National Association of Hispanic Journalists

Hello all,

On Wednesday at 5 P.M. Columbia Professor Claudio Remeseira will speak in the Stabile Center. He’s the editor of “Hispanic New York”, a collection of essays that details the history of Hispanic culture and migration into New York. It features poems from Walt Whitman to essays by Jose Marti.

Below his photo is a brief bio. Please join us.

Claudio Iván Remeseira received an M.S. in Journalism from Columbia University (2002) and Licenciado en filosofía from Universidad de Buenos Aires (1990). He is a New York-based award-winning journalist, writer and cultural critic born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Editor of “Hispanic New York: A Sourcebook” (2010). Founder and director of the Hispanic New York Project, hosted by Columbia University American Studies Program, he is also a member of the Advisory Board of the Library & Archives of El Centro de Estudios Puertorriqueños at Hunter College, City University of New York. Curator of the Hispanic New York Film Festival, co-sponsored by Columbia University and Instituto Cervantes, in collaboration with The Film Society of Lincoln Center. His literary and journalistic work has appeared in Review: Literature and Arts of the Americas, Salmagundi, Primera Revista Latinoamericana de Libros, Diario Rumbo, Hora Hispana (Daily News), El Nuevo Día (Puerto Rico), El País (Spain) and La Nación, Página/12, and Lilith magazine (Argentina), among other publications.

Here are some pictures from the 2011 Cabot Prizes. Several NAHJ members helped out with the event, which honors outstanding journalism about Latin America and the Caribbean. Read more about the winners here.