Make Your Voice Heard! Complete the National Survey on the State of Latino Journalists – NAHJ

The dramatic changes in the news media in the U.S. present many challenges for today’s journalists, regardless of age or level of experience. Please take some time to fill out this survey. The information gathered will help us all move forward.

Among the issues covered are:

· What are their places of employment: Latino-oriented media, general market media, freelance or independent?
· What are their working conditions and do they plan to stay working as journalists?
· What health coverage and contracts do they have (or not)?
· What retooling do they need and seek?
· How can NAHJ improve its outreach and assistance to Latino journalists?

This national survey will assess the current state of Latino journalists in the United States. The study being conducted online is directed to Latino journalists who work for Latino-oriented media, general market media, or as freelancers and independent journalists; and for all journalists, regardless of ethnicity, who work for Latino-oriented media. The survey is available in English and in Spanish.

NAHJ believes that the survey will benefit Latino journalists enormously because we don’t have current statistics that indicate fundamental information about the nation’s Latino journalists, including their current professional and future training and educational needs. So your response is really needed and truly valued!

The study is made possible thanks to a collaboration of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists and the Center for the Study of Latino Media & Markets at the School of Journalism & Mass Communication, Texas State University-San Marcos.

The principal investigator is Professor Federico Subervi, who has done other studies for NAHJ: the 2004 Survey of News Professionals at Spanish-language Media in the U.S.; and the 2004 & 2005 Brownout Reports. His main collaborator is Professor María de los Angeles Flores from Texas A&M International University.

The media dynamics have changed significantly since the 2004 NAHJ survey and more Latinos are working for general market media and as freelancers. Those latter two groups of journalists were not queried in the previous survey, but will be included in this one. You are encouraged to send this message along to the appropriate colleagues in your newsroom, in other newsrooms, and those who you know work independently as journalists. We seek a strong representation of journalists who work in English-language media, in Spanish-language media or in both, so please help spread the word.

To access the survey, please click on survey.education.txstate.edu/mrIWeb/mrIWeb.dll?I.Project=LATINOSWORKINGFP. The survey link will remain active until December 15, 2010. All answers to the survey will remain anonymous.  For more information, please contact professor Subervi at subervi@txstate.edu or (512) 250-0487, or professor Flores at maflores@tamiu.edu.

Please help yourself and your fellow journalists with just a few minutes of your time. Fill out the survey today and spread the word! Thank you.

Sincerely,
Iván Román
NAHJ Executive Director

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