Summary
Claudia Cruz is the director of internships and experiential learning at the Reynolds School of Journalism at the 性爱五色天, Reno. She also serves as editor of the Reynolds School’s Noticiero Móvil bilingual news service. Prior to that, she worked as a technology reporter for CNET en Español where she covered the industry and corporations like Apple, Alphabet and Facebook in Silicon Valley.
Before joining CNET, she served as editor of the local news site Mountain View Patch, which she launched.
Cruz also served a successful three-year term as president of the Bay Area chapter of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists.
In New York, Claudia served as editor of El Correo de Queens, staff writer for the Queens Courier and local reporter, The Manhattan Times.
She received a Master of Arts from the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY, a Juris Doctor from The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law and a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations and Latin American Studies from Wesleyan University in Connecticut.
Courses taught
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JOUR 306: Latina/os Through the Eyes of the Media
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JOUR 416: Practicum/Experiential Learning
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JOUR 465: Noticiero Móvil
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JOUR 499: Professional Internship
Recent work
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Grant recipient, Center for Advance Media Studies, "Crunching the Curls: How does representation of the natural hair of Black and Afro-Latinas on social media news and entertainment accounts compare to that on broadcast and streaming news services?" 2024
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Cruz, C. and Eison Simmons, Kimberly. (August 2024). “Afro Latinx Perspectives: Reframing the Conversation Around Pelo Malo.” Panelist. Trauma, Tresses, and Truth: 3rd Annual Conference Interrogating Black Women's Hair. (virtual)
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Cruz, C. (2024). “A Unicorn Ignored: The Case for Business News Coverage of the U.S. Latino Market.” The Routledge Companion to Business Journalism. Taylor & Francis.
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Cruz, C. (2022). “Race, Colorism and Policing in Latinx Communities: Getting the Real Story.” Reporting on Latino/a/x Communities. Routledge/Taylor & Francis.
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National Murrow Award for Diversity Equity and Inclusion, recognition in a small market for bilingual pandemic coverage shared between Noticiero Móvil, KUNR Public Radio and This Is Reno, 2021
Selected service
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Diversity Committee, Reynolds School of Journalism
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Community Liaison, Alianza, 性爱五色天, Reno
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Advisor, Kappa Alpha Theta (Beta Mu), 性爱五色天, Reno
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Nevada Chapter President (2024-2025), National Association of Hispanic Journalists
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Board of Directors, General Alumni Association, Phillips Exeter Academy
Education
- M.A., City University of New York
- J.D., The Ohio State University
- B.A. in International Relations and Latin American Studies, Wesleyan University