Goodbye to NAHJ Founder Cristina Silva

A sad day for NAHJ Nevada: We said goodbye to our founder, Associated Press reporter Cristina Silva (left; with Annette Raveneau). Thanks for sharing your vision for what our group can be. Buena suerte in your adventures as a foreign correspondent!

Meet Your NAHJ Nevada Leadership Team 2012-13

We held elections for our 2012-13 NAHJ Nevada leadership team today at the Lindo Michoacan restaurant in Las Vegas. And the winners were:

• Michelle Rindels, Associated Press Reporter - President
• Hernando Amaya, El Tiempo newspaper Editor-in-Chief - Vice President
• Marco Villarreal, Channel 13 Action News Reporter - Secretary/Treasurer
• Eden Soto Alva, Channel 15 Univision Reporter - Graphic Designer
• Annette Raveneau, Know Your Care Spokeswoman - Publicity Coordinator
• Michelle Alejandra Booth, NDOT Public Relations - Recruitment Officer

"The Language of Immigration" Panel Discussion

NAHJ Nevada's "The Language of Immigration" panel was held Saturday, June 16, and hosted by the Mexican Consul of Las Vegas. Dozens of journalists and community activists turned out to learn more about the implications of the words we use to discuss immigration. Our panelists included El Mundo Editor Eddie Escobedo Jr. and Las Vegas Review-Journal Editor Mike Hengel; immigration law professor Fatma Marouf and linguistics professor Steven McCafferty, and DREAM Act activist Astrid Silva.