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Rafael Olmeda, immediate past president of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists (NAHJ), has been elected president of UNITY: Journalists of Color, Inc.

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Mr. Olmeda was chosen by UNITY’s board of directors at its fall board meeting last month. Barbara Ciara, president of the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) was elected vice-president, Michaela Saunders of the Native American Journalists Association (NAJA) was elected secretary and Jeanne Mariani-Belding, president of the Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA) was elected treasurer.

Their two-year terms begin on January 1, 2009.

“I consider this an honor, and I’m fortunate to be part of such a talented leadership team,” said Mr. Olmeda. “I look forward to working with our alliance partners and the industry, even in these challenging times, to advance UNITY’s mission of increasing diversity and insisting on fair coverage of our people and issues.”

In addition to being the immediate past president of NAHJ, Mr. Olmeda has served on both the UNITY and NAHJ board of directors. He is a senior writer at the Sun Sentinel in Fort Lauderdale and an adjunct professor at Florida International University. He previously worked as a reporter for the New York Daily News.

“I am very happy to be turning over the leadership of UNITY to a committed and capable executive team, led by a strong president,” said Karen Lincoln Michel, outgoing UNITY president. “Rafael takes over the presidency at a critical time when UNITY must expand beyond the perception that it exists solely to hold a convention every four years. Rafael is the leader who will take us there.”

About UNITY: Journalists of Color
UNITY: Journalists of Color, Inc. is a strategic alliance advocating news coverage about people of color, and aggressively challenging its organizations at all levels to reflect the nation’s diversity. UNITY, representing more than 10,000 journalists of color, is comprised of four national associations: Asian American Journalists Association, National Association of Black Journalists, National Association of Hispanic Journalists, and the Native American Journalists Association.

In addition to planning the largest regular gathering of journalists in the nation, UNITY develops programs and institutional relationships that promote its mission. For more information on UNITY, visit www.unityjournalists.org , email info@unityjournalists.org or call (703) 854-3585.
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CaribeVision Television Networks officially announced at a press conference held at the Bankers Club in Hato Rey the arrival at the network of journalist Ruben Sanchez and the premiere of his new TV show, ‘Ruben Sanchez Directo,’ (Ruben Sanchez Live) which will be broadcast starting on Monday, September 8 in prime time at 7 p.m. on Channel 24 in Puerto Rico, at 11 p.m. on Channel 34 in New York, and at midnight on Channel 48 in Miami, Florida.
‘Ruben Sanchez Directo’ will be the first program produced entirely in Puerto Rico by LatinUno and CaribeVision, broadcast from Puerto Rico to New York and Miami.
“This premiere marks the beginning of a professional relationship between CaribeVision, LatinUno and Ruben Sanchez which will include daily broadcasts of the program and the production of a number of specials timed to coincide with the election season. We are aware that CaribeVision has put its best foot forward with the television audience and ‘Ruben Sanchez Directo’ will strengthen our commitment on the island,” said Mayda Nazario, General Manager of CaribeVision Puerto Rico.
“‘Ruben Sanchez Directo’ provides a number of businesses with the opportunity to reach a wide diversity of TV viewers with many different points of view. The distinctive stamp and prestige of Ruben Sanchez offer the assurance of achieving a resounding success with the U.S. Hispanic market. The track record of this journalist places him on a level with the highest rated shows of the genre. We offer this opportunity to new clients as well as to those who have been with Ruben to continue supporting this famous reporter,” said Emilio Nicolas, President and CEO of Advertising for CaribeVision Television Networks.
LatinUno President Agustin Rosario commented, “it is a pleasure to embark on this new project with CaribeVision, which will be a product representative of CaribeVision in Puerto Rico. Ruben Sanchez’s program is a show of quality both for the local Latino market as well as for the Latino market in the United States, and now with this new partnership we will continue to reap every success.”
Xose Manuel Barreira, Director of Programming for CaribeVision Network had this to say: “We offer a warm welcome to Ruben, Agustin and his whole crew, with total confidence that with ‘Ruben Sanchez Directo,’ we are strengthening our programming and commitment to both the local and the international viewing audiences. To offer the public interesting programs with all the credibility that Ruben has to offer gives us more of an opportunity to reach households with varied, high quality programming that will set standards in the U.S. market.”
‘Ruben Sanchez Directo’ will maintain its original formula of newsworthy interviews of substance and impact; his inquisitive style sets the standard and the serious tone for each program. In this new phase the show will have the collaboration of Mayra Lopez Mulero; Dr. Wanda Smith; psychic, Vivian Carla; community leader, Papo Christian; consumer advocate, Dr. Shopper; anthropologist, Andrew Alvarez; motivator, Lily Garcia; political analyst, Adolfo Kranz; political panelists Roberto Prats, Alfredo Castellanos, Juan Dalmau and Nelson Rosario, along with celebrity reporters to round off the content of each show.
“I’m delighted to return to television after a brief absence, and now I’m coming to a new home with all kinds of plans… but with the same formula and impact as always,” said Ruben Sanchez in closing.
The show will be broadcast in Puerto Rico over WJPX — Channel 24 (San Juan), WIRS — Channel 42 (Arecibo), WKPV — Channel 20 (Ponce), WJWN — Channel 38 (Mayaguez), Choice Cable — Channel 6, Liberty Cable — Channel 24, One Link — Channel 24; in Miami by WFUN — Channel 48; and in New York by WPXO — Channel 34.
‘Ruben Sanchez Directo’ will be broadcast daily from the stage of the Ambassador Theater in Santurce. The theatre has been fitted out with scenery and fixtures as a television studio, and it is from there that the daily broadcast will be made, maintaining the same quality of guests and staff as ever.

FOR MORE INFORMATION GO TO THE OFFICIAL SITE OF CARIBEVISION
www.caribevision.com
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“Pulitzer Center’s recently launched reporting projects, which focuses on the conflict in the Petén region of Guatemala where environmentalists are currently struggling with the issue of how to best preserve the rapidly shrinking Maya forest.”

The UNITY Convention, considered the largest annual meeting of journalists around the world, kicks off tomorrow in Chicago.

It brings together the National Association of Black Journalists, the National Association of Hispanic Journalists, the Asian American Journalists Association, and the Native American Journalists Association. “*

Rick Sanchez is a Cuban-born correspondent and news anchor for CNN and CNN en Español. As one of the few Latino anchors on national news television, Sanchez has established himself as a seasoned journalist who has reported from war-torn Nicaragua, on the invasion of Grenada, and on the fall of Jean-Claude Duvalier’s regime in Haiti. In addition, Sanchez was a major part of CNN’s Peabody Award-winning coverage of Hurricane Katrina, during which he reported for eight continuous hours during live coverage. He received the distinguished journalist award from the American Medical Association and an Emmy for an autodocumentary series called Cuando salí de Cuba (When I left Cuba) chronicling his rise from Cuban immigrant to his position a major American news correspondent. Recently, he has joined with Latino organizations SiTV and Voto Latino to promote the Crash the Parties contest, which will allow two aspiring young Latino journalists to attend the Democratic and Republican national conventions while gaining valuable job-shadowing experience from Sanchez. “*

I’m pleased to announce that ZDNet has added another contributor to Between the Lines. Sam Diaz is our new senior editor based in San Francisco.”*