Happy New Year from Michelle Ye Hee Lee, AAJA President
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Dear AAJA Family,
In 2020, AAJA will take bold strides toward achieving greater visibility.
We’re all a part of the AAJA family because we believe in and work toward a shared vision:
To see more Asian American and Pacific Islander journalists and storytellers enter, diversify and thrive in our industry.
To see our AAPI communities reflected accurately and fairly in the stories that are told about them.
To see each other at the forefront of trailblazing digital journalism that shapes the future of storytelling and media.
To see AAPIs carve out new spaces in the news and media industries and rise to the highest positions of influence.
Our desire to be seen and represented in news organizations and in news coverage is why the Asian American Journalists Association was created nearly four decades ago. And this goal remains pertinent in 2020.
Here’s how we can achieve our critical goals together:
- Shine a light on our successes and amplify. Share your work with AAJA National so we can flex for and with you. Share each other’s work using #AAJAkudos and #AAJAfamily on social media and #AAJA-kudos in the AAJA Slack. Then repost, retweet, regram — and repeat.
- Attend #AAJA20 and pitch your programming ideas. Share your ideas for must-have trainings and conversations. Gain the skills and connections to land your dream job and power up your career. Meet us in Washington, D.C., July 29 - Aug. 1, 2020.
- Volunteer as a leader for your chapter, affinity group, journalism program or national board. Your time as an AAJA leader will be invaluable in finding your voice, vision and style as a news leader and creating your path to the highest levels in the industry.
AAJA is not possible without our members. Thank you for your dedication to AAJA’s mission. Thank you for creating our community — attending a chapter or affinity group event, meeting with mentees and volunteering your free time to serve in leadership positions. Thank you to the AAJA Board of Directors, truly a dream team. Thank you to our Executive Director Naomi Tacuyan Underwood, national staff Daniel Garcia, and Glenn and Karen Sugihara, the backbone of AAJA.
Thank you to our sponsors and Power of One donors for their financial contributions that fuel our journalism programs. Thank you to The Washington Post for their continued support of my work with AAJA.
It’s truly an honor to serve as your president and be a small part of our collective journey. Thank you.
Michelle Ye Hee Lee
AAJA President
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#AAJA20
We are thrilled to invite you
to
Washington, D.C.
for
from
Jul. 29 to Aug. 1, 2020
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See you there!
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Join over 800 journalists and media professionals at a convention uniquely curated to meet the needs of our members and partners. Our convention features great opportunities from the career expo to professional panels, workshops, and trainings. We are also working hard to curate more intimate and targeted programming, recruitment salons, and one-on-one interviews.
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Apply to AAJA ELP
The Executive Leadership Program will be in New York City from April 6-10, 2020.
Applications, available
here
, are due Feb 16, 2020.
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VOICES and JCamp
Applications are open for
VOICES
, an all-expenses paid student fellowship, and
JCamp
, a multi-day journalism program for high school students.
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Discounted Access to SupChina for AAJA Members
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SupChina is offering all AAJA members a special discount to our premium news subscription, SupChina Access. In addition to our premium web and daily newsletter content that includes summary and analysis from over 300 global sources, you will also get discounted tickets to our annual conferences and free access to leading China experts through our monthly conference calls on various China-related topics. Visit
supchina.com/subscribe
, click '
upgrade
', and use discount code
SUPAAJA
at checkout!
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AAJA Member & Alumni News
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Last month, the AAJA board had dinner in Los Angeles with several founding members of AAJA, including Bill Sing, David Kishiyama, Bryan Hori, and others.
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Congratulations to
Sisi Wei
who recently joined Open News as their Director of Programs. Best of luck!
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Archith Seshadri
is the new Atlanta Bureau Chief for Nexstar Media Group serving four stations that represent 45 counties in Georgia.
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Have updates or news to share? Let us know
here
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ABC News Race & Culture Reporting Job Opportunities
ABC News is launching an initiative to expand our reporting on race & culture across the news division. The goal is to strengthen and bring greater depth to the coverage and experiences of diverse, multicultural audiences while also expanding our leadership at the most senior editorial levels.
As a part of this initiative, we are hiring a team of senior producers who will provide content and editorial direction on all ABC News shows and platforms. These leaders will oversee daily reporting and special coverage in a space that is dynamic and requires deeper investigation. Additionally, we are creating a new Race & Culture reporting vertical in Washington, DC that will help drive and support this work.
Ultimately these leaders will help take our storytelling to new levels and present our audiences with enhanced reporting at the intersection of race, politics and culture.
ABC News is now accepting applications for these roles on
Disneycareers.com
. A full-list of these positions can be found here:
Additional Job Opportunities
It's not too late!
Apply for Report for America’s RFA Corps
!
Report for America is looking for talented, service-oriented journalists who want to serve under-covered areas to provide Americans with the information they need to improve their communities and hold powerful institutions accountable. Deadline is January 31.
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Fellowships and Opportunities
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Apply for the
Arthur F. Burns Fellowship, an
exchange opportunity for Canadian, American and German journalists to work in each other's countries. Apply online
here
.
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Happy Lunar New Year! As a nonprofit membership organization, AAJA counts on your support to deliver our key signature journalism programs and strengthen the pipeline of AAPI journalists.
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