Felix Gutierrez receives NAMME's Distinguished Diversity Award for Lifetime Achievement

Mei-Mei Chan and Felix Gutierrez

Felix Gutierrez, Former Senior Vice President, The Freedom Forum and Newseum, receives NAMME’s Distinguished Diversity Award for Lifetime Achievement.

An educator, administrator and former senior vice president of the Freedom Forum and Newseum, Dr. Gutierrez has been a pioneer in advancing diversity in journalism education, employment and coverage. He was the first executive director of the California Chicano News Media Association from 1978-80. During his tenure with the Freedom Forum, he oversaw the Chips Quinn Scholars program for diversity in journalism and helped conceive and create the Freedom Forum's Diversity Institute in Nashville. He has mentored aspiring journalists of all races while working at California State College/Los Angeles, Stanford University, Cal State University/Northridge and the University of Southern California and in 2002, he was inducted into NAHJ's Hall of Fame.

To view photos of the 2007 “A Celebration of Diversity” Awards Banquet go to http://harleelittle.com/NAMME07/.