The National Association of Hispanic Publications recognized reporter Kayla Young in its José Martí Awards for articles she produced as part of a partnership between La Noticia and WFAE.
Young, who joined La Noticia and WFAE through the Report for America program, received five José Martí Awards for exploring issues affecting the Latino community in the Charlotte area.
The awards include:
- Death of Latino workers in construction – Outstanding Multiple Article Series (Gold Award)
- Immigrant workers in the fields – Outstanding Multiple Article Series (Bronze Award; WFAE Reporter David Boraks assisted and shared the award)
- La Casa Rosada – Outstanding Health Article (Bronze Award)
- Latinos boost real estate market – Outstanding National/International Business Article (Bronze Award)
- Baker resurrects Pan de Merto – Outstanding Local Business Article (Bronze Award)
José Martí Awards
The José Martí Awards are the longest running publishing awards recognizing Hispanic excellence in the United States. Award categories include digital, editorial writing, design, marketing and more.
National Association of Hispanic Publications
NAHP is a non-partisan trade advocacy organization that represents Spanish language publications in 39 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. The combined circulation of its members is over 23 million.