During the height of the pandemic, New York University journalism professor Yvonne Latty had to teach some of her students on Zoom and others in the classroom at the same time. Her glasses fogged up while wearing a mask. So she got contacts. She had to also consider how much she spoke as her mouth…
The arrest of CNN journalist Omar Jimenez on live television isn’t just about the First Amendment. It’s also about race. Journalists of color with The National Association of Black Journalists and The National Association of Hispanic Journalists clearly saw it that way with swift condemnations on social media. “#NABJ condemns the arrest of Black reporter…
Former U.S. Surgeon General Antonia Novello once said, “Viruses and bacteria don’t ask for a green card.” In 1990, she became the first woman and the first Hispanic to be named Surgeon General of the United States. George H. Bush was then president. Now 30 years later, with the Covid-19 worldwide health pandemic, we are…