NAHJ Hall of Fame
Created in 2000, NAHJ's Hall of Fame honors those journalists whose efforts either nationally or
locally have resulted in a greater number of Latinos entering the journalism profession or have
helped to improve news coverage of the nation's Latino community.
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H O N O R E ES
Robert Alaníz, Manager, Community Affairs, KCBS-TV, Los Angeles and President, California
Association for Latinos in Broadcasting
Charlie Ericksen, Co-founder, Hispanic Link News Service
Jesus Dávila, Reporter, El Diario/La Prensa
Juan Manuel García Passalaqua, attorney, educational foundation, Puerto Rico
Gustavo Godoy, Vice President, News Director, Spanish International Network, (later became
Univisión)
Frank Gómez, Deputy Assistant U.S. Secretary of State, Public Affairs
Juan González, Reporter, Philadelphia Daily News
Paula Maes, Public Affairs Director, KOB-TV, Albuquerque, N.M.
Guillermo Martínez, Columnist, Editorial Board Member, The Miami Herald
Henry Mendoza, News director, KBAK-TV, Bakersfield, Ca.
Maggie Rivas Rodríguez, Reporter, The Boston Globe
Jay Rodríguez, Vice President of Corporate Communications, NBC
María Elena Salinas, Reporter, Anchor and Public Affairs Host, KMEX-TV, Los Angeles
Edith Sayre Auslander, Assistant Professor, Journalism, University of Arizona
Norma Sosa, Reporter, Editor, Chicago Sun-Times
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H O N O R E ES
Gilbert Bailon, Editor, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
David Gonzalez, Columnist, Side Street Blog; Co-editor, Lens Blog, New York Times
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HONOREE
CCNMA: Latino Journalists of California, an organization dedicated to promoting diversity in
the news media in California
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Ernest Sotomayor, Assistant Dean for Career Services at Columbia University Graduate School
of Journalism
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HONOREES
Ray Suarez, senior correspondent, PBS “The NewsHour”
Gloria Campos, anchor, WFAA-TV (Dallas)
2009
HONOREES
Geraldo Rivera, host, Fox’s newsmagazine “Geraldo-at-Large”
Ysabel Durón, anchor, KRON-TV (San Francisco) “Weekend Morning News”
Juan Gonzales, founder and editor, El Tecolote; professor of journalism, City College of San
Francisco
2008
HONOREES
Juan Gonzalez, columnist New York Daily News; former president, NAHJ
Maggie Rivas-Rodriguez, professor, University of Texas at Austin, media activist
Francisco P. Ramirez, founder, El Clamor Publico (Los Angeles)
2007
HONOREES
Cecilia Alvear, a former NAHJ president and retired producer from NBC
Rigo Chacón, three time Emmy winner and president of Rigo Chacón and Associates (RCA)
George Ramos, a three-time Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter with the Los Angeles Times and
former chair of the Cal Poly Journalism Department
2006
HONOREES
María Elena Salinas, a founding member of NAHJ and a veteran anchor of Noticiero Univision
Henry Alfaro, one of the first Mexican-American TV reporters who worked for 35 years at
ABC7 in Los Angeles
2005
HONOREE
Gerald Garcia, Jr., founding member and the first president of NAHJ
2004
HONOREE
Ignacio E. Lozano, Sr. founded La Opinión, the nation's oldest Mexican American daily
newspaper.
2003
HONOREES
Dr. Mary Adelaide Gardner was a former professor of journalism at Michigan State University
and a journalism scholar
Albor Ruiz, columnist, New York Daily News
2002
HONOREES
Paul Espinosa, independent producer, writer and director
Félix Gutiérrez, author, educator and activist
Frank del Olmo was an associate editor at the Los Angeles Times
Frank O. Sotomayor, assistant METPRO director and hiring editor, Los Angeles Times
2001
HONOREES
Charlie Ericksen is the founder of Hispanic Link News Service in Washington, D.C.
Edith Sayre Auslander is a former reporter and editor at the Arizona Daily Star and former
professor at the University of Arizona
Peter Moraga was a pioneer in radio journalism in California and Arizona
2000
HONOREES
Rubén Salazar was a columnist for the Los Angeles Times and the news director of KMEX
Elma Barrera, a reporter for ABC's Channel 13, was the first Hispanic female reporter in the
Houston market in 1972
Sylvan Rodríguez was an anchor at KHOU-TV 11 in Houston