We thought we could deliver something meaningful to readers by bringing our curiosity to Waynesboro’s Hispanic community in particular — a community nestled into a small town and one that still remembers the first who came from Mexico, Cuba, Guatemala, and elsewhere.
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A year ago, two reporters pledged to learn the struggles and triumphs of a small town’s surging Hispanic population.
The News Virginian has captured the Virginia Press Association’s Journalistic Integrity and Community Service award for the second consecutive year.
The News Virginian captured first place in international writing and was a finalist in the public service category in the annual Associated Press Managing Editors journalism excellence awards.
Faces of Waynesboro
Meet interpreter Mildred Schoenfeld-Hoy.
Hispanic faith chart.
Waynesboro School District enrollment statistics show a growing Hispanic presence, and a dropout for those students at times twice that of the school rate.
As Waynesboro’s Hispanic community grows, native and immigrant cultures mix in the classroom, the supermarket and the workplace.
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