Valeria Fernández

We’re thrilled to welcome Ruxandra Guidi as Altavoz Lab’s new Fellowship Impact & Engagement Manager! 🎉

She’s been with us since the very beginning — a founding mentor who brings heart, clarity, and fierce commitment to community-rooted journalism. 💜

#AltavozLab #JournalismThatServes

Altavoz Lab Alum Feature: Valeria María Torres Nieves!

As a fellow, she helped expose the systemic neglect of pregnant students at UPR, and her reporting led to real policy change.

Now at El Nuevo Día and Primera Hora, she’s still holding power to account.

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💸 Freelance smarter, not harder! 🧾
Join our powerhouse panel on how to set your rates and negotiate with confidence.

🎙️ Featuring:
Alma Campos
Zaydee Sanchez
Katherine Reynolds Lewis
🎤 Mod: Valeria Fernández

📅 Wed, July 9 | 11 AM
📍 Willford B, Hilton Hotel, Chicago

#freelance #NAHJ25 #journalism

Una oportunidad muy buena para personas en medios en español.

🚨 Applications open!
Altavoz Lab is offering up to $8K + mentoring for journalists reporting in/for underrepresented communities.
🌎 English or Spanish
📍 U.S. and Puerto Rico
⏳ Deadline: July 18
🔗 altavozlab.com/community-jo...
#JournalismFellowship

Join me, @erkabettycarlos.bsky.social, @valeriafernandez.bsky.social & @ric02sp.bsky.social to explore:
🤝 Building trust and non-extractive relationships
📝 Concrete strategies for community-first reporting
📣 Collaborative partnerships and service journalism
📅 Details: bit.ly/nahj25-immig...

Looking forward to this panel in great company.
➡️ @erkabettycarlos.bsky.social
➡️ @amzam.bsky.social
➡️ @ric02sp.bsky.social

@morelatinosinnews.bsky.social

I’m really honored to me in the company of these colleagues. Thank you. I can’t help to think about every single mentor I’ve had.

🌟 The 2025 Altavoz Lab Fellowship is open!
Are you a community journalist with a powerful story that needs support?
📰 Up to $8K for your reporting
💥 Up to $3K for engaging your audience
🌍 Focused on journalists in disinvested areas
altavozlab.com/community-jo...
#AltavozLab

Sigue el enlace y elige en qué idioma quieres el boletín de @altavozlab.bsky.social. Así tendrás acceso a info de nuestras becas, otros recursos y leer los reportajes de otros colegas. Si quieres que destaquemos tu trabajo envíanos un email a info@altavozlab.com. altavozlab.com/subscribe-to...

Help us Create the Nick Oza Visual Fellowship Visual storytelling is a gift to future generations. Pulitzer Prize winner Nick Oza told Arizona’s immigrant stories with heart. Help keep his legacy alive and support an Altavoz Lab fellowship for co...

Gracias a Beatriz Limón por invitarnos a la Hora del Cafecito de @conectaarizona.bsky.social para hablar de cómo estamos creando una beca para fotoperiodistas en honor de Nick Oza. Si aún no donaron pueden hacerlo aquí. Quedan 10 días! fundrazr.com/ozafellowshi...

Help us Create the Nick Oza Visual Fellowship Visual storytelling is a gift to future generations. Pulitzer Prize winner Nick Oza told Arizona’s immigrant stories with heart. Help keep his legacy alive and support an Altavoz Lab fellowship for co...

fundrazr.com/ozafellowshi...

From lens to legacy: How a mural, a fellowship and a community keep Nick Oza's vision alive - AZ Luminaria The “Nick Oza Visual Fellowship” is aimed at photographers like Nick, who see the camera not only as a tool, but as a bridge to connect with underrepresented communities.

Learn more about photojournalist Nick Oza in this article from artists, photographers and journalists in Arizona. This is why we are fundraising to create a fellowship in his honor @altavozlab.bsky.social. Donate link in comments.

azluminaria.org/2025/05/20/f...

Our journalist peers are our mentors too. In this profession humanity matters and Nick Oza reflected it in his images. Help us create more opportunities for photojournalists like him, passionate and rooted in their communities. DONATE today, share, join us. @altavozlab.bsky.social

Join us and became part of these peer groups at a time that we need each other the most. Let’s get together!

Please read this story and the words of photojournalist Kaoly Gutierrez. How we rebuild, how we grieve and how we understand those we love that have been impacted by tragedy.

I'm wrapping up my week at the #KnightMediaForum in Miami, where @fi2w.org alumni and collaborators @martinaguzman.bsky.social , @valeriafernandez.bsky.social, @maritzafelix.bsky.social, and Alfredo Corchado were showing up for immigrant journalism.

NYC’s deliveristas keep the city moving, but they’re facing new challenges. #LosDeliveristasunidos is fighting back against a bill that could add costs & risks for delivery workers—many of whom are immigrants. www.palabranahj.org/archive/the-...

Journalists of color often cover traumatic stories without the support they need, leading many to leave the industry. @tinavasquez.bsky.social explores this in a new @palabranahj.bsky.social story.

Help us better understand these challenges, fill out our anonymous survey:
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.@rubengallego.bsky.social made history as Arizona’s first Latino U.S. Senator after years of grassroots organizing. His journey, shaped by his service as a Marine and work in Congress, reflects Arizona’s shifting political and demographic landscape.@coracervantes.bsky.social @url-media.bsky.social

El sheriff fronterizo pro armas y provida que perdió la lealtad de sus vecinos por ser tachado de “blando” con la inmigración — palabra. La inmigración no forma parte del trabajo de Joe Frank Martínez. Pero en Del Río, Texas, al igual que en otras comunidades mayoritariamente latinas del país, es un tema que está trastocando viejas lea...

“¿Tenemos realmente un sistema que está roto, o tenemos una maquinaria política que está rota?” Sheriff Martínez sobre la política cambiante en Del Río. Historia de Perla Trevizo, publicada originalmente por @propublica.org en colaboración con @texastribune.org. bit.ly/3OQkj1C

Chicago Advocates and Clinicians Come Together to Support the Mental Health of Immigrants — palabra. At a time of dire threat, activists reignite a movement to provide healing through "radical hope" and vow to organize and protect those most vulnerable.

In Chicago there’s a push to organize to support immigrants ahead of the new Trump administration. This story by Alma Campos in partnership with MindSite News showcases creative new and old ways to provide that assistance. www.palabranahj.org/archive/chic...

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Hi, Bluesky community. I’m an immigrant from Uruguay, a storyteller, a journalist. The managing editor @palabranahj.bsky.social and I invite you to visit our powerful outlet. We work with BIPOC freelancers, we challenge our own narratives. We learn, we grow, we believe in the power of journalism.