2024 Hall of Fame Awards
NAHJ Members, it’s time to nominate someone for the 2024 NAHJ Hall of Fame! Do you know someone who’s making a difference for Latinos in journalism, a person whose coverage of the Latino community is extraordinary, or an educator who is preparing young Latino journalists for a career in the field? If you have someone in mind, nominate them for an NAHJ Hall of Fame Award! The Hall of Fame gala will be held during NAHJ’s 40th Anniversary Conference & Expo, on Saturday, July 13, 2024 at the Loews Hollywood Hotel in Hollywood, CA.
Click here to submit a nomination. The deadline is Friday, May 10, 2024.
Hall of Fame Guidelines
Every year, NAHJ proudly recognizes individuals who have courageously upheld our mission to expand the number of Latinos in newsrooms and improve coverage of Latino communities. These individuals demonstrate a commitment to our profession, paving the way for other Latino journalists. They have practiced journalistic values with distinction while inspiring others to do the same. Members of NAHJ’s Hall of Fame have been leaders, mentors and pioneers in the field.
Eligibility: Any journalist is eligible, whether or not they are members of NAHJ. The person also may be in the academic field, demonstrating a commitment to producing outstanding journalists through education. The nominee, or a reasonable representative, must be able to attend the Hall of Fame Gala on Saturday, July 13, 2024 in Hollywood, CA.
Criteria: Individuals must be nominated by an NAHJ member. Please submit a letter of nomination in 400 words or less stating why this person should be inducted into the NAHJ Hall of Fame by detailing the nominee’s contribution and impact to the field of journalism. If you are not a member, you will need to join in order to complete an application. Click here to join NAHJ.
In addition, the nominees résumé, and work samples in English or Spanish must also be included. We recommend work samples be submitted as links in a Word document. Current members of the NAHJ board and staff are not eligible. Nominations will be presented to the board, which will have full discretion on the selection of inductees.
DEADLINE TO NOMINATE: FRIDAY MAY 10, 2024
NAHJ Hall of Fame
Created in 2000, NAHJ’s Hall of Fame honors those journalists whose efforts either nationally or locally have resulted in a greater number of Latinos entering the journalism profession or have helped to improve news coverage of the nation’s Latino community.
2023 HONOREES
Alfredo Corchado, Mexico Bureau Chief, Dallas Morning News
Angela Korchega, news director, KTEP and Borderzine; multimedia editor, ElPasoMatters.org
Lori Montenegro, Washington, D.C. Bureau Chief, Noticias Telemundo
Enrique Flor, journalist, El Nuevo Herald
2022 HONOREES
Rebecca Aguilar, freelance report, first Latina national president of Society of Professional Journalists
Diana R. Fuentes, Executive Director, IRE (Investigative Reporters & Editors) first person of color in that position
Robert Hernandez, Professor of Professional Practice, USC Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism
Steve Gonzales, (posthumous), photojournalist, Houston Chronicle
2021 HONOREES*
Jesús Colon, (posthumous) journalist, Columnist, Daily Worker, poet, father of the Nuyorican Movement
Jovita Idár, (posthumous) activist, journalist, La Crónica
*Hall of Fame Awards were not given in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic
2019 HONOREES
Jim Avila, journalist, former White House Correspondent, ABC News
Elaine Ayala, Columnist, San Antonio-Express News
Ana Real, (posthumous) Foreign News Editor, CBS News
2018 HONOREES
Rosental Alves, Professor, and Knight Chair in Journalism and UNESCO Chair in Communication, University of Texas, Austin; Director, Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas
Alberto Ibargüen, President & CEO, John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
Aminda Marqués Gonzalez, Executive Editor and Senior Vice President, Miami Herald and el Nuevo Herald
Mc Nelly Torres, Independent Investigative Journalist
2017 HONOREES
Eraldo “Dino” Chiecchi, Associate Professor, University of Texas at El Paso
Federico Subervi, Professor, Kent State University School of Journalism & Mass Communication (retired)
Andrés Cediel, Lecturer, UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism
Jodi Hernandez, Reporter, NBC Bay Area News
Nancy Rivera Brooks, Assistant Business Editor, Los Angeles Times
2016 HONOREES
Zita Arocha, Associate Professor, University of Texas at El Paso and Director, Borderzine.com
Hugo Balta, Senior Director, Multi-Cultural Content, ESPN
Robert Montemayor, Director, Rutgers University Latino Information Network
Veronica Villafane, Editor and Publisher, MediaMoves.com
2015 HONOREES
Maria Martin, Director, GraciasVida Center for Media
Miguel Pérez, Professor, Journalism, Lehman College, CUNY, Columnist, Creator’s Syndicate
Frances Robles, Correspondent, New York Times
2014 HONOREES
NAHJ Founding Members
Robert Alaníz, Manager, Community Affairs, KCBS-TV, and President, California Association for Latinos in Broadcasting
Charlie Ericksen, Co-founder, Hispanic Link News Service
Jesus Dávila, Reporter, El Diario/La Prensa
Juan Manuel García Passalaqua, Attorney, educational foundation, Puerto Rico
Gustavo Godoy, Vice President/News Director, Spanish International Network, (later became Univisión)
Frank Gómez, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs, U.S. Dept. of State
Juan González, Reporter, Philadelphia Daily News
Paula Maes, Public Affairs Director, KOB-TV, Albuquerque, NM
Guillermo Martínez, Columnist, Editorial Board Member, The Miami Herald
Henry Mendoza, News Director, KBAK-TV, Bakersfield, CA
Maggie Rivas Rodríguez, Reporter, The Boston Globe
Jay Rodríguez, Vice President, Corporate Communications, NBC
María Elena Salinas, Reporter, Anchor and Public Affairs Host, KMEX-TV
Edith Sayre Auslander, Assistant Professor, Journalism, University of Arizona
Norma Sosa, Reporter/Editor, Chicago Sun-Times
2013 HONOREES
Gilbert Bailon, Editor, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
David Gonzalez, Columnist, Side Street Blog; Co-editor, Lens Blog, New York Times
2012 HONOREE
CCNMA: Latino Journalists of California, an organization dedicated to promoting diversity in the news media in California
2011 HONOREE
Ernest Sotomayor, Assistant Dean, Career Services, Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
2010 HONOREES
Ray Suarez, Senior Correspondent, The NewsHour, PBS
Gloria Campos, Anchor, WFAA-TV, Dallas
2009 HONOREES
Geraldo Rivera, Host, Geraldo-at-Large, Fox-TV
Ysabel Durón, Anchor, Weekend Morning News, KRON-TV
Juan Gonzalez, Founder/Editor, El Tecolote, Professor, Journalism, City College of San Francisco
2008 HONOREES
Juan Gonzalez, Columnist, New York Daily News, former president, NAHJ
Maggie Rivas-Rodriguez, Professor, University of Texas at Austin, Media Activist
Francisco P. Ramirez, Founder, El Clamor Publico (Los Angeles)
2007 HONOREES
Cecilia Alvear, Producer, NBC, former president, NAHJ
Rigo Chacón, President, Rigo Chacón and Associates (RCA)
George Ramos, three-time Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter, Los Angeles Times, former chair, Journalism Department, California Polytechnic University
2006 HONOREES
María Elena Salinas, Anchor, Noticiero Univisión, Univisión, founding member, NAHJ
Henry Alfaro, Reporter, ABC7
2005 HONOREE
Gerald Garcia, Jr., Founding member and first president, NAHJ
2004 HONOREE
Ignacio E. Lozano, Sr. Founder, La Opinión, (the nation’s oldest Mexican American daily newspaper)
2003 HONOREES
Dr. Mary Adelaide Gardner, Professor, Journalism, Michigan State University
Albor Ruiz, Columnist, New York Daily News
2002 HONOREES
Paul Espinosa, Independent Producer, Writer and Director
Félix Gutiérrez, Author, Educator and Activist
Frank del Olmo, Associate Editor, Los Angeles Times
Frank O. Sotomayor, Assistant METPRO Director, Hiring Editor, Los Angeles Times
2001 HONOREES
Charlie Ericksen, Founder, Hispanic Link News Service
Edith Sayre Auslander, Reporter, Editor, Arizona Daily Star, Professor, University of Arizona
Peter Moraga was a pioneer in radio journalism
2000 HONOREES
Rubén Salazar, Columnist, Los Angeles Times, News Director, KMEX
Elma Barrera, Reporter, ABC 13, (the first Hispanic female reporter in the Houston market)
Sylvan Rodríguez, Anchor, KHOU-TV 11, Houston