Joanna Hernandez
Director of Diversity Initiatives
at the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism
Joanna Hernandez is director of Diversity Initiatives at the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism, where she formerly had been Career Services director and adjunct lecturer. Previously, she’s been a multiplatform editor at The Washington Post; director of the Feature Production Center for The New York Times Regional Media Group; and copy editor at The (Bergen County) Record, The (Newark) Star-Ledger, the San Francisco Examiner and Newsday. Joanna’s a former president of Unity: Journalists of Color, former National Association of Hispanic Journalists board member and belongs to several journalism organizations, including the Online News Association. She has a master’s degree in Public Administration from Baruch College, a bachelor’s in Journalism from New York University. And she is a certified producer with the Manhattan Neighborhood Network.
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