Region 5 October Update

Region 5 Members,

We are now in the middle of October. Our hope of raising the $300,000 for Count Me In Campaign for the budget shortfall is getting closer, yet we are at about one-quarter of our goal. We know it's a tough time economically, but we are asking you for your support to keep the many programs we have going for the organization. NAHJ has done a lot of students, young professionals and veterans in this business so we ask for your support. For more information, go to http://www.nahj.org/supportnahj/CountMeIn.shtml

I am still in the midst of planning a regional conference for next year. We are strugging with the dates, which is the holdup right now. I am still trying to negotiate a better date, but it's either will be during Spring Break or around Easter, which I am not sure will be successful time for our members.

The NAHJ Board will be meeting in Houston next week from Thursday to Saturday. Our meetings will be held at the Houston Chronicle. We will be having a reception being sponsored by Continental Airlines on Friday night from 6:30 pm until 8:30 pm at Churrascos River Oaks 2055 Westheimer Houston, Tx 713-527-8300. We invited all Region 5 members to attend.

Don't forget to follow us on Twitter @ NAHJRegion5 and on Facebook @ NAHJ Region5

Some news from NAHJ and Region 5:
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NAHJ’s New Online Career Center Is Here … and you need to be in it.

These are challenging times and you need all the help you can get.

That goes for you if you’re looking for jobs, freelance opportunities, and ways to market your skills and get your name out there.

That also goes for employers looking for good journalists with a mix of skills to put on staff, to hire as a contributor or freelancer, and producers looking for commentators or colleagues with expertise on certain topics and trends.

You should all come to NAHJ’s new and revamped Career Center now. We are building the largest pool of resumes and information about Latino journalists to help make these connections happen. This clearinghouse is fully searchable, making it easier for journalists, freelancers, journalism educators, recruiters, producers and all those who have and who seek talent to connect in a more targeted and effective way.

To access the new Career Center powered by ihispano.com, go to www.nahj.org and click on the “ Career Center ” button on the top right corner.
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Former CNN Headline News anchor and NAHJ member Renay San Miguel has profiled 2007 NAHJ Broadcast Journalist of the Year Rebecca Aguilar in a column for Technology News World, explaining how she has become an innovative online journalist after years of being an investigative TV news reporter:

http://www.technewsworld.com/story/68043.html?wlc=1252694089
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NAHJ founding member Charlie Ericksen, the publisher of Hispanic Link News Service in Washington , D.C. , has received the Dionicio Morlaes Lifetime Achievement Aztec Award from the Mexican American Opportunity Foundation.


More info at: http://www.hispaniclink.org/Hispanic_Link/SlideShow.html
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CNN Producer and former NAHJ board member Rose Arce is profiled in multimedia story by My Latino Voice one week before CNN broadcasts “Latino in America ”:

http://mylatinovoice.com/featured-voices/27-features/1298-rose-arce.html
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Just an FYI.

Below is a link to a story in the New Times of Broward/Palm Beach, Florida about NAHJ member McNelly Torres, who had been an investigative consumer watch dog reporter at the South Florida Sun-Sentinel before being laid off several months ago.

She had been working on a story about supermarket food inspections at the time.

According to this story, the paper just ran McNelly's story this past weekend, while giving her "contributing" credit at the end and misspelling her name, though she is the one who did the research on it.

McNelly sent this link to me. She also happens to be on the board of Investigative Reporters and Editors, Inc. (IRE):

http://blogs.browardpalmbeach.com/pulp/2009/09/lost_job_lost_credit_a_newspap.php