Joe Ruiz

Just wanted to take a quick timeout (and considering my hiatus, a long time getting back) to mention I returned Sunday from San Juan, Puerto Rico, where I was part of the planning committee for the upcoming 2009 National Association of Hispanic Journalists convention (also in San Juan). I’m one of three track leaders for the online sessions. My cohorts are Robert Hernandez of SeattleTimes.com and Hiram Enriquez, the programming director of Yahoo! Hispanic Americas.

We’ve got a lot of good training sessions and panels planned, and while I can’t say much about them at this moment, I believe these will be great sessions for those who want to learn more about working online. I can say we’re going to have a large focus on multimedia storytelling, social networking and how to use the tools with both (which is my focus for the next few months).

There’s definitely more to come, but we’re pretty excited about the convention, especially trying to help those affected by this tough time in the industry, but don’t think it’s a pity party. We’re focused on teaching and figuring out what’s next, not what’s behind.

Tags: Journalism, nahj, New Media

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