Altavoz Lab

We are a mentorship program designed to produce projects that strengthen reporters at community outlets and empower marginalized audiences.

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📢 Big news! 80+ applications → meet our 2026 Community Journalist Fellows reporting across the U.S. & borderlands.

📢 ¡Grandes noticias! Más de 80 solicitudes → conoce a la nueva generación de periodistas comunitarios con impacto local.

🔗 https://t.co/I1MUEjPoor 💛

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Community Journalist Fellowship mentor and alumnus José Luis Castillo, and independent journalist Laura Clisánchez, won Best Immigration Coverage for @LaEsquinatx at the Houston Community Media Journalism Awards.

Read: https://t.co/ho6HKOfOM8

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At the Latino Media Summit in NYC, Altavoz Lab connected with journalists and media leaders to share our Deeply Rooted and Rising vision for community journalism.

One message stood out: journalism needs acompañamiento, comunidad, apoyo — and more celebration.

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📣 Save the date! Be Seen, Altavoz Lab’s outdoor photo exhibition featuring Nick Oza’s images of Arizona communities, arrives November 5!

📍 Maryvale Community Center
📅 Nov. 5 | 5:30–8:30 PM
🔗 RSVP now: https://t.co/d4e0QbM1sz

#BeSeen #NickOza #AltavozLab

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"What's the Point?" Lorenzo Gomez's story for LookOut explores Diné voters' views on trust, representation, health care, jobs and the future of their communities across the Navajo Nation.

Funded by Altavoz Lab’s Community Journalist Fellowship:https://t.co/7ryTSGeet5

#Election

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A free bilingual guide, "What to Do When Someone You Love Is Detained by ICE," is helping Arizona families.

Created by #AltavozLab Fellow Stephanie Casanova with CALÓ News AZ and Somos Tucson.

🔗: https://t.co/BBpOm514HX

#Immigration #Arizona

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Meet Roxsy Lin, the illustrator and journalist behind Altavoz Lab’s logo! 🎨

Her work helped bring our vision to life, reflecting who we are and how we work with community journalists.

Get to know Roxsy and her work!

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On Oct. 15, Valeria Fernández joins Lucy Flores (Latino Media Consortium) and Helen Ubiñas (The Ñ Fund) at #LMS26 to discuss strengthening the ecosystem supporting Latino journalists and independent media.

Join here: https://t.co/nI6VPGJiLy

#LMS26

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When families face immigration detention, reliable information matters.

@AltavozLab Fellow Stephanie Casanova, Joanna Jacobo Rivera (@calonewsaz) and Liliana López Ruelas (@somostucson) created a free bilingual guide.

Access it: https://t.co/WGbBjzCTDQ

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“Nick was a phenomenal photojournalist who cared deeply about the people he captured on camera...” — Rafael Carranza

Honor Nick Oza’s legacy. Support the Nick Oza Visual Fellowship for community-rooted visual storytellers.

🔗: https://t.co/7oujliIbW6

#NickOza #AltavozLab

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Acompáñanos este 6 de octubre a la presentación de la guía creada por Stephanie Casanova, junto a Caló News y Somos Tucson, para familias con seres queridos detenidos en Eloy o Florence.

📍 Slow Body Beer, Tucson
🕕 6 p.m.

Proyecto apoyado por una beca de Altavoz Lab.

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Happy Journalist Day to the local reporters, photographers, editors and storytellers helping communities stay informed. If you believe in community journalism, learn more about our work and how you can support it at Altavoz Lab.

#JournalistDay

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Some photographs ask us to stop. Not because they're loud, but because they're quiet.

This image by photojournalist Nick Oza reminds us every frame holds layers, people and stories waiting to be noticed.

Learn more: https://t.co/GELQBfp3a8

#BeSeen #Photojournalism #NickOza

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Independent journalist Lixandra Díaz, who reports with Centro Integral de la Mujer Madre Tierra, is investigating how immigration status and health care shape pregnancy and infant loss for Latino migrant families in Philadelphia.

Read the Q&A on Altavozlab/News

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Meet the new Altavoz Lab logo

In true Altavoz fashion, we asked illustrator and journalist Roxsy Lin to dream with us. Our new logo reflects how we hope to show up: an embrace, but also amplification, helping community voices travel further.

#AltavozLab #CommunityJournalism

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What happens when photojournalism meets us where we live?

Be Seen brings Nick Oza's images of migration, joy and resilience into public spaces.

How does it feel to be seen?

📅 Nov. 5 | 5:30–8:30 PM
📍 Maryvale Community Center

#BeSeen #NickOza

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📣 Journalists: join our free workshop with Mago Torres to learn how to use Gemini Notebook and AI tools to strengthen your reporting and research process.

📅 Sept. 22 | 🕔 5 p.m. ET / 2 p.m. PT
🔗 Register: https://t.co/yeElSV9kDZ

#Journalism #AI #AltavozLab

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At LION Summit in San Diego, Altavoz Lab’s Valeria Fernández joined Mónica Pirela, Laura M. Quintero Rodríguez and Diana Oliveros Martínez for a conversation on community-centered immigration reporting.

As Laura shared: “We don’t just cover subjects. We build relationships.”

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📣 Periodistas: únete a nuestro taller gratuito con Mago Torres para aprender cómo usar Gemini Notebook y herramientas de IA para fortalecer tu investigación periodística.

📅 21 sept | 🕔 5 ET / 2 PT
🔗 Registro: https://t.co/w60VZ1VZIT

#Periodismo #IA #AltavozLab

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Today, we celebrate the life of Nick Oza’s life and legacy.

As you read the messages in the graphic, we invite you to add your own birthday wishes or a few words about what Nick’s life and work have meant for you. 💌

Happy Birthday, Nick!

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