Florida Hispanic Press Association launches.

A group of 26 journalists announced the formation of the Florida Hispanic Press Association and its first all day conference and luncheon awards ceremony.

The group consists of several membership levels that are created to encompass all those professionals who serve media and the transmission of news, commentary, news features, documentaries, videos and production professionals.

The Purpose of this group:

1. To maintain the highest ethical standards of journalism.
2. To educate through the journalistic process.
3. To promote, hire, maintain and highlight Hispanics in Journalism practiced in
corporate America.
4. To maintain an independence of the process of investigation and reporting.
5. To provide educational forums to: (a) Advance the levels of professionalism through
educational forums and dialog created specifically for the professional journalist.
(b) To encourage and develop the talent of our gifted youth in our community through the
creation of mechanisms of exposure that will encourage Hispanic youth to write and
express themselves through the written word, video expression and graphics.

The Florida Hispanic Press Association has scheduled it’s first conference:

*February 11, 2011 *Location: Sheraton Hotel, Downtown Orlando

The Florida Press Association will be fully responsible for the financial arrangements of the Conference. The Operating Committee will develop the program. An Executive Operating Committee, 5 people, will be named through volunteers based upon time availability to work on the event program. There will be a monthly meeting. There will be weekly meetings re: conference calls or actual face to face based upon availability of operating committee members. A student coordinator will be appointed to contact and arrange for students to attend conference and a continuing mentoring program.

Migdalia Fernandez has been contracted to be Coordinator of this event program.

First Meeting of Operating Committee will be scheduled for September 9, 2010, 5:30 p.m., at La Prensa, 685 S. Ronald Reagan Blvd., Longwood, Florida 32750.

Operating Committee

Orlando Rodriguez, Writer Artefacto S
Herfel Torres, Bratva Film Group Orlando
Carlos Borges, Brazilian Times, Ft. Lauderdale
Danny Ramos, Host Lisa M. Pietri, Admin/Co-Host Bright House Networks, CH 49 Hispanics SpeakOut TV
Sandra Carrasquillo, Clear Channel, News Reporter “Mujer de Hoy”- WPRD 1440 AM
Jesenia Toribio, El Sol de la Florida Newspaper
Magda Ivette, News Analysis
En Agenda, Latina 1580 AM
Peter Morales, Epico Magazine
Duarte Geraldino, Fox News
Migdalia Fernandez, Journalist
Paula Beltran, Journalist
Paula Matos, La Gazeta & The Brazilian Times
Ruben Funes, La Prensa Orlando
Juan Carlos Valdez, Marketwire, Miami –NY
Marta Rojas, Merca2 Magazine, Redred Communications
Elizabeth Dowell, Mercado Magazine
Teresa Frontado, Miami Herald
Binsen J, Photographer
Fernando Toro, Radio Host
Anthony Suarez, Esq. “I Need to Know”-La Grande 1030AM
Jose Miranda, “Yo Soy Latino”-WEUS 810 AM
Claribel Collazo, Telemundo
Homan Machuca, Telemundo
Tico Perez, Telemundo
Jackie Mendez, Tu Revista Mujer
Abdiel Gomez, Univisión