January
2, 2008
Dear
Friends of
CCNMA:
CCNMA:
Latino Journalists of California is proud to announce the
9th
Annual Ruben Salazar
Journalism Awards competition to recognize stories and photographs
that exemplify
journalism excellence while contributing to a better understanding of
Latinos
in the United States by portraying Latinos fairly and accurately.
Awards
will be
presented in each of five categories:
Print, Television, Radio, Commentary, and Print Photography. The
competition
is not limited to CCNMA members or to Latinos, but the stories must
have been
published or broadcast in
The
awards are
named after the late Ruben Salazar, who at the time of his death in
1970 was a
columnist for the Los Angeles Times
and news director of Spanish-language television station KMEX in Los
Angeles. Salazar was covering the
Chicano anti-Vietnam War Moratorium in East Los Angeles when a tear gas
projectile fired by a Sheriff’s deputy killed him.
Salazar
had a
keen sense of perspective and introspective in providing insight into
the
Latino community. As the Los
Angeles Times eulogized him, Salazar
was “sometimes an angry man as he observed the inequities around him,
yet he
spoke out with a calm vigor that made his words all the more impressive
and
influential.”
That
is the type
of journalism that we want to recognize.
Winners
will be
recognized at the annual CCNMA Scholarship Banquet on June 6, 2008, in
For a
contest entry form with contest rules please click here.
The filing deadline for entries is Friday, March 14, 2008.
I
hope you will
participate in helping us recognize the coverage of Latinos as an
integral part
of daily journalism in California.
Sincerely,
Julio
Moran
Executive
Director