2024-26 BOARD OF DIRECTORS
President, Vice President, Secretary & At-Large Elected
CCNMA VETERAN PASSED AWAY
Former CCNMA Executive Director Mike Castro, Gone at 89
CCNMA Concerns about LA Times Cuts
“CCNMA is concerned about the impact of the layoffs and buyouts on broader efforts to cover California and the West, especially as they relate to Latinos and other communities of color.”
2023 Latinas
The 10 Most Influential Latinas in Journalism & Media
Contaminated Barrios
We examine how 10,000 properties with lead-contaminated soil in mostly Latino neighborhoods of Vernon, Boyle Heights, East Los Angeles, Commerce, Bell and Maywood are being cleaned up.
THE EXIDE CLEANUP
LA Times 2023 Layoffs
“CCNMA Latino Journalists of California condemns the announcement by the Los Angeles Times that it plans to lay off about 13% of its newsroom staff.. This action disproportionately affects Latino journalists…”
2022 Ruben Salazar Award Finalist List
2022 CCNMA Student Scholarship Winners
Empowering Latino Journalists Since 1972
The oldest Latino journalism association in the United States
Supporting the next generation of Latino Journalists: CCNMA has given out more than $800,000 in scholarships to aspiring Latino journalists in California since 1976. Recipients now include network news producers, reporters, anchors and reporters at the Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Time Magazine, BuzzFeed and the Washington Post.
2022 Most Influential Latina Journalists in California
Become Part of the Familia
Health Inequities: Diagnosing a Major Ill for Communities of Color
Bilingual, Bicultural: Reporters Talk Best Career Moves!
Los Angeles Latino Journalists Anabel Muñoz & Carlos Herrera talk best practices in landing your next job and making an impression
Journalists on the frontlines in times of COVID
Journalists share their experiences reporting in times of Covid as well as landing a job & negotiating salary during the pandemic. CCNMA Secretary Kassandra Gutierrez, multi media journalist and weather anchor at KRCR leads the discussion with panelists Daisy Caballero, multi-media journalist/reporter at KRCR and Marcela Valdivia producer at WPEC-TV.
Two leading national Latina journalists share their perspectives covering the 2020 elections
Cecilia Vega, who is the senior White House correspondent for ABC News, worked on the network election desk and provided analysis on election night and during the following days as decisive votes were tallied.
Support CCNMA with a donation
SINCE 1972 the California Chicano News Media Association has launched and fostered the careers of untold numbers of Latino journalists through job fairs, workshops, more than $800,000 in scholarships and the heartfelt mentoring of its members. Your donation will support the nonprofit group's operations and provide seed money for an exciting initiative we're calling the Frank Del Olmo Institute. The initiative, named after the late pioneering Los Angeles Times editor and columnist, will provide a platform for programs to serve and inspire students, professionals and the Latino community.
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