CCNMA: Latino Journalists of California records, 1972-2017

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Summary

Title:
CCNMA: Latino Journalists of California records
Dates:
1972-2017
Creators:
California Chicano News Media Association
Extent:
47.77 Linear Feet 45 boxes
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

[Box/folder no. or item name], CCNMA: Latino Journalists of California records, Collection no. 0577, Boeckmann Center for Iberian and Latin American Studies, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California

Background

Scope and content:

The CCNMA: Latino Journalists of California records comprise the organizational records of the non-profit, professional organization currently known as CCNMA: Latino Journalists of California. CCNMA, formerly known as the California Chicano News Media Association, promotes diversity in news media by providing encouragement, scholarships, and educational programs for Latinos pursuing careers in journalism. CCNMA was founded in 1972 in Los Angeles, California. The CCNMA records consist of correspondence, reports, administrative records, photographs, subject files, clippings, audiovisual material, event programs, and other material created by the organization from its founding in 1972 through its more recent activities in the 2010s. The collection documents the history of CCNMA as well as many of its educational and professional programs, including the CCNMA's various scholarship funds, such as the Joel Garcia Memorial and Frank del Olmo Memorial scholarships; the Ruben Salazar Journalism Awards; the Journalism Opportunities Conference (JOC) hosted annually by CCNMA; and the various CCNMA journalism workshops for high school and college students. Lastly, the collection holds material relating to the creation and publication of CCNMA's quarterly newsletter, El Sol.

Biographical / historical:

The following information was copied from the CCNMA website (https://www.ccnma.org/about) on July 17, 2023.

CCNMA: Latino Journalists of California is a non-profit, professional organization that aims to promote diversity in the news media by providing encouragement, scholarships and educational programs for Latinos pursuing careers in journalism. The organization's mission is to foster an accurate and fair portrayal of Latinos in the news, and to promote the social, economic and professional advancement of Latino journalists.

CCNMA was founded in 1972 in Los Angeles, and it is the oldest regional organization of journalists of color in the country. The association first offered scholarships in 1976 to Latino journalism students, and in 1978 held its first job fair. In 1979 an executive office was established at the University of Southern California's Annenberg School for Communication. In 2012 CCNMA relocated to Santa Monica, Ca. where we are now housed by the ASU Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication. CCNMA is widely respected within the industry for its educational and professional programs, which have helped increase the number of journalists of color in the news media. This includes sponsoring workshops, a scholarship program which has awarded more than $800,000 to more than 800 students, and staging the largest job fair on the West Coast for journalists of color.

Acquisition information:
Purchased from CCNMA: Latino Journalists of California, May 16, 2023.
Processing information:

The CCNMA: Latino Journalists of California records are minimally processed with box-level descriptive records.

Most of the boxes in this collection came to USC with brief labels handwritten on the outside of each box. During accessioning and re-boxing, the archivist re-used the previous box labels as the titles of this finding aid's box-level descriptive records. Boxes that came to USC without labels have record titles enclosed in brackets.

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Describing Archives: A Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Bo Doub
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2023-07-20 10:55:18 -0700 .

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Preferred citation:

[Box/folder no. or item name], CCNMA: Latino Journalists of California records, Collection no. 0577, Boeckmann Center for Iberian and Latin American Studies, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California

Location of this collection:
Special Collections
Doheny Memorial Library, Room 209
Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189, US
Contact:
(213) 740-5900
specol@usc.edu
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