It is with great pleasure that Latino Journalists of California CCNMA announces the finalists for the 2023 Ruben Salazar Awards.
Since 1979, CCNMA has bestowed the Ruben Salazar Award to California journalists who have exemplified journalistic excellence while contributing to a better understanding of Latinos in the United States through fair and accurate reporting.
Since 2021, the award has been open to all journalists across the nation.
The winners will be announced Friday Dec. 8th at 8:30am pt during the Latinas Breakfast that will also be honoring the 2023 Most Influential Latinas in journalism and media at the ASU California Center Broadway 1111 S Broadway Los Angeles, CA.
An independent judging panel of journalists from across the country reviewed the entries and determined the following top entries in three categories: TV/Radio, Digital and Commentary/Opinion.
Here are the finalists (in alphabetical order):
TV/RADIO
Survivors of Uvalde school shooting honored - ABC Good Morning America3, Maria Elena Salinas & Stephanie Mendez
Foro Contra el Racismo: Día de Sanación - Leticia Herrera, Telemundo News Network
Many California Families Can't Access Mental Health Care for Kids. This East Palo Alto Mom Found a Way - Blanca Torres, KQED
DIGITAL
The Art of the Rope: How This Charro Completo is Preserving Trick Roping in the United States - Cynthia Rebolledo, KCET
The Zoot Suit Riots Cruise brings back ‘a forgotten era’ - Steve Saldivar, LA Times
COMMENTARY/OPINION
A Culture of Fear: Santa Ana's Political Machine - Ray Diaz, Knock LA
Francisco Torres and Brandon Lopez, 130 Years and Half a Mile Apart - Ray Diaz, Voice of OC
The independent panel of judges were:
Gilbert Bailon, Executive Editor, WBEZ Chicago
Dino Chiecchi, UTEP Journalism Professor, Frmr El Paso Times Managing Editor, Frmr Administrative Editor of San Antonio Express-News
Maryhelen Campa, Deputy Bureau Chief, Southern Region at CBS News
Maria Newman, Senior staff editor at The New York Times
