Jonathan Higuera

Jonathan Higuera is the deputy director for the Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism, which is part of the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism at Arizona State University. The center offers training to journalists in covering business stories. He previously was a business reporter at The Arizona Republic, Arizona Daily Star and Tucson Citizen. He is also a former vice president-print for the National Association of Hispanic Journalists and former editor of the Hispanic Link Weekly Report based in Washington, D.C. He holds a B.A. in journalism from the Cronkite School and a master’s of science in Mexican-American Studies from the University of Arizona.

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Catherine Anaya

Three-time Emmy Award-winning journalist Catherine Anaya anchors the CBS
5 News weekday evening newscasts at 6:30pm and 10pm. She joined CBS 5
News in January 2003. The Arizona Associated Press Broadcasters Association named Catherine
'Anchor of the Year' for 2003, the same year in which she as named "Best
TV Newcomer" by Phoenix Magazine. Catherine is a regular contributor to
Latino Perspectives Magazine. In May 2007, she won the first place award
for Magazine commentary/analysis from the Arizona Press Club and
previously wrote an award-winning monthly parenting column for Los
Angeles Family Magazine. During her 18-year broadcast career, Catherine has anchored in Los
Angeles, Indiana and Texas.

Anita Favela

Anita Favela Luera is director of the Cronkite Institute of High School Journalism for the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University. She joined the faculty and staff of the ASU’s Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication in 2007 to launch new programs targeting outreach to high school journalism students and schools across Arizona. Luera’s television broadcast news career spanned 27 years working in news and management at three Phoenix TV stations. She was an award-winning news producer serving at 12 News, Univision Ch. 33 and Channel 10. Prior to joining the Cronkite School Luera helped organize a day-long news writing workshop for high school journalism students in a partnership with Arizona Latino Media Association and ASU.
Luera graduated from ASU with a BA in Broadcasting.

Elvia Diaz

Elvia Díaz is an assistant city editor at the Arizona Republic. She edits Phoenix downtown development and Sky Harbor International Airport. She also helps produce the four editions of the Phoenix Republic. She joined The Republic in 1999 covering Tempe City Hall. Later, she covered Phoenix City Hall and the state Legislature. She edited Extra!, which covered south, west and central Phoenix. She was born and raised in Mexico. Her first journalism experience was in radio, working for Noticiero Latino, a national Spanish-language radio news service. After earning a master's degree in journalism from the University of California at Berkeley, she worked for the Statesman Journal in Salem,Ore., and the Albuquerque Journal.

Juan Villa

Juan Villa is the Community Relations Manager for Telemundo Phoenix KTAZ-TV 39 and Telemundo Tucson KHRR-TV 40. He has been with Telemundo for the past five years working as Executive
Producer, Manager Editor and Line Producer. Before joining Telemundo, he worked at La Voz Spanish Newspaper. A 1998 graduate of the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism from Arizona State University, Villa has participated in several journalist and academic conferences around the
world and has been an ALMA member since 1999.

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