The National Association of Hispanic Journalists has announced the finalists for the 2021 Annual Ñ Awards, the preeminent national honor celebrating excellence in journalism and storytelling impacting the Latinx community.
Here are the 2021 finalists:
General Award Categories:
Latino Issues – Print/Digital Journalism
Ana Elena Azpurua – Univision Noticias
Steve Padilla – Los Angeles Times
The Chicano Moratorium: 50 Years Later
Edgar Sandoval – The New York Times
Latino Issues – Radio/Online Audio Journalism
Marisol Medina Cadena – KQED
Inside Frida Khalo & Diego Rivera’s Life in San Francisco
Andrea Gutierrez – NPR
What Did the Chicano Moratorium of 1970 Mean for Chicano Activists?
Mariana Pineda – Radio Bilingüe
Altos mandos en el ojo del huracán, por soldada desaparecida en cuartel
Latino Issues – TV/Online Video Journalism
Gregory Nieto – KWGN/KDVR-TV
The History of the Chile Pueblo Farmer
Joanna Suarez – Univision News: Real America with Jorge Ramos
Deadly Force: Latinos and Police
Mireya Villareal – CBS News
The CBS Weekend News: When a South Texas Border Became a Coronavirus Hotspot
Latino Issues – Student Print/Digital Journalism
Génesis González Díaz – ONCE
53 mujeres muertas en 47 semanas. ¿Y el Estado, qué?
Yacob Reyes – The Hawkeye
Buried in Silence: How the Other Half Lives
Génesis Rodriguez Torres – ONCE
Latino Issues – Student Broadcast Journalism
Edwin Flores – Tusk TV
The Essential Workers of Coachella
Ignacio Ventura – Annenberg Media Dímelo
Melody Waintal – Annenberg Media Dímelo
Vanguard Award Categories:
Al Neuharth Award for Investigative Journalism
Recognizing groundbreaking work by a journalist or a team that uses investigative journalism in the role of being a community’s watchdog.
Luis Giraldo – CBS News
Kristian Hernandez – Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Scheme provided illegal workers to sausage plant stricken by virus
Julie Shapiro – NBCNews.com
NAHJ Elaine Rivera Civil Rights & Social Justice Award
Recognizing excellence in coverage of civil rights of Latino Americans and/or issues of social justice for Latinos. Elaine Rivera was a former NAHJ board member and working journalist with a commitment to social justice.
Camilo Montoya-Galvez – CBS News
Mariana Pineda – Radio Bilingüe
Altos mandos en el ojo del huracán, por soldada desaparecida en cuartel
Christine Romo – NBC News & Telemundo
Hay que seguir adelante”: adolescentes agricultores enfrentan el dilema de trabajar o estudiar