Biographical / Historical
Scope and Contents
Conditions Governing Access
Conditions Governing Use
Rights Statement for Archival Description
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Related Materials
Preferred Citation
Processing Information
Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Title: CCNMA: Latino Journalists of California records
Creator:
California Chicano News Media Association
Identifier/Call Number: 0577
Identifier/Call Number: /repositories/3/resources/3393
Physical Description:
47.77 Linear Feet
45 boxes
Date (inclusive): 1972-2017
Language of Material:
English
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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.
Scope and Contents
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.
Conditions Governing Access
Advance notice required for access.
Conditions Governing Use
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Department of Special
Collections at specol@usc.edu. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical
items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
Rights Statement for Archival Description
Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from CCNMA: Latino Journalists of California, May 16, 2023.
Related Materials
See also related archival collections held by the USC Libraries' Boeckmann Center for Iberian and Latin American Studies:
- Frank O. Sotomayor papers, Collection no. 0549, Boeckmann Center for Iberian and Latin American Studies, Special Collections,
USC Libraries, University of Southern California;
- Ruben Salazar papers, Collection no. 0547, Boeckmann Center for Iberian and Latin American Studies, Special Collections, USC
Libraries, University of Southern California;
- Bob Navarro papers, Collection no. 0594, Boeckmann Center for Iberian and Latin American Studies, Special Collections, USC
Libraries, University of Southern California.
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
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.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Hispanic American journalists -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources
Hispanic Americans -- California -- Archival resources
Journalists -- California -- Los Angeles -- 20th century -- Archival resources
Mexican American journalists -- California -- Archival resources
Mexican Americans -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources
Professional associations -- California -- Archival resources
Journalism -- California -- Societies, etc. -- Archival resources
Administrative records
Audiotapes
Bylaws (administrative records)
clippings files
Correspondence
Moving images
Newsletters
Programs (documents)
Reports
California Chicano News Media Association -- Archives
National Association of Hispanic Journalists (U.S.) -- Archives
Olmo, Frank del, 1948-2004 -- Archives
Ramos, George -- Archives
Salazar, Ruben, 1928-1970 -- Archives
Sotomayor, Frank -- Archives