🧵1/ When the Investigative and Data Reporting Task Force launched on April 2021, it became obvious that there's a great need to create a pipeline for Latinx journos to produce investigative and data driven work but also work on management roles. @NAHJ@YCabreraOC@fajardonews
2/ Since then, we organized in subcommittees and met monthly. At the investigative and data subcommittee, we brainstormed needs and provided training for our members. Special thanks to members who helped @DanielaIbarraTV & speakers @Kimbriell@AvQueenBenet@TaliaBuford@NAHJ
8/ Now that we are done with the conference, it is time to resume meetings and continue the fight because this is never-ending work that matters. ✊ My hero John Lewis used to say: This is good trouble and necessary trouble." @NAHJ#MoreLatinosinNews
9/ I'm asking you @NAHJ 📢 member: You want change? Here's your chance. The Task Force is resuming meetings next month. Come and join us! Porque Si se puede! DM me. #MoreLatinosinNews
"Never let anyone — any person or any force — dampen, dim or diminish your light." - John Lewis
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🧵 1/Last Saturday, I attended @spj_tweets National Board meeting to urge the board to consider killing its training program with Facebook, which I described as an evil platform. Why? I was one of those trainers and didn't go beyond providing two training sessions.
🧵 2/ I joined the team of trainers because they were looking for Spanish speakers. Facebook has a foundation and they provide funding for programs like the one with SPJ where they work with journalists to train newsrooms and college students about this evil platform. Yes, evil.
🧵 3/ FB foundation also provides scholarships for college students and programs to mentor nonprofit leaders. It's truly disgusting how they are buying goodwill w/ money as they continue to ignore how FB has evolved into a tool to spread racism, hate, and propaganda.