May 29, 2025 – The National Association of Hispanic Journalists (NAHJ) today announced the finalists for the 2025 Ñ Awards, highlighting excellence across categories ranging from investigative journalism and television/video to education reporting and student journalism.
This year’s honorees will be celebrated at the Ñ Awards Luncheon on July 11, 2025, during the annual NAHJ Conference and Expo in Chicago. Members can register here for the conference and separately for the luncheon. Pre-registration rates end May 31.
NAHJ will present Ñ Awards in eight categories and prestigious named awards in four others, including the NAHJ Elaine Rivera Civil Rights & Social Justice Award, the Al Neuharth Award for Investigative Journalism, and two NAHJ/University of Florida Investigative Journalism Awards.
Two new categories have been added to the Ñ Awards this year: Education, which is supported by the College Board, and Podcast Journalism. Here are the finalists, listed alphabetically by story name.
Ñ Award Finalists
Print/Digital Journalism
• “Exposed: Latino farmworkers risk their health working under threat of pesticide exposure,” Univision News Digital
• “How a migrant farmworker built generational wealth, penny by penny,” Los Angeles Times
• “US farms are forcing workers to buy inedible, expensive meals: ‘It makes you feel enslaved’,” The Guardian
Radio/Online Audio Journalism
• “For Immigrants in Mixed-Status Households, Mass Deportation is Family Affair,” WKNO & The Institute for Public Service Reporting
• “The Misinformation Web,” Latino USA & Futuro Investigates
• “The Spillover: How the Texas Abortion Ban Shook-Up Eastern New Mexico,” Latino USA
TV/Online Video Journalism
• “Texas non-profit ‘Operation I.D.’ works to identify migrant bodies found on border,” NBCUniversal/NBC News Now
• “The Right Way,” ProPublica, The Texas Tribune, Univision
• “Twice Harmed: Asylum Seekers Face Sexual Violence & Abortion Bans,” MSNBC
Student Broadcast Journalism
• “ATVN Election Night: America”s Choice 2024,” Annenberg Media
• “El Senado busca llegar a un acuerdo bipartidista,” USC Annenberg – Informa TV
• “En Vivo: Dr. Callesano Interview,” UI7 Newsroom
Student Print/Online Journalism
• “La Frontera: Crossing the Rio Grande,” Media Milwaukee
• “Retiro no garantizado: Latinos mayores trabajan hasta el final en Nueva York,” Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism
• “Washington Heights abraza la retórica antimigrante de Trump,” El Deadline
Photojournalism
• “One grocer helps Central Oregon Latinos celebrate Día de los Muertos,” Oregon Public Broadcasting
• “Three Kings Day,” Getty Images
• “‘Nothing certain’ for most-vulnerable employees at Golden Gate Fields’,” Berkeleyside
Education Journalism (New)
• “A superintendent made big gains with English learners. His success may have been his downfall,” The Hechinger Report and palabra
• “California banned bilingual education for almost 20 years. It still hasn’t recovered,” CalMatters
• “This Hartford Public High School grad can’t read. Here’s how it happened,” The Connecticut Mirror
Podcast Journalism (New)
• “Frequency of Deception / Radiofrecuencia de Engaños,” Feet in 2 Worlds/WNYC
• “Harvest of Shame: Deadly Heat Edition (need link),” Feet in 2 Worlds
• “This Texas District Has A Lot To Teach Us About How Politics Has Changed,” National Public Radio
Al Neuharth Award for Investigative Journalism
• “A Deadly Detour: Migrant deaths spike outside El Paso,” NBC News
• “Dealing the Dead,” NBC News and Noticias Telemundo
• “Toxic Taps,” The Washington Post
Elaine Rivera Civil Rights & Social Justice Award
• “Desperate Journey,” PBS News Hour
• “El Precio del Campo,” Univision Sacramento
• “Haiti’’s Unraveling,” The New York Times
NAHJ/University of Florida Award in Investigative Journalism: Small/Medium Newsroom
• “A fatal field trip,” Austin American-Statesman
• “Addicting Emerging Markets: Investigating the Tobacco Industry’’s Shift to the Global South,” The Examination
• “El Camino Tras Tu Ausencia,” Univision Sacramento
NAHJ/University of Florida Award in Investigative Journalism: Large Newsroom
• “5,000 Miles, 8 Countries: The Path to the U.S. Through One Family’’s Eyes,” The New York Times
• “A Pro-Gun, Anti-Abortion Border Border Sheriff Appealed to Both Parties. Then He Was Painted as Soft on Immigration.,” ProPublica, The Texas Tribune
• “Venezuela’s Stolen Election,” The Washington Post