Additionally, she created the Futuro Media Group, an independent nonprofit organization producing multimedia journalism that explores the diversity of the American experience. Futuro Media Group is committed to telling stories that are often overlooked by mainstream media. Most recently, Hinojosa was named the Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Chair of Latin American and Latino Studies at DePaul University in Chicago and a Global Post ‘Voces’ columnist. Hinojosa has received numerous awards for her work including: four Emmys; the 2012 John Chancellor Award for Excellence in Journalism; Robert F. Kennedy Award; the Studs Terkel Community Media Award; the Edward R. Murrow Award; and most recently the Peabody Award.