El Tiempo Latino Honored as Outstanding Weekly for Sixth Time From: businesswire.com
Tagged: judge, newspaper, Washington DCPosted on: April 24th, 2008
The National Association of Hispanic Publications (NAHP) announced the 2007 winners of the José Martí Publishing Awards which honor Excellence in Hispanic Print Media. El Tiempo Latino received a Gold (first place) award as Outstanding Weekly and in total received ten awards including eight Gold, one Silver, and one Bronze as follows:
Gold Awards: Outstanding Weekly, Written Word, Design, Sports Section, Real Estate Section, Cultural Photo, Sports Photo and Editorial Cartoon
Silver Award: Classified Section
Bronze Award: Auto Section
Winners were announced at NAHP’s 23rd annual conference in Atlanta, Georgia from April 16 to April 19, 2008. This is the sixth time that El Tiempo Latino has been recognized as Outstanding Hispanic Weekly by NAHP.
The José Martí Awards honor Hispanic media for excellence in Written Word, Photography, Cartooning, Sections, Marketing, Design and Overall Publishing. There were over 500 entries judged at an event hosted by McGraw-Hill in New York City last month.
“This year’s winners of the José Martí Awards are the best of the best and we applaud them for their excellence and challenge all our members to strive for excellence daily,” said Clara Padilla, president of the NAHP.
Alberto Avendaño, Associate Publisher of El Tiempo Latino, said “I feel proud of belonging to a small organization of high achievers. ETL’s journalists, designers, and sales representatives work hard and bring prestige to the thriving reality of Spanish media in the United States.”
The National Association of Hispanic Publications is the preeminent organization representing leading Hispanic Publications in the United States. Founded in 1982, the NAHP represents newspapers and magazines which reach over 50% of the Hispanic households in the United States.
El Tiempo Latino is the largest independent Hispanic weekly serving Washington DC, Maryland and Northern Virginia since 1991. Since 2004, it has been a publication of The Washington Post Company.”*
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