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Pride month. When I look back on the hate I proudly embraced and spat in your face, I have no pride. I am embarrassed. Embarrassed that it took me so long to see you as people deserving of dignity. As if I were better than you in any way. I was not. I am not.Continue reading “They cannot take your pride”

It wasn’t the haters who got him sick. It was not the people who said to his face ‘you’re wrong’ and trusted the science. It wasn’t the people who wear masks to protect other people from their breath. The left didn’t infect him. The media didn’t infect him. It wasn’t Black Lives Matter. It wasn’tContinue reading “Who infected Donald Trump?”

Congratulations to Nora Lopez, the new president of NAHJ; to Julio Cesar Chavez, the new vice president of broadcast; Yvette Cabrera, the returning VP of online; Arelis Hernandez, the new VP of print; Secretary Blanca Rios; Financial Officer Keldy Ortiz; At-Large Officers Mc Nelly Torres, Jennifer Marcial Ocasio and Jessica Retis; and student rep LuisContinue reading “I lost. NAHJ won. Thank you, voters!”

My latest NAHJ Olmeda-for-Secretary campaign video. The NAHJ national board election runs from Sept. 28 through Oct. 2 (not that you’d know it from looking at the NAHJ website. That’s something we need to fix). NAHJ members, watch your e-mail for announcements!

I’m humbled. This weekend, the members of the Society of Professional Journalists elected me and Claire Regan to join the national board as at-large directors. I accept the honor with humility. Three excellent candidates ran and did not get as many votes. I’m not saying they “lost” because they didn’t. Haisten Willis, Andrew Seaman andContinue reading “Thank you, SPJ voters!”

I would like to extend my thanks to the NAHJ elections committee for its hard work in putting this forum together and giving us an opportunity to make our pitch to members. The forum is in the above video, and my pitch for secretary is below. At this time, I am endorsing Nora Lopez forContinue reading “NAHJ 2020 Candidates Forum”

I am running for a seat on the board of directors of the Society of Professional Journalists. Watch the video below and click here for my SPJ platform. I am also running for secretary of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists. Click here for my NAHJ platform. Can someone serve on two boards at once?Continue reading “For SPJ. For NAHJ. For Journalism”

It didn’t last terribly long. Pete Hamill was top editor at the New York Daily News for, what, eight, nine months? He and I never had a one-one-one conversation that wasn’t small talk. But, man, was he an inspiration. He set a tone in the newsroom and for news coverage that I’ve never seen matchedContinue reading “Pete Hamill, Newsman, 1935-2020”

I’m gonna vent. I’ve grown weary and impatient on social media.  A friend once asked when I became so angry, and I had to bite my tongue to stop myself from saying how are you not?   I say “Black Lives Matter.” They respond “All Lives Matter.” Someone else says “Blue Lives Matter.” They respondContinue reading “It’s. Not. Politics.”