A "Hot Latin Night" In Cool San Francisco

     Congratulations to the NAHJ Bay Area chapter for the wonderful and successful fundraiser Hot Latin Nights! The proceeds will go towards valuable scholarships, professional training and the production of future events.



Mission District
 

I was happy and proud to participate in the June event at the El Techo de Lolinda restaurant in the historic Mission District. The networking event included tequila, pisco and rum tastings. Bay Area chapter member Victoria Sanchez de Alba was the lucky winner of two roundtrip tickets anywhere in the world courtesy of NAHJ national sponsor United Airlines.


My trip to San Francisco included meetings with potential sponsors Wells Fargo and LinkedIn. Both companies are very impressed with the work NAHJ does for the advancement of journalists/journalism and through them the booming Latino community. NAHJ will be developing programs with the companies that will benefit our members.



Felicidades once again to chapter president Vicki Adame and the Bay Area chapter team! On behalf of the NAHJ national board and staff, thank you all for your dedication to our association.

Hugo







with Claudia Cruz

 





On The Record With Attorney General Eric Holder

 Attorney General Eric Holder’s off-the-record invitation to discuss guidelines for handling investigations of leaks involving journalists caused a divide between news media.

The National Association of Hispanic Journalists (NAHJ), swimming against the tide, was the only independent minority journalism organization to accept Monday’s meeting.

 

NAHJ must engage in any conversation that affects journalists. Simply put, how can we help shape policy if we are not at the table? Once at his office we asked and to his credit, Mr. Holder accepted the meeting be on-the-record. NAHJ has been critical of the DOJ secretly obtaining the Associated Press reporter and editor phone records.

Here's the message I sent members following the meeting with the Attorney General:

http://www.nahj12.com/nahj-news/holder-on-the-record-with-nahj/

La NAHJ al fiscal general Eric Holder: Los periodistas no deben ser tildados como criminales por realizar su constitucionalmente protegido servicio a la comunidad:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1LorYdTSceSIdyQa_g_mQdJUKRr99Cm_nf6VtUd39-8g/edit?usp=sharing

Here's the Op-Ed I wrote for Fox News Latino:

http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/opinion/2013/06/04/on-record-with-attorney-general-eric-holder/

Here are other articles written about the meeting:

http://www.theroot.com/blogs/how-holder-would-have-done-things-differently