2014 Minority Leadership Institutes
In 2014, ASNE hosted three Minority Leadership Institutes and trained 35 mid-level editors and business executives from news organizations around the country.
First Minority Leadership Institute
When and where: July 30-31, before the NABJ Convention & Career Fair in Boston
Generous sponsors: The American Press Institute, The McClatchy Company Foundation, the Scripps Howard Foundation, the Robert R. McCormick Foundation, the Naples Daily News and ASNE members
Participants:
- Tammy Clayburn, Turner Broadcasting System
- Anthony Cook, Alabama Media Group
- Akemi Harrison, KXTV
- Kim Johnson, The Associated Press
- Jerry McCormick, KOIN
- Philana Patterson, The Associated Press
- Donna Stewart, KNSD
- Will Sutton, Grambling State University
- Tracy Neil, ESPN
- Maria Reeve, Minneapolis Star Tribune
- Shiree Woody
Second Minority Leadership Institute
When and where: Aug. 6-7, before the NAHJ Multimedia Convention & Career Expo in San Antonio
Generous sponsors: The American Press Institute, The McClatchy Company Foundation, the Scripps Howard Foundation, the Robert R. McCormick Foundation, the Naples Daily News and ASNE members
Participants:
- Pedro Caderón Michel, Telemundo (Denver)
- Josefina Casati, Austin American-Statesman
- Erika Cerebros, BabyCenter.com (San Francisco)
- María Antonieta Mejía, Univision (San Francisco)
- John-Henri Perera, Houston Chronicle
- Patrick Senat, Advance Local
- Carlos Tamez, Telemundo (Houston)
Third Minority Leadership Institute
When and where: Sept. 14-15, before the ASNE-APME conference in Chicago
Generous sponsors: Northwestern University and the Scripps Howard Foundation
Participants:
- Megan Barrow, Miami Herald
- Mike Cruz, Los Angeles News Group
- Sharif Durhams, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
- Mesfin Fekadu, The Associated Press
- Issac Guerrero, Rockford Register Star
- Anthony McCartney, The Associated Press
- Renae Merle, The Washington Post
- Toni Momberger, Redlands (Calif.) Daily Facts
- Cara Owsley, Cincinnati Enquirer
- Norm Parish, Chicago Sun-Times
- Alesia Redding, South Bend Tribune
- Alex Rodriguez, Chicago Tribune
- Carlos Ayulo Santiago, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
- Elise De Los Santos, RedEye (Chicago Tribune)
- Kiichiro Sato, The Associated Press
- Getahn Ward, The Tennessean
- Donna Weaver, The Press of Atlantic City (N.J.)