Advancing Our Mission, Securing the Future.

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Geraldine Cols Azócar
For nearly four decades, NAHJ has served as a unifying voice with a shared vision for Hispanic journalists nationwide. As we celebrate our milestone 40th anniversary in 2024, we’re calling on all members and friends to join us for a special fundraising campaign, Advancing Our Mission, Securing the Future!

Your support ensures we can continue to offer the scholarships, internships, training, layoff assistance, and connections that help Latino journalists advance their journalism careers. It’s also an investment in a collective voice, as NAHJ advocates for equality, opportunity, and fair and accurate coverage of our fast-growing community.

Our goal is to raise $250,000 during our 40th Anniversary year. Will you join us?

NAHJ has awarded more than $2 million in scholarships to aspiring journalists since its founding, including $34,000 through our Next Generation Initiatives in 2023. Other ways we are helping Latino journalists to thrive in the evolving media landscape:

  • Layoff Assistance. By donating to our 40th Anniversary campaign, you will help us create more opportunities and allocate resources for journalists facing layoffs.
  • Hands-on Training. From a session on using AI for journalism in Puerto Rico to a Chicago session on breaking boundaries in media equity, we trained more than 700 journalists in 2023. Topics included mis/disinformation and business journalism, and organizers included NAHJ’s Afro Latino Task Force and Investigative Task Force.
  • Ñ Awards. Our celebration of the best journalism produced by our members, highlighted the issues that are affecting our communities, including stories that would have gone untold without the cultural competence and insight that Hispanic journalists bring to their work. This year, the awards celebration returns to the Annual Conference in August.
  • The Annual Conference. More than 1,500 members attended the 2023 annual conference in Miami, building relationships, hearing from potential employers, and developing their journalism skills. The conference featured 70 training sessions in both English and Spanish. Our 40th Anniversary Conference this year in Hollywoo, Calif. will be even bigger and better.
  • Behind-the-Scenes Newsroom Series. This is a unique opportunity for NAHJ members to hear from hiring managers, recruiters, and other newsroom staff about their newsroom's work culture, environment, salary, day-to-day routines, and more.
  • NAHJ Adelante Academy. The inaugural Latina Leadership Program kicked off in January at Columbia University, with a cohort of experienced Latina journalists learning skills to succeed as top-level newsroom leaders with the power to shape how communities of color are covered. Launching the Academy in 2023 fulfilled a key goal of our five-year Strategic Plan.
  • palabra. This publication brings our mission of #MoreLatinosInNews to life by creating opportunities for freelance journalists to share local stories, perspectives, and an accurate and honest representation of the Latino community. In 2023, we increased palabra.’s pool of editors increased from four to 10.

As an NAHJ member or friend, you are already part of all these achievements. Can you contribute $100 to NAHJ to take our mission forward? Imagine the impact if every current NAHJ member raised $100 — that's $360,000.

Your support matters, and together, we can achieve great things.

One-time payments are welcome; setting up a recurring donation is also a great way to support NAHJ. Please send checks to:

NAHJ
1050 Connecticut Ave.
Washington, DC 20035
Attn: 40th Anniversary Fundraising Campaign

All donations are tax-deductible.

Let's make a difference together to secure #MoreLatinosinNews. Can we count on you?

Geraldine Cols Azócar
NAHJ Financial Officer & Campaign Chair


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