Parity Project

Meet NAHJ member Jacob Rascon – Fall 2010 intern at the Salt Lake Tribune:

NAHJ student member Jacob Rascon of Brigham Young University, who is a Fall 2010 NAHJ-funded intern at the Salt Lake Tribune. Photo credit: Al Hartmann/Salt Lake Tribune Meet Jacob Rascon. He is a broadcast journalism major at Brigham Young University. He is a recipient of the 2010 NAHJ Geraldo Rivera Scholarship. And this fall, he [...]

Beyond The Border Project: Next Generation of Journalists

from the Beyond the Border Project, sponsored by the National Association of Hispanic Journalists. “Deported migrants wait in line for a hot meal at the Kino Border Initiative.” Photo credit: Kelly Knaub. Sponsored by the National Association of Hispanic Journalists, the Beyond the Border Project, involves journalism students from New York University who are under [...]

Latinos and journalists: The Parity Project survey

This is the first in a series of updates on the Parity Project survey of Latino community leaders nationwide, seeking their perceptions of journalists’ coverage of Hispanics. Here are the results, so far, of the survey, which was launched just a few weeks ago: McCormick Update 10-26-10 PP Survey Results High-To-low The Parity Project will [...]

Salt Lake Tribune story from NAHJ memb. David Montero: “Utahns of two minds on immigration reform”

NAHJ member David Montero, who was hired as an immigration and politics reporter at the Salt Lake Tribune in September, reports on the results of a survey commissioned by the paper on views that Utah’s residents have when it comes to immigration reform. According to Montero’s report, “…59 percent support legislation that would give those [...]

NAHJ Memb. Jacob Rascon for Salt Lake Tribune: Center Salutes Disabled Workers & Those Who Hire Them

Â Â Â NAHJ member Jacob Rascon, who is a student at Brigham Young University and is in an NAHJ-funded Fall 2010 internship at the Salt Lake Tribune reports on the Park City, Utah Columbus Community Center, which has honored disabled people and the employers who hire them. Check out Jacob’s story by visiting: http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/home/50500185-76/columbus-center-disabled-lake.html.csp. [...]

Mark Russell Named New Editor of Orlando Sentinel:

Mark Russell has been named as the new editor of the Orlando Sentinel in Florida. Russell was previously the paper’s managing editor and served as Master of Ceremonies during the initial Parity Project town hall there between Orlando-area Hispanic community leaders and the Sentinel’s editorial staff. Among the accomplishments of the Sentinel in its relations [...]

WPTV NewsChannel 5 on Guatemalan Maya Center in West Palm Beach, Fla.

Tania Rogers, who is an anchor/reporter at NBC affiliate WPTV NewsChannel 5 in West Palm Beach, Florida, has this story about the Guatemalan Maya Center reaching out to families in the region: According to Forum: Qualitative Social Research report from last year, there were an estimated 60,000 Maya/Guatemalans living in Florida in 2000. Rogers, who [...]

From NAHJ memb. Jacob Rascon/Salt Lake Tribune: Utah woman nationally recognized for work with troubled teens.

Â Â NAHJ member Jacob Rascon, who is a multimedia journalism student at Brigham Young University, reports for the Salt Lake Tribune on the efforts of Provo, Utah resident Lorrin Gehring to help troubled teens. Rascon reports that the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration has granted Gehring its Young Adult Leadership Award for [...]

Naples, Fla. author/researcher Steven Valdivia on journalists covering Latinos

Steven Valdivia is an author who researches the causes, and potential solutions, for youth violence. He is based in Naples, Florida, where the E.W. Scripps Company-owned Naples Daily News is located. Mr. Valdivia shares these thoughts on journalists covering Latinos and the need for more Hispanic storytellers in the news industry: According to the Naples [...]

Parity Project: Both Los Angeles Daily News and Salt Lake Tribune localize Census report on rise in Hispanic-owned businesses

Â from Los Angeles Daily News: “Maggi Hernandez leads her Taefit group training class at Spectrum Athletic Club in Canoga Park, California. (Michael Owen Baker/L.A. Daily News Staff Photographer)” According to a recent report from the U.S. Census Bureau, “The number of Hispanic-owned businesses in the United States increased by 43.7 percent to 2.3 million, [...]