Nominations open for 2024 Cecilia Vaisman Award for Multimedia Reporting
Award from Medill, NAHJ recognizes outstanding reporting on Hispanic and Latinx communities through multimedia storytelling
EVANSTON, ILL. -- Today the Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications and the National Association of Hispanic Journalists (NAHJ) opened nominations for the 2024 Cecilia Vaisman Award for Multimedia Reporting.
The Cecilia Vaisman Award recognizes outstanding reporting by Latinx/Hispanic video and audio journalists. The award recipient will receive a $5,000 cash prize.
The award honors the legacy of late Medill associate professor and NAHJ member Cecilia Vaisman, an audio journalism leader who inspired countless students to pursue careers in video and audio journalism. At Medill, Vaisman helped launch a bilingual reporting and storytelling course, as well as establish a Journalism Residency program in Argentina, allowing Medill students to gain hands-on experience reporting from there.
Vaisman, who died in 2015, earned two Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Awards for reporting on the disadvantaged, among other honors. Her work was featured on WBEZ’s “This American Life,” and National Public Radio’s “All Things Considered” and “Latino USA,” and other media outlets.
Nominations are due by April 14, 2024.