Service, State Farm Insurance, ABC News, ARAMARK, CNN, Prudential Financial, Telemundo Communications Group, The Walt Disney Company and Western Union. Incorporated in 1984, NAHJ's mission is to increase the percentage of Latinos working in our nation's newsrooms and to improve news coverage of the Latino community. NAHJ is the nation's largest professional organization for Latino journalists with more than 2,100 members working in English and Spanish-language print, photo, broadcast and online media. NAHJ is a 501 (c)(3) tax-exempt non-profit organization. For more information, visit www.nahj.org. WHAT : NAHJ to Honor the Best Journalism of the Year WHEN : 2008-09-12 10:32:12 WHERE : CONTACT: Ivan Roman [email protected] (202) 662-7178 CapitalWire PR 2/2.
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