9News Date Change

Hi Everyone,

A GREAT opportunity has arose for next week. A multimedia specialist, Fernando Diaz, will be visiting the SJMC next Wednesday (4/21). This will be an awesome opportunity to learn and network from Mr. Diaz at a brown bag lunch at noon in Armory 1B01. More information is below.

We will be rescheduling the 9News Tour to Wednesday (4/28) from 11:00am-12:30. We will still have the same opportunity to view the noon broadcast. We can only have a maximum of 20 people to attend so you MUST RSVP in order to reserve your spot on the tour. Please RSVP to Dave Martinez (david.martinez@colorado.edu) asap to take advantage of this great opportunity. We will be carpooling down to Denver so If you have a car and are willing to drive please let Dave know in your RSVP.

If you have any questions please contact Dave or myself. Thank you!


Joey Maestas
MEMO Chair
jmaestas@mac.com
www.cumemo.blogspot.com

Begin forwarded message:

From: David C Martinez

Date: April 16, 2010 4:09:52 PM MDT

To: David Martinez

Cc: Dave Martinez , Anthea Marcelle Johnson

Subject: Interested in being a multi-media journalist.... Find out how....

Dear Students,

Join us for lunch on Wednesday, April 21 at Noon in Armory 1B01.

Mr. Fernando Diaz is hoping to share his experiences in pursing

a career as a multi-media journalist and in higher management.

His bio below.

Fernando Diaz is the managing editor of Hoy Chicago, responsible for editorial strategy across print and digital platforms and collaboration with Chicago Tribune’s newsroom.

Before joining Hoy, Fernando was ChicagoNow.com's community manager for news and opinion, where he contributed to the site’s success by creating dynamic content as well as recruiting a diverse base of bloggers; including crafting a post that generated 2.3 million page views. Prior to joining the Tribune Company, he was a bilingual investigative reporter at The Chicago Reporter, producing exclusive, computer-assisted reports on social justice issues and before that, a daily newspaper reporter covering local government at the Daily Herald and Democrat & Chronicle (Rochester, NY).

He is a graduate of Columbia College Chicago and a Maryland native. He is on the boards of the Chicago Association of Hispanic Journalists, the Chicago Journalists Association and the National Association of Hispanic Journalists who in 2008 recognized him as its emerging journalist of the year. He was named a finalist for the Livingston Award 2008 and was selected as an ethnic media fellow of the Institute for Justice and Journalism that same year for a project on immigrants in the military. He is a member of IRE and lives in Pilsen, Chicago.