Table of Contents

NAHJ Mission Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Why NAHJ was Needed , and Why We Exist Today. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
President’s Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

NAHJ in 2007
An Executive Summary of 2007 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
NAHJ’s Parity Project. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Campaign for Parity Donors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
NAHJ and Media Advocacy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Scholarships and Educational Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
NAHJ celebrates its 25th Annual Convention in San Jose, Calif . . . . . . . 13
NAHJ History Highlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
In other 2007 NAHJ news. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
2007 Journalism and ñ Awards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Local chapters grow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Thanks to our 2007 Sponsors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Accountant’s Compilation Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
NAHJ Assets and Liabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
NAHJ Statement of Revenues and Expenditures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
NAHJ Adjustments to Financial Report. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
NAHJ Board of Directors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
NAHJ Staff. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
 NAHJ’s Mission Statement

The National Association of Hispanic Journalists (NAHJ) is dedicated to the

recognition and professional advancement of Hispanics in the news industry.
Established in 1984, NAHJ created a national voice and unified vision for all
Hispanic journalists.

NAHJ is governed by a 17-member board of directors, including executive officers

and regional directors. The regional directors represent geographic areas of the
United States and the Caribbean. The national office is inside the National Press
Building in Washington, D.C.

There are more than 2,100 NAHJ members, including 141 lifetime members. We
are working journalists, journalism students, other media-related professionals and
journalism educators.

The goals of the association are:

• To organize and provide mutual support for Hispanics involved in the

gathering or dissemination of news.
• To encourage and support the study and practice of journalism and
communications by Hispanics.
• To foster and promote a fair treatment of Hispanics by the media.
• To further the employment and career development of Hispanics in the
media.
• To foster a greater understanding of Hispanic media professionals'
special cultural identity, interests, and concerns.•

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Why NAHJ was Needed, and Why We Exist Today

It has been four decades since social unrest resulted in to increase representation of Latinos in newsrooms
riots by blacks and Hispanics in cities across the and to improve coverage of the Latino community.
country in the summer of 1967. The Kerner Not content with the status quo, NAHJ has created
commission, appointed by President Lyndon Johnson bold new initiatives toward ensuring that the news
to investigate the root causes of the violence, criticized media accurately inform the public about the
the media’s coverage of the riots and found that our country and the world we live in.
nation’s all-white newsrooms contributed to the
“white-black schism” in the country. We get more young Latinos into the business by
offering more scholarships every year. We place
It was a wake-up call for the news media. The more Latinos in newsrooms with the innovative
commission called for increased representation of Parity Project and with job placement and referral
minority journalists in our nation’s newsrooms. In services. We raise our collective voice against
the 1970s, the print and broadcast industries began distorted or unfair coverage to educate all about
measuring the movement toward diversifying who Latinos are and the roles we play as friends,
newsrooms. But progress has been slow. neighbors, competitors and leaders. In essence, we
position more Latinos to tell our stories and educate
Today, more than 40 years after the Kerner more non-Latinos to include us in their words and
commission’s findings, Latinos and people of color images as an integral part of the multicultural and
remain underrepresented in newsrooms by alarming multilayered fabric of U.S. society.
margins. While one in three people in the United
States is a person of color — African American, Only then can the news media cease to be a
Asian American, Hispanic, Native American, or some contributing factor to the racial, ethnic and social
combination thereof — journalists of color make up unrest that continues today, and that fails to educate
just 13.62 percent of all newsroom employees in those ill-informed people who commit violence against
daily newspapers, and 22.2 percent of those working Muslims raising families according to their faith,
at local English-language television stations. against Mexicans waiting alongside the road for work,
or against gay men who simply go out for a drink.
The Kerner commission warned that the lack of Only then can the discrimination reinforced by
minority voices in newsrooms and in news coverage distorted and unbalanced news reports be diminished,
would have serious and negative consequences for allowing all people to reach their potential and claim
our society. The words of caution have added their rightful place in American society.
urgency today, as our nation’s population becomes
more diverse, with Latinos now the largest ethnic NAHJ’s work is clearly needed as our multicultural
minority. By 2050, most Americans will be people society becomes ever more complex. Our children
of color. And by early next century, half of all U.S. must learn to coexist and to foster the mutual
residents will be of Hispanic descent. respect essential to a peaceful democracy. With
information, with images, we can—and often do—
This is why NAHJ’s mission remains critical to the shape minds and change lives. With NAHJ’s work,
future of our nation. Founded in 1984, NAHJ seeks we do so together. •

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 President’s Message

Dear NAHJ Members:

The crisis in the journalism industry continues, and the National

Association of Hispanic Journalists continues to represent the interest
of its members in a long-term fight for fair representation and fair
coverage of our communities.

Nothing has been easy, externally (in the world of journalism) or

internally (the workings of NAHJ as an association).

You don’t need this report to tell you of the dramatic shifts that have
taken place in the world of journalism. Between the disappearance of Knight-Ridder, the
privatization of Tribune Company, the continued efforts by some to put more and more news
outlets into the hands of fewer and fewer owners, and the almost daily reports of buyouts,
layoffs and cutbacks, journalists are losing their jobs at an unprecedented rate.

The board of directors of NAHJ has been as affected as the industry. Four board members
were laid off, and a fifth has decided to leave the industry. We are thus acutely aware of the
impact of layoffs and the threat it poses to NAHJ's long-term ability to accomplish its mission.

Our mission, that fight for fair representation in the newsroom and in the news product, is a
just mission. It is a mission that is not subject to the whims of stockholders, private owners or
government regulators. We know the challenges newsrooms face: declining newspaper
circulation, fractured audiences and an emerging news-delivery system no one quite knows how
to tap for profitability.

We urge the industry to think in the long-term as it makes short-term decisions. Cuts that
result in a decline in quality will do nothing except devalue the product, turn off the audience
and start the vicious cycle all over again.

During this time at NAHJ, we’ve met our own challenges. We've reduced the size of the
organization's staff, continued to streamline our operation and cut some programs we love
but could no longer afford, at least not in their present form (such as the Network Brownout
Report). In the meantime we’ve continued to fight for NAHJ and for our members, both
behind the scenes and publicly. We took our stand against further media consolidation to
Congress, stood up for members mistreated by police in Los Angeles and by their own
employers in Texas, and tangled with a national network over the best way to deliver news to
Spanish-speaking audiences in the Southwest. And through our Parity Project, we’ve
continued to show the industry that progress can be made even in these challenging times.

The work is far from done, of course. NAHJ is well-poised for an internal reorganization and
strategic planning that will even more efficiently address the needs of our mission. I extend
my thanks to the board of directors, the staff and the members of NAHJ for your support and
counsel over the last two years. Ours is still a noble mission in a noble profession. Journalism
will survive, and as long as it does, there will always be a need for NAHJ to fight for fairness.

Yours in service,
Rafael Olmeda

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E xe cu t i ve S u m m a r y: NA H J i n 2 0 0 7

Diversifying our nation’s newsrooms has long been are just some of the
recognized as one of the great failings of the U.S. moving parts of the Parity
news industry. The marginalization of Latinos and Project. Is it working? Even
communities of color in news coverage continues to amid these times of deep
undermine the quality of information the American cutbacks, the answer is yes. The 26 partner news
public receives. NAHJ was conceptualized in 1982, and companies in the program saw a collective 38
officially formed in 1984, to address these historic percent increase of Latinos in their newsrooms,
failings. The mission is increased diversity in the through the end of 2007.
newsroom and better coverage of Latino communities. • NAHJ also fought for better coverage in 2007 by
advocating for free and fair access of information
In 2007, NAHJ celebrated 25 years of taking the to all. The organization condemned the Federal
lead toward that mission. The anniversary came at a Communications Commission’s decision to allow
time when the entire media industry, especially media companies to own newspapers and
newspapers, struggled. Still, NAHJ themes for the television/radio stations in the country’s top 20
year emerged: stay relevant, speak the truth and markets, a move we believed would lead to
continue to be vocal about how changes in the increased media consolidation, the loss of more
industry affect diversity. journalism jobs and less diversity of voices telling
the news and serving the public interest. NAHJ
A signature newsroom diversity project, plus myriad also spoke out in favor of a strong federal shield
other initiatives—including addresses to Congress law to protect journalists from revealing
on the state of the media; educational and confidential sources under certain conditions.
professional training and other opportunities for • Keeping in mind the next generation of
members such as scholarships and multimedia storytellers, in 2007 NAHJ awarded $100,000 in
workshops—all helped our members keep head new and $125,000 in continuing scholarships.
above water in these changing times, and fought This brought the total to more than $1.4 million
for more diverse and better coverage despite to 525 students in 20 years of awarding
industry cutbacks. scholarships. The organization also partners with
media companies, colleges and foundations to
A snapshot of NAHJ business in 2007: offer fellowships, summer training sessions and
• The Parity Project was NAHJ’s key initiative that many other educational opportunities.
helped buck the trend of Latino job losses in • NAHJ celebrated its 25th Anniversary Convention
2007. The program seeks to improve the number in San Jose, California in June, 2007. The
of Latinos in newsrooms and ultimately improve headline-making convention included remarks by
news coverage of all communities. The plan: form California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger
long-term, holistic relationships between NAHJ, about turning off the Spanish-language television
media companies and local communities. Town- that sparked energetic discussions, more
hall meetings, newsroom diversity coverage multimedia sessions than ever before, discussions
workshops, connections between reporters of on community clashes with the LAPD, the effects
color and the newsrooms that need them—these of raids and deportations on families and more.

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Parity Project

NA H J ’ s Pa r i t y Pr oje c t, a new trend. By the end of

a ppr o a ch t o di ver s i t y 2007, Parity Project
Launched in 2003, the Parity Project’s goals were newsrooms had,
lofty from the beginning: To advance the number collectively, 73 more
of Latino journalists, especially in cities where Latinos on staff than when
Latinos are underrepresented in newsrooms, and to they respectively began working
improve the quality of news coverage of the with the project—dates ranging from April 2003 to
Hispanic community. October 2007. During that time period, the partner
media companies hired 170 Latinos, almost as
The plan: Develop long-term, holistic partnerships many as the 194 Latinos on staff they had when
between NAHJ, individual media companies and they started.
the community in cities with large and growing
Latino populations. The overall goal is to serve as a Even after factoring the 97 Latino staffers who left
model that the entire journalism industry can the newsroom in that time period, the Parity Project
emulate when it comes to improving newsroom partners still had a collective net gain of 73 Latino
diversity and coverage of diverse communities. journalists by the end of last year—a 38 percent
increase.
Has it worked? Despite the industry’s more recent
challenges, the answer is yes. The Latino and community at large around the
newsrooms is also feeling the effects. Besides
The first partner on the project was the E.W. recruitment of more journalists of color, the program
Scripps Company. When the Parity Project launched involves training journalists on cultural issues,
in 2003 at the company’s Rocky Mountain News in convening town hall meetings, and establishing
Denver, the number of minority news professionals community/staff advisory councils for long-term
jumped from 8.5 percent to 11.6 percent. collaboration. More than 1,600 people have taken
part in 34 town hall meetings. In some of the cities,
By the end of 2007, 26 companies had joined the community groups have organized to approach
Parity Project. Partners include the Los Angeles Daily newspapers about what they find offensive in
News, WFLA-TV News in Tampa and The Virginian- coverage, and how to improve coverage.
Pilot, where for the first time the diversity goal
became multicultural thanks to a partnership with “Our overriding goal is better journalism, not a jobs
the Hampton Roads Black Media Professionals. program, or to hire less-qualified journalists,”
former NAHJ president Juan Gonzalez told Poynter
Despite deep cutbacks in the journalism industry Online. “And because we knew the community,
nationwide, the Parity Project is helping to buck the and we knew the industry, we were the perfect
bridge. We have a trust no one else does.”

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 Parity Project grows beyond Latino “But the face-to-face session was an important and
community necessary step toward demonstrating the paper’s
commitment to truly inclusive coverage,” Lake
While the original goal of the Parity Project was to
wrote. “An opportunity for The Pilot to grow
increase representation of Latinos in the news, the
multicultural sources, and, hopefully, begin to get
scope took a multicultural approach for the first
regular minority input.”
time when NAHJ launched the program at The
Virginian-Pilot, on Oct. 30, 2007, with a town hall
meeting. Parity Project Funding
The National Association of Hispanic Journalists in
NAHJ partnered with the Hampton Roads Black 2007 received a two-year $300,000 grant from
Media Professionals (HRBMP) to hold the town hall the McCormick Foundation for the Parity Project,
between community leaders in The Pilot’s diverse which strives to be an example for the journalism
readership area and the newspaper’s leadership. industry on how to improve newsroom diversity
HRBMP is an affiliate of the National Association of and coverage of all communities.
Black Journalists.
It started in May 2004, when The Robert R.
More than 100 people, including several area McCormick Tribune Foundation awarded NAHJ a $1
college students, attended the town hall gathering. million, three-year grant for the Parity Project. Now
named the McCormick Foundation, it is the primary
“They want to see their faces and hear their voices, sponsor of the program which works with selected
especially in stories that don”t center on their race English-language media companies that serve large
or ethnicity,” The Virginian-Pilot columnist Marvin Latino populations, but do not have a
Lake wrote about the own hall meeting. “They representative percentage of Hispanic journalists in
want the paper to get to know them, as individuals their newsrooms.
and culturally, so it can better reflect their lives and
concerns—something that doesn’t happen if the “NAHJ‘s Parity Project is a winner. We are proud to
media merely parachute in for ethnic festivals. They support a program with a proven track record of
want more “positive” news, to counterbalance a improving diversity in newsrooms,” said Clark Bell,
perceived emphasis on crime-related coverage. And the foundation's Journalism Program Director.
they want more diverse op-ed voices.” “Parity has created new opportunities for Latino
journalists and helped enhance coverage of diverse
Lake said what the editors heard was largely no communities in news organizations that agree to
surprise. Readers have expressed such views in calls, participate.”
e-mails and letters to the paper.

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Campaign for Parity Donors
¡MUCHISIMAS GRACIAS! to all our Campaign Supporters who have committed to our 5-year, $12.6 million
Campaign for Parity which began in 2003.

Above-the-Fold Circle Presidents’s Club Hernan Guaracao-Calderon, Al Día (Philadelphia)

($500,000+) ($1,000 - $4,999) Felix Gutierrez, USC Annenberg School of
Journalism
McCormick Foundation Kathy Aaronson, The Sales Athlete Joanna Hernandez, The New York Times Regional
Vicki Adame, United Farm Workers Media Group
Headliner Circle Elizabeth Aguilera, The Denver Post Jodi Hernandez, KNTV/NBC 11 (San Jose, CA)
($250,000 - $499,999) Javier Aldape, E.W. Scripps Company Robert Hernandez, The Seattle Times
General Motors Claudio Alvarez Dunn, Primera Hora (Puerto Rico) Jorge Hidalgo, Telemundo
State Farm Insurance Cecilia Alvear, NBC Network News Jonathan Higuera, Arizona State University
Alfredo Araiza, Arizona Daily Star Cronkite School of Journalism
Prime Timer Circle Rogelio Aranda, The Charlotte Observer Marina Hinestrosa
($100,000 - $249,999) Rose Arce, CNN Claudia Hinojosa, KXTX Telemundo 39 (Dallas)
Gustavo Arroyo, California State Senate Mark Hinojosa, Chicago Tribune
Anheuser-Busch Jim Avila, ABC News
Bloomberg Maite Junco, New York Daily News
Nancy Baca Elio Leturia, Columbia College Chicago
CNN Gilbert Bailón, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
ESPN Michael Limón, Salt Lake Tribune
Margarita Bauza, Detroit Free Press Jacqueline Llamas Espinoza, KWHY-KVEA
Ford Foundation Geraldine Berrios, Los Angeles Daily News
Freddie Mac Telemundo (Los Angeles)
Mary Kay Blake, The Freedom Forum Anna Lopez, The National GEM Consortium
John S. and James L. Knight Foundation Frank Blethen, The Seattle Times
Knight Ridder Delton Lowery, The Fresno Bee
Ray Bradford, American Federation of Television Ruben Luna, The Detroit News
NBC Universal Telemundo and Radio Artists
The Coca-Cola Company Lavonne Luquis
Ybeth Bruzual, Central Florida News 13 - Edna Málaga, KSWT-TV CBS 13 (Yuma, AZ)
The McClatchy Company Telemundo
Toyota Motor Sales, USA. Inc. Tony Marcano, National Public Radio
Romeo Cantu, KGBT-TV (Harlingen, TX) Regina Medina, Philadelphia Daily News
Univision Alfredo Carbajal-Madrid, Al Día (Dallas) Mekahlo Medina, KNBC-TV NBC 4 (Los Angeles)
Jose Carreño, El Universal (Mexico City) Ruth Merino, El Nuevo Día (Puerto Rico)
Publishers’ Club Dora Casanova de Toro, La Prensa
($50,000 - $99,999) Oralia Michel, OMAGEN Inc. Marketing & Public
(Longwood, Florida) Relations
AARP Nelson Castillo, Ivener & Fullmer, LLP Walter Middlebrook, The Detroit News
BELO David Cazares, South Florida Sun-Sentinel Steve Montiel, Institute for Justice and Journalism
CBS News Sergio Chapa, KGBT-TV (Rio Grande Valley,Tx) Antonio Mora, WFOR-TV (Miami)
DaimlerChrysler Gary Clark, The Denver Post Frank Moraga, Ventura County Star/Mi Estrella
FedEx Angela Clemmons, The Denver Post Ibra Morales, Telemundo Station Group
Ford Motor Company Yamila Constantino-Méndez, Bloomberg Rosa Morales, Michigan State University School of
Gannett Foundation Peter Copeland, Scripps Media Center Journalism
Geraldo Rivera, Fox News Channel Alfredo Corchado, The Dallas Morning News Sylvia Moreno, The Washington Post
Harrah’s Entertainment Christopher Crommett, CNN en Español Mireya Navarro, The New York Times
Hearst Newspapers Luis Cruz, KVBC-TV (Las Vegas) Edna Negrón, The Ramapo College of New Jersey
Microsoft Carolyn Curiel, The New York Times Rafael Olmeda, South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Nielsen Media Research George de Lama, Chicago Tribune Larry Olmstead, Leading Edge Associates
The New York Times Manuel De La Rosa, KIII-TV (Corpus Christi, TX) Ralph Ortega, Star-Ledger
Tribune/Sun-Sentinel/el Sentinel Araceli De Leon, KWHY-TV (Glendale, CA) Edgar Ortega-Barrales, Bloomberg News
U.S. Army Frank del Olmo Maria Padilla
Walt Disney Sam Diaz, SutherlandGold Group Minerva Perez, Minerva Perez Media LLC
Celeste Diaz Ferraro, Puerto Rico Federal Affairs O. Ricardo Pimentel, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Executives’ Club Administration Gary Piña, Fort Worth Star-Telegram
($25,000 - $49,999) Charles Ericksen, Hispanic Link News Service David Plazas, The News-Press (Ft. Myers, FL)
Victor Escobedo, Cortazar (Fairfield, CA) Fernando Quintero, Orlando Sentinel
Ethics & Excellence in Journalism Foundation
Cathleen Farrell, Page One Media Max Ramirez, Max Ramirez Photography
Producers’ Circle Michele Fazekas, NBC George Ramos
($10,000 - $24,999) Luis Alberto Ferre Rangel, El Nuevo Día Eli Reyes, Newsday
Gloria Campos Brown, WFAA-TV (Dallas, TX) (Puerto Rico) Diego Ribadeneira, The New York Times
Angelo Figueroa, TuCiudad (Port Orange, Florida) Denice Rios
Juan D. Gonzalez, New York Daily News
Veronica Flores, San Antonio Express-News Robert Rivard, San Antonio Express-News
John Quiñones, ABC News Prime Time Juan Forero, National Public Radio
Maria Elena Salinas, Univision (Miami, FL) Elaine Rivera, WNYC Radio
Diana Fuentes, Laredo Morning Times Frances Robles, The Miami Herald
Tania Fuentez, The Associated Press Cindy Rodriguez, The Detroit News
Anchors’ Circle Ernie Garcia, The Journal News
($5,000 - $9,999) Rick Rodriguez, Arizona State University
Veronica Garcia, Los Angeles Times Iván Román, National Association of Hispanic
Lou Dobbs, CNN’s Lou Dobbs Tonight Eldra Gillman, CBS Corporation Journalists
Vince Gonzales Frank Gómez, Educational Testing Service Rossana Rosado, el diario/LA PRENSA
Alberto Ibargüen, The Miami Herald Raymond Gomez, KGNS-TV (Laredo, TX) Albor Ruiz, New York Daily News
Arthur O. Sulzberger, The New York Times Joe Grimm, Detroit Free Press Inez Russell, The New Mexican
Elizabeth Zavala, Fort Worth Star Telegram Liza Gross, The Miami Herald Michele Salcedo, South Florida Sun-Sentinel

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Nancy San Martin, The Miami Herald Alicia Sotomayor Verónica Villafañe
Evelyn Santa Cruz-Tipacti, PR Newswire Ernest Sotomayor, Columbia University Roberto Vizcón, GENTV (Miami)
Roberto Santiago, The Miami Herald Graduate School of Journalism Xochitl Yañez, State Farm Insurance
Fernanda Santos, The New York Times Rafael Suarez, The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer Jeorge Zarazua, San Antonio Express-News
Clemson Smith Muñiz, Smith Muñiz John Temple, Rocky Mountain News
Productions, Inc. Mercedes Torres, CNN Larry King Live AMIGOS – Thank you to all of our Amigos
Dianne Solís, Dallas Morning News George Vazquez (Up to $1,000)
Sheila Solomon, Chicago Tribune Ricardo Vazquez, University of California This list may not be all-inclusive.

M ed i a A dv o c a c y: N A H J a s a V o i c e f o r L a t i n o J o u r n a l i s t s
NAHJ in 2007 remained a strong voice for until the Federal Communications Commission • NAHJ called on Congress in favor of HR 2102,
better news coverage and media access. (FCC) addresses how to increase minority The Free Flow of Information Act, which would
Efforts ranged from writing a letter in favor broadcast ownership. He spoke about how further create a qualified federal shield law, protecting
of a strong federal shield law to House media consolidation would hurt journalism. journalists from revealing confidential sources
Speaker Nancy Pelosi, to calling on network Gonzalez addressed the House Subcommittee on under certain conditions.
news companies to improve their racial and Telecommunications and the Internet, which held
ethnic newsroom make ups. the FCC oversight hearing on minority media • NAHJ expressed disappointment with the lack of
Some 2007 media efforts include: ownership. Gonzalez’s full testimony is available progress made toward achieving diversity in the
at: http://energycommerce.house.gov/ cmte_mtgs/ nation’s newsrooms. As pointed out in the 2007
• NAHJ called on Congress to once again reverse the 110-ti-hrg.120507.Gonzalez-testimony.pdf newsroom census released March 27 by the
decision by the Federal Communications American Society of Newspaper Editors (ASNE),
Commission to allow media companies to own With already shockingly low levels of minority minority representation in newsrooms slipped by
newspapers and television/radio stations in the ownership of media, compared to how people of 0.25 percent, to 13.62 percent. The percentage
country’s top 20 markets, a move that relaxed the color comprise 35 percent of the U.S. population, of Latino journalists dropped from 4.51 percent
30-year-old ban on newspaper-broadcast cross Gonzalez presented a case for how further media to 4.41 percent.
ownership. The FCC’s move, NAHJ argued, opens consolidation would worsen opportunities for
the door to increased media consolidation, the loss diverse ownership of television and radio stations, “Our industry is in the midst of rapid change, but
of more journalism jobs, and less diversity of voices and newspapers. one thing remains the same,” said NAHJ President
telling the news and serving the public interest. Rafael Olmeda. “Latinos continue to be severely
Gonzalez said: “Some might ask why we as underrepresented in the newsroom workforce.”
• NAHJ also reiterates its position that the media journalists place so much emphasis on the racial and
ownership rules should not be changed until an ethnic composition of media owners. It’s simple. In 2007, for the first time, ASNE’s census included
independent task force examines the impact of Direct experience has shown us that ownership journalists working full-time online, an addition that
media consolidation on minority broadcast matters when it comes to diversity in newsroom makes it appear in the survey that newsrooms
ownership and recommends ways to reverse employment and, more importantly, when it comes added nearly 2,000 jobs. Including online journalists
that decline. to a diversity of voices and meeting the news and helped the numbers for minorities, who make up 16
information needs of minority communities.” percent of that sector, according to the survey.
“The system was already weighted against Without including online journalists, the picture for
minority ownership,” said NAHJ President Rafael • NAHJ joined the National Association of Black minority hiring and retention is even more bleak.
Olmeda. "This decision is going to make it more Journalists in condemning radio broadcaster Don
difficult than ever for people of color to enter into Imus for his offensive remarks made April 4 • NAHJ continued to call on newsrooms to use
one of America’s most exclusive clubs.” about the Rutgers women’s basketball team, appropriate terms when it comes to immigration
calling for his dismissal. coverage. The use of “illegals” as a noun, for
• Past NAHJ President Juan Gonzalez testified on example, dehumanizes people and further
Capitol Hill against further media consolidation marginalizes Latino news coverage.

Scholarships and Educational Programs

NAHJ continued to financially support and while covering the Chicano Anti-Vietnam War NAHJ was able to offer some of these scholarships
mentor the next generations of journalists, Moratorium in East Los Angeles. Salazar was a in 2007 thanks to the generous personal
who promise to enter a multimedia age of columnist for the Los Angeles Times and the news donations from María Elena Salinas, co-anchor
storytelling better prepared. director for the Spanish-language television of Noticiero Univisión and syndicated columnist,
station KMEX at the time of his death. Geraldo Rivera, senior correspondent for Fox
Scholarships News Channel, and grants from the Samuel
Many in the 2007 class of scholarship recipients— Newhouse Foundation, the Ford Motor
• The 18th Annual National Association of who total 525 aspiring journalists since 1987— Company, CNN, Univisión and The
Hispanic Journalists’ Scholarship Banquet was struggle daily through personal hardship to forge Washington Post.
held in New York City on March 1. This year we ahead with their commitment to journalism.
awarded $100,000 in new and $125,000 in The 2007 scholarship winners included students Since the association established its scholarship
continuing scholarships, totaling more than who slept on crowded floors with other immigrants and educational programs in 1987, NAHJ has
$1.4million to 525 students in the 20 years or in church attics when times got tough, and who provided financial assistance and/or training at its
since NAHJ began awarding scholarships. worked part-time or for free in television annual conventions to more than 1,000 students.
newsrooms while putting themselves through To join the growing list of more than 300
The 2007 banquet also raised more than school. They included those who worked as nannies individual supporters of NAHJ’s educational,
$170,000, which benefits NAHJ’s Rubén Salazar or in agricultural fields, who quit college to join the professional development and advocacy programs,
Scholarship Fund and Educational Programs. Marines after 9/11, and who fought to establish please go to www.nahj.org/supportnahj/
The scholarship fund is named in honor of Spanish-language newspapers in their local Latino 25Fund/ 25fund.shtml
journalist Rubén Salazar who was killed in 1970 communities or their majority white college campus.

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18th Annual Scholarship Banquet
Keynote Speaker Christiane Amanpour

Amanpour, chief loss, and a sense of failure really, into my driving

international force,” Amanpour told the 320 banquet attendees.
correspondent for CNN,
explained that the turmoil In her keynote address, the veteran journalist who
that ensued from the 1979 has covered wars and conflicts in places such as the
Islamic revolution in her Balkans and Iraq stressed the power of journalism
native country of Iran was and its ability to effect change.
a call to her conscience.
“I think this is an incredibly noble profession. When
“For me that was a it’s done well, it’s an incredibly important profession
turning point, and I quickly and it’s a profession that can truly, truly make a
decided to turn a sense of difference,” Amanpour said.

Educational opportunities
NAHJ and the National Association of Hispanic
Publications Foundation (NAHP Foundation) kicked
off the second year of its successful joint internship
program to support Latino journalism students
interested in careers at Hispanic or Spanish-language
media publications. Five students were selected to
be in the second class of the internship program in
Washington, D.C., in the summer of 2007. The
internships are sponsored by Ford Motor Company
Fund, the philanthropic arm of Ford Motor
Company.

Spanish-language publications often struggle with

finding staff or contributors who not only can write January at Florida International University in Miami.
in Spanish, but who know the local community, The Institute is a competitive, 10-day, hands-on
know how the U.S. society, economy and political journalism residency program offered to aspiring
systems work, and who are well versed in the reporters, editors and photographers who are
practices and resources available when doing U.S.- members of the NAHJ. Students got to sharpen
style journalism. their writing, reporting, editing and photography
skills while covering real stories in the Miami area
“Half of our student interns engaged in this program and working under actual newsroom deadlines.
were hired by our partner publications last year,” said They learned from professional journalists from The
Eddie Escobedo, Chairman of the Board of the NAHP New York Times, The Boston Globe and the Times
Foundation. “Ford Motor Company Fund’s support Company's Regional Media Group.
for this outreach program is achieving its goals of
placing aspiring Hispanic journalists in new career • NBC Universal and NAHJ offered two students the
positions, improving our Hispanic publications with opportunity to become NBC fellows in New York
good new writers and better informing our City. Fellows had the opportunity to join one of the
community with vibrant new reporters.” following NBC News programs for the summer of
2007: the Today Show, Nightly News with Brian
• The New York Times Student Journalism Institute, Williams, Dateline or one of NBC's local stations.
an inaugural program with NAHJ, was held in Each student was given a stipend of $500 a week.

12 Annual Report 2007

2007 Convention - NAHJ@25

The 25th annual convention of the National Just days before a

Association of Hispanic Journalists produced compromise on
headlines around the country, offered attendees the immigration reform failed in
skills essential for journalists of the future, and the U.S. Senate, U.S. Secretary
celebrated a quarter century of accomplishments by of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez flew
Latino journalists. Some 1,300 journalists participated to San Jose to stress to the hundreds of journalists
in San Jose, California from June 13-16, 2007. at the convention that the administration’s proposed
fixes to the current immigration system are essential
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger made to maintain the country’s position in a global
news right at the start of the four-day event when economy.
during the opening plenary, responding to a question
about how to help struggling students, he said they Besides hearing from some of the day’s top
should “turn off the Spanish television set. It’s that newsmakers, convention registrants learned about
simple. You’ve got to learn English.” That remark set everything from managing in constantly changing
off a debate with NAHJ taking the position that the newsrooms to improving your voice and on-air
governor made a good point – poorly. presentation to financial literacy for journalists. But
among the biggest hits were the 16 multimedia
The highlights for the 2007 convention, themed training sessions sprinkled throughout the
“NAHJ@25: Building Today, Shaping Tomorrow”, convention where latecomers sitting on the floor
also included lively discussions about immigration; made standing-room-only impossible, and even more
news coverage in Latin America; Ken Burns’ crammed the doorways to watch and participate.
omission of Latinos in his WWII documentary; the
surge in hate speech and violence against Latinos tied “I wasn't surprised at all by the popularity of the
to immigration; and the clash between journalists and multimedia/online workshop sessions, because our
officers of the Los Angeles Police Department at an industry is in the midst of an incredible
immigration rally May 1st. Confronted by journalists transformation. I was heartened at the enthusiasm
and immigration leaders who were at the rally, Los the participants showed—everyone was excited to
Angeles Police Chief William Bratton did not offer learn about how to apply and adapt new
excuses for the officers’ behavior to the room packed technologies to journalism,” said workshop presenter
with journalists and acknowledged that a lot “went Amy Webb, President, Webbmedia Group, LLC., a
wrong.” digital media consulting/ training firm.

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Robert Lopez, an investigative reporter at The Los has earned high praise from many of the
Angeles Times, was one of those enthusiastic professionals there. To view the students’ work, go
participants. “The strongest message that I took to http://joomla.latinoreporterdigital.org/
away is that you shouldn’t wait for somebody at “When news organizations say there are not
your news organization to teach you these skills, enough talented Latino applicants out there I will
you should try to develop the skills on your own,’’ think back to this convention and know they are
said Lopez. “It was a really learning convention for wrong,” said CNN senior producer Rose Arce,
me, but a great social time too.” adding that she returned to her newsroom “hyper
focused on quality.”
We had fun at the San Jose
Convention, too A reunion of NAHJ founders and
NAHJ officially kicked off the convention with the alumni at the Convention
opening plenary followed by the opening reception This silver anniversary year in San Jose, the annual
at the San Jose Museum of Art with cocktails, music convention “reunion” took on a new meaning with
and dancing to the funk, salsa, cumbia, norteña and a reception for founders and "alumni" of NAHJ
blues of Juan Escovedo and Tortilla Soup. Other student projects and scholarships.
special events included a screening of “The Hungry
Woman/La Mujer Hambrienta,” a film set in a The event served as a springboard for the proposed
migrant camp inspired by a true story, followed by a NAHJ alumni association and gave NAHJ President
hot after party. And at the Noche de Fiesta @ The Rafael Olmeda the opportunity to thank the men
Mexican Heritage Plaza, hundreds of people nibbled and women who met in 1982 in San Diego to
on Mexican food and some mole tasting, sipped a establish the national organization that is now more
lot during the tequila and wine tasting, howled with than 2,100 members strong.
laughter when the comedians took the stage,
including headliner Bill Santiago, and sang along "I participated in every convention since the
during the mariachi karaoke, when attendees belted inaugural one in ‘82 when my hair was brown. The
out rancheras backed by Mariachi Azteca. increasing depth of the new breed both in expertise
and commitment is wonderfully scary. But I still
More than 100 recruiters attended the convention believe us old timers were better drinkers," said
to meet with job candidates. Charlie Ericksen, one of NAHJ’s founders.

This year’s convention experienced an NAHJ Hall of Fame, now an honor

unprecedented $805,000 in support from sponsors. roll of 19, grows at the Convention
By making it a competition among local television NAHJ paused the final night of the convention to
and media companies, the third annual NAHJ Golf recognize its 2007 Hall of Fame Honorees Cecilia
Tournament netted $13,500, the most ever, which Alvear, Rigo Chacón and George Ramos during
goes to benefit the association’s Ruben Salazar the 25th Anniversary Celebration Gala.
Scholarship Fund.
“That first conference was unique and exciting to be a
Fifty-five students also benefited from the part of,” Ramos, a former Los Angeles Times reporter
convention’s focus on multimedia skills. For the first Ramos and founding member of NAHJ, told the Latino
time, in addition to producing their respective Reporter at the convention. “We had Puertorriqueños
publications or radio and television programs, the from New York, Cubanos from Miami, Tejanos from
online, print, TV and radio students worked across Texas and Chicanos from California all in one place. It
media platforms in a lesson on convergence that made sense to start a national group.”

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 25 Years
NAHJ History
Highlights
First National Hispanic Media
1982 Conference of journalists working in
both mainstream and Spanish-language news
operations takes place in San Diego. About 300
attend.
In her acceptance speech at the convention, Alvear
With a $50,000 grant from the Gannett
said: “What I cannot fail but notice at this point is
that Rigo, George and I, by entering journalism
1984 Foundation, NAHJ files its articles of
incorporation, sets up an interim headquarters in Los
when we did in fact, ended the “apartheid” that
Angeles and becomes the country’s first nationwide
existed in the media. There were no people with
organization dedicated to Hispanic journalists.
names like Chacón, Ramos or Alvear then. There are
now. We have come a long way but still have a long
way to go.’’ 1990 NAHJ holds its first solo convention for
journalists in San Francisco. It is called
the 8th annual convention. NAHJ’s first executive
A 25th Anniversary Fund to keep director, Frank Newton, is recognized for his years
NAHJ strong of service.
To commemorate its 25th Anniversary, NAHJ in 2007
created the 25th Anniversary Fund seeking to raise NAHJ releases the first “Network
$250,000 from members and supporters by December
31, 2008. The money will be used for scholarships,
1996 Brownout: The Portrayal of Latinos in
the Network” report. Findings show that of 12,000
student and mid-career training, the fight toward stories on NBC, CBS and ABC’s television news
better coverage for Latinos and NAHJ’s Parity Project. programs the previous year, only 121 — barely 1
These are just some of the many projects NAHJ is percent — focused on Latinos or Latino issues.
working on to make our news industry stronger and
more representative of all people. NAHJ creates its Hall of Fame. Rubén

Each person who donates $2,500 or more will be

2000 Salazar, Sylvan Rodriguez and Elma
Barrera are the first inductees.
recognized as a 25th Anniversary Angel. In addition,
they will automatically become a Lifetime Member NAHJ launches the Parity Project at the
of NAHJ. The first 25 people who donated $2,500
or more were also offered a complimentary
2003 Rocky Mountain News in Denver. The
number of minority news professionals there jumps
registration to the 2008 UNITY: Journalists of Color from 8.5 percent to 11.6 percent. By December, five
Convention in Chicago, July 23-27, 2008. other newspapers join the program. The next year, the
NAHJ would like to thank the individuals who Robert R. McCormick Tribune Foundation awards a $1
stepped up to the challenge already and became million grant to NAHJ to expand the Parity Project.
25th Anniversary Angels:
• Gloria Campos, News Anchor, WFAA-TV (Dallas) NAHJ sets up and funds its first
• Christopher Crommett – Senior Vice President,
CNN en Español
2006 multimedia lab at the convention to
train members in multimedia storytelling,
• Vince Gonzales podcasting, audio and video feeds, and other skills
• Jodi Hernandez, KNTV NBC 11 (San Jose, CA) essential for journalists in the digital age.
• Lavonne Luquis
• Rafael Olmeda, Early Online Editor, South Florida NAHJ releases results of first ever magazine study,
Sun-Sentinel which examined coverage of Latinos by Time,
• Minerva Perez, Minerva Perez Media LLC Newsweek and U.S. News & World Report.
• Diego Ribadeneira, Assistant Metro Editor, The Findings: just 1.2 percent of stories in 2005 were
New York Times predominantly about Latinos.
• Elizabeth Zavala, Deputy City Editor, Fort Worth
Star Telegram NAHJ celebrates 25 years of working
2007 for better journalism.

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In Other 2007 NAHJ News

Awards of sexual abuse on both sides of Latino

The 22nd Annual Noche de the border, and an exploration of statements
Triunfos Journalism Awards Gala cross-border grassroots projects to too common
was held on October 4, 2007 at fight AIDS. today inspired their
the Capital Hilton in Washington, work being honored that evening,
D.C. Immigration coverage, however, and motivated them to do more
was definitely the star. Some of the journalism to counter the hate and
NAHJ honored work submitted in winners at the National Association increase understanding.
14 categories and also picked five of Hispanic Journalists’ 2007
winners of the ñ Awards—the Awards gala took the stage to Of the 30 journalists recognized,
association’s highest honors. thank hard-working parents and Rebecca Aguilar has emerged as
More than half of the winning abuelitas, some of whom had the most talked about winner since
stories focused on immigrants, entered the United States illegally. her Oct. 15 suspension by KDFW-
while the others took on subjects During this special evening, the TV Fox 4 in Dallas for a follow-up
ranging from a documentary about rejection and hatred often interview of a 70-year-old man who
the effect California’s rural gangs expressed in the media against shot and killed two burglars in two
had on Latino families to a series of them, their families and people separate incidents.
columns about Latinos living in the who look like them became a big
Deep South. Other work included part of the evening. Some bloggers applauded the
an investigation on once secret U.S. move after calling her interview an
plans to invade Mexico during Many of the two dozen winners “ambush,” while NAHJ criticized
World War II, a woman’s nightmare said the anti-immigrant and anti- the station for letting itself be

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 of Punto Fronterizo, an
Dianne Solis, a senior writer for The Dallas Morning News and the investigative mtelevision program
winner of the Frank del Olmo Print Journalist of the Year Award, based in San Diego and Baja
quoted Gary D. during her acceptance speech during the 22nd California, won for her show
Annual Noche de Triunfos gala. about cross-border collaboration
efforts to curb the spread of AIDS.
“He never gave me his surname,” said Solis, addressing a crowd
of nearly 275 at the Capital Hilton Oct. 4, 2007. “He just wrote
This year’s $250 cash prizes for
me a very angry email. I’ll read you a small portion of it: ‘It’s time
each were doubled to $500
to collect the illegal immigrants and return them to their own
thanks to Kenn Altine, Director
country. I could care less about these cockroaches.’ ”
of Editorial Professional
To Gary D., Solis said: “you inspired me to work harder, to think Development for Hearst
tougher and to very simply write.” Newspapers, who was moved that
evening to make the donation.

unduly influenced by certain meaningful inclusion of Latinos in “We need to recognize good
community interests and has called Ken Burns’ documentary on work in this industry because it’s
for her reinstatement for the sake World War II, which aired on PBS so vital,” Altine said.
of good journalism. last month.
“We shouldn’t have to, on a daily NAHJ’s Local Chapters
The Emmy-award winning basis, open a newspaper and see Grew in 2007
journalist was named Texas another insult, or watch a
NAHJ is slowly shifting from a
Reporter of the Year two years ago television broadcast and be
regional to a more local, chapter-
by the Associated Press. In insulted again. That shouldn’t be
based association. While the NAHJ
accepting the ñ Award for part of our daily lives as Latinos,
regions encompass several states,
Broadcast Journalist of the Year, but it is,’’ said Rivas–Rodriguez,
the new chapters represent just
Aguilar said: “I don’t want to start an associate professor at the
one city or one state.
crying. Yeah, I won a lot of awards University of Texas at Austin and
but this one means a lot. I’m going a founding member of NAHJ.
By the end of 2007, there were
to be 50 years old this year. I’ve
12 professional chapters: Atlanta,
seen a lot of women come and go. Once part of NAHJ’s annual
Charlotte, Denver, Network of
We watch the network and we still convention, the Noche de
Hispanic Communicators
don’t have enough of us.” Triunfos Journalism Awards gala
(Dallas/Fort Worth), New Mexico,
has become the organization’s
North Carolina Triangle/Raleigh,
Fox News Channel’s Geraldo signature event in Washington,
Northern New Jersey, Oklahoma,
Rivera urged his colleagues to D.C. during Hispanic Heritage
Orlando/Central Florida, Rio
maintain high journalistic Month. Individual ticket sales
Grande Valley, Southwest Florida
standards, and not to blindly increased over previous years
and Washington, DC.
connect illegal immigration to thanks to interest from sister
spikes in crime, as some in the Hispanic organizations and from
There were also at least 12 student
media have done recently. “Don’t Washington-based journalists.
chapters, with others in the
let that linkage be made if
process or forming. They include:
unproven. Don’t let the traditional Another special award that
Brooklyn College, Florida
rules of journalism be abrogated evening, the Guillermo Martínez-
International University, Lehman
…have the courage to stand up,” Márquez Award for Latin
College, Northwestern University,
Rivera said to applause. American Reporting, was declared
Syracuse University, Texas State
a tie. Esmeralda Bermudez of
University, University of Arizona,
Along those same lines, the The Oregonian was cited for her
University of California Los
audience also heard from fascinating story following a
Angeles, University of Illinois
Maggie Rivas-Rodriguez, deported family back to
Urbana-Champaign, University of
winner of the Leadership Award. Guatemala, a homeland some of
Illinois Urbana-Champaign,
She made headlines for helping them don’t really know. Carmen
University of Puerto Rico,
lead a grassroots campaign for Escobosa, producer and reporter
University of Texas at El Paso.

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Thank You to 2007 Sponsors

The following corporate partners sponsored the NAHJ Scholarship Banquet,

Convention and/or Journalism Awards Gala in 2007. Their support speaks volumes
about their commitment to our mission of increasing the presence and influence of
Latinos in U.S. newsrooms. ¡Muchísimas Gracias!

AARP Segunda Juventud Fox News Channel Pacific Gas and Electric Company
ABC News Freddie Mac People en Español
Amtrak Gannett Foundation PR Newswire
Anheuser-Busch Harrah's Entertainment Prudential Financial
Annie E. Casey Foundation HBO San Francisco Chronicle
Belo Hearst Newspapers San Jose Mercury News
Bloomberg News Heineken USA State Farm Insurance
Boyd Gaming Corporation Hewlett-Packard The California Wellness
CBS News KGO ABC 7 Foundation
Chrysler KNTV NBC 11 The E.W. Scripps Company
Cisco KPIX CBS 5 The McClatchy Company
CNN KSTS Telemundo 48 The New York Times
Coca-Cola North America KTVU Fox 2 The Philadelphia Inquirer and
Comcast MCM Daily News
Con Edison MGM Mirage The Star-Ledger
Continental Airlines Microsoft The Walt Disney Company
Cox Enterprises National Education Association The Washington Post
Dini Films International National Public Radio Toyota Motor Sales, USA Inc.
el diario/LA PRENSA NBC 4 Telemundo 47 U.S. Army
Empire Maintenance Services NBC Universal Univision Communications, Inc.
ESPN New York Daily News Verizon Communications
FedEx Newsday WABC-TV
First Rate Capital NY 1 Noticias Walt Disney World Resort
Ford Motor Company OnStar Western Union

18 Annual Report 2007

Accountants’ Compilation Report

Board of Directors
National Association of Hispanic Journalists

We have compiled the accompanying financial statements for the National

Association of Hispanic Journalists (NAHJ) as of December 31, 2007 in accordance
with Statements on Standards for Accounting and Review Services issued by the
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

A compilation is limited to presenting in the form of financial statements

information that is the representation of management. We have not audited or
reviewed the accompanying financial statements and, accordingly, do not express an
opinion or any other form of assurance on them.

For interim reporting purposes only, management has elected to omit substantially
all of the disclosures and the statement of cash flows required by generally accepted accounting
principles. If the omitted disclosures and statement of cash flows were included in the financial
statements, they might influence the user's conclusions about NAHJ’s financial position, changes in net
assets, and cash flows. Accordingly, these financial statements are not designed for those who are not
informed about such matters.

We are not independent with respect to the National Association of Hispanic Journalists.

October 31, 2008 HALT, BUZAS & POWELL, LTD.

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 NAHJ Balance Sheet
December 31, 2007

Assets

Current Assets

Wachovia Bank - Checking 80,422.11

Wachovia Bank - Money Market 52.27
Smith Barney - General Fund 32,268.30
Smith Barney- Scholarship Fund 154,845.54
Smith Barney - Endowment Fund 168,603.14
Smith Barney - Reserve Fund 72,422.18
Bank of America - Checking 5,935.52
Security Deposit 4,542.32
Prepaid Expenses 33,837.73
Accounts Receivable 179,734.60

Total Current Assets 732,663.71

Fixed Assets

Computer Equipment 28,796.57

Furniture & Fixtures 28,183.99
Computer Software 9,573.00
A/D Computer Equipment (22,246.80)
A/D Furniture & Equipment (22,001.54)
A/D Computer Software (9,209.83)

Total Fixed Assets 13,095.39

Total Assets 745,759.10

Liabilities & Fund Balance

Current Liabilities

Accounts Payable 16,027.26

Accrued Vacation 25,381.22
Accrued Expenses 8,513.00
Chapter Payables 21,945.61
Deferred Revenue 51,187.50

Total Current Liabilities 123,054.59

Fund Balance

Unrestricted Fund Balance 150,437.27

Temporarily Restricted Fund Balance 526,343.75
Restricted Fund Balance 114,924.04
Net Income (Loss) (169,000.55)

Total Fund Balance 622,704.51

Total Liabilities & Fund Balance 745,759.10

20 Annual Report 2007

NAHJ Statement of Revenue and Expenditures
For the Twelve Months Ending December 31, 2007

YTD Actual Yearly Budget Variance

01/07 - 12/07 01/07 - 12/07
Revenue
Membership Dues 44,257.50 43,200.00 (1,057.50)
Donations 107,642.96 218,000.00 110,357.04
Grants 220,250.00 237,500.00 17,250.00
Sponsorships 1,079,500.00 940,000.00 (139,500.00)
Program Revenue 449,809.70 570,000.00 120,190.30
Other Income 36,711.30 21,000.00 (15,711.30)
Total Revenue 1,938,171.46 2,029,700.00 91,528.54

Expenses
Salaries & Wages 510,421.99 583,500.00 73,078.01
Fringe Benefits 65,674.96 93,200.00 27,525.04
Office Rent & Maintenance 107,929.54 116,500.23 8,570.69
Accounting, Payroll & Auditing 106,614.31 84,000.00 (22,614.31)
Legal & Investment Management 3,015.42 8,000.00 5,384.58
Subscription, Publication & Fees 17,311.87 26,950.00 9,638.13
Audio & Visual Expenses 146,323.50 160,500.00 14,176.50
Convention & Meeting Expenses 497,783.56 439,200.00 (51,583.56)
Consultant Fees & Expenses 71,596.50 55,000.00 (16,596.50)
Charges, Interest & Penalties 18,574.41 33,900.00 15,325.59
Depreciation Expenses 9,172.86 0.00 (9,172.86)
Insurance 3,756.86 11,100.00 7,343.14
Equipment Rental & Maintenance 6,250.20 8,000.09 1,749.89
Office Supplies & Furniture 13,479.10 14,600.00 1,120.90
Telecommunications & Internet 46,997.18 34,500.00 (12,497.18)
Postage & Shipping 20,194.67 29,375.00 9,180.33
Printing & Design 66,003.48 74,500.00 8,496.52
Travel & Lodging 128,810.40 148,964.00 20,153.60
Scholarships, Awards & Stipends 219,721.92 197,450.00 (22,271.92)
Employer Tax Expense 41,132.58 45,507.02 4,674.44
Miscellaneous Expenses 6,406.70 2,379.00 (4,027.70)

Total Expenses 2,107,172.01 2,167,125.34 67,653.33

Net Income (Loss) (169,000.55) (145,125.34) 23,875.21

For the Twelve Months Ending December 31, 2007

Operating Fund Scholarship Endowment Total

Beginning Balance $152,256 $529,731 $109,716 $791,703

Net Income (Loss) $(128,825) $(42,992) $2,818 $(168,999)
Ending Balance $23,431 $486,739 $112,534 $622,704

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 N A H J Statement of Revenue and Expenditures
(with Adjustments) For the Twelve Months Ending December 31, 2007
National Association
of Hispanic Journalists
YTD Actual Yearly Budget Variance
01/07 - 12/07 01/07 - 12/07
Revenue
Membership Dues 44,257.50 43,200.00 (1,057.50)
Donations 107,642.96 218,000.00 110,357.04
Grants 220,250.00 237,500.00 17,250.00
Sponsorships 1,079,500.00 940,000.00 (139,500.00)
Program Revenue 449,809.70 570,000.00 120,190.30
Other Income 36,711.30 21,000.00 (15,711.30)
Total Revenue 1,938,171.46 2,029,700.00 91,528.54

Expenses
Salaries & Wages 510,421.99 583,500.00 73,078.01
Fringe Benefits 65,674.96 93,200.00 27,525.04
Office Rent & Maintenance 107,929.54 116,500.23 8,570.69
Accounting, Payroll & Auditing 106,614.31 84,000.00 (22,614.31)
Legal & Investment Management 3,015.42 8,000.00 4,984.58
Subscription, Publication & Fees 17,311.87 26,950.00 9,638.13
Audio & Visual Expenses 146,323.50 160,500.00 14,176.50
Convention & Meeting Expenses 497,783.56 439,200.00 (58,583.56)
Consultant Fees & Expenses 71,596.50 55,000.00 (16,596.50)
Charges, Interest & Penalties 18,574.41 33,900.00 15,325.59
Depreciation Expenses 9,172.86 0.00 (9,172.86)
Insurance 3,756.86 11,100.00 7,343.14
Equipment Rental & Maintenance 6,250.20 8,000.09 1,749.89
Office Supplies & Furniture 13,479.10 14,600.00 1,120.90
Telecommunications & Internet 46,997.18 34,500.00 (12,497.18)
Postage & Shipping 20,194.67 29,375.00 9,180.33
Printing & Design 66,003.48 74,500.00 8,496.52
Travel & Lodging 128,810.40 148,964.00 20,153.60
Scholarships, Awards & Stipends 219,721.92 197,450.00 (22,271.92)
Employer Tax Expense 41,132.58 45,507.20 4,374.62
Miscellaneous Expenses 6,406.70 2,379.00 (4,027.70)
Total Expenses 2,107,172.01 2,167,125.52 59,953.51

Net Income (Loss) (169,000.55) (137,425.52) 31,575.03

Adjustments:
Expenses paid by Scholarship Account Funds in 2007, but previously received and recorded as revenue in previous years:
Student/Mentor Lodging Student Programs
2007 Convention 32,400.00 32,400.00
Geraldo Rivera Scholarship 5,000.00 5,000.00
CNN Scholarships 101,400.00 105,000.00
Second payment of Newhouse Scholarships 10,000.00
Continuing payments of Wash Post scholarships 5,000.00
Total Adjustments 153,800.00 142,400.00

Net Income (Loss) after Adjustments** $(15,200.55) 4,974.48

**Information on these adjustments presented by association management to more clearly reflect the pattern of revenues and expenses
for 2007 and the end result for the year.

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NAHJ Board of Directors

PRESIDENT ONLINE AT-LARGE OFFICER REGION 5 DIRECTOR (Ark., La.,

Rafael Olmeda Robert Hernandez Okla., Texas)
Early Online Editor News Producer Gustavo Reveles Acosta
South Florida Sun-Sentinel The Seattle Times Education Reporter
El Paso Times
VICE-PRESIDENT, BROADCAST REGION 1 DIRECTOR
Manuel De La Rosa (Puerto Rico, Mexico, Virgin Islands) REGION 6 DIRECTOR (Ill., Ind.,
Reporter José Enrique Maldonado Iowa, Kan., Mich., Minn., Miss.,
KIII-TV, Corpus Christi, TX Editor Mo., Neb., N.D., Ohio, S.D., Wis.)
El Nuevo Día, San Juan, PR Brandon A. Benavides
VICE-PRESIDENT, PRINT News Producer
Cindy Rodriguez REGION 2 DIRECTOR (Conn., KSTP-TV/5 Eyewitness News,
Freelance Writer Maine, Mass., N.H., N.Y., N.J., Saint Paul, MN
New York City R.I., Vt.)
Hugo Balta REGION 7 DIRECTOR (Ariz., Colo.,
SECRETARY News Director Nev., N.M., Utah, Wyo.)
Elizabeth Zavala WNJU/Telemundo 47, Fort Lee, NJ Elizabeth Aguilera
Deputy City Editor Business Reporter
Fort Worth Star-Telegram The Denver Post
REGION 3 DIRECTOR (Del., Ky.,
FINANCIAL OFFICER Md., Pa., Va., W.Va., D.C.) REGION 8 DIRECTOR (Alaska,
Diego Ribadeneira Regina Medina Calif., Hawaii, Idaho, Ore., Wash.)
Asst. Metro Editor Reporter Veronica Garcia
The New York Times Philadelphia Daily News Copy Editor
Los Angeles Times
GENERAL AT-LARGE OFFICER REGION 4 DIRECTOR (Ala., Fla.,
Gary Piña Ga., Miss., N.C., S.C., Tenn.) STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE
News Editor/Page Designer Roberto Santiago Aisha Al-Muslim
Fort Worth Star-Telegram Senior Staff Writer Editor-in-Chief
The Miami Herald Meridian, “The Student Voice of
SPANISH AT-LARGE OFFICER Lehman College,” Bronx, New
Claudio Alvarez-Dunn York
Jefe de Redacción
Primera Hora, Guaynabo, PR

NAHJ Staff

Executive Director Parity Project Director Program Assistant

Iván Román Kevin Olivas Virginia Galindo

Executive Assistant Parity Project Associate Director Educational Programs Assistant

Yaneth Guillen Michele Gonzalez Roshanna Charner

Development Director Membership and Chapter Manager

Azuree Salazar Claudia Araujo

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