NAHJ Board Passes Resolutions on Minority Ownership, Digital Broadcasting and Wireless Broadband Networks

NAHJ Board Passes Resolutions on Minority Ownership, Digital Broadcasting and Wireless Broadband Networks

FORT WORTH, Texas, June 20 /PRNewswire/ -- The board of directors of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists announced during the association's 23rd Annual Convention that it opposed further deregulation of broadcast ownership rules.

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NAHJ stated in a resolution passed by the board that further deregulation threatened minority broadcast ownership. In addition, the board passed resolutions supporting public interest requirements for digital broadcasting and the right of state and local governments to build wireless broadband networks.

NAHJ announced passage of the resolutions during its annual convention June 15-18 in Fort Worth.

The resolutions passed stated:

The National Association of Hispanic Journalists, in supporting a diversity of viewpoints and increased minority ownership of print and broadcast media outlets, opposes further deregulation of broadcast ownership by the FCC. We believe weakening those ownership rules threatens opportunities for minority owners and restricts a meaningful diversity of viewpoints. We cannot support changes in the rules unless those issues are adequately addressed.

The National Association of Hispanic Journalists calls on Congress and/or the FCC to include strengthened public-interest requirements for stations moving toward digital broadcast.

The National Association of Hispanic Journalists supports the right of state and local governments to develop wireless broadband networks to expand news and information access for underserved communities.

Founded in 1984, NAHJ's mission is to increase the percentage of Latinos working in our nation's newsrooms and to improve news coverage of the Latino community. NAHJ is the nation's largest professional organization for Latino journalists with more than 2,300 members working in English and Spanish- language print, photo, broadcast and online media.

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CONTACT: Joseph Torres of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists, +1-202-285-3949

Web site: http://www.nahj.org/

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