|  | Protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Los Angeles, CA started on Friday, June 6. President Trump deployed more than 2,000 National Guardsmen and an additional 700 Marines to the city between Saturday, June 7 and Monday, June 9. (L-R: Ringo Chiu / AFP/Getty Images; Spencer Platt / Getty Images; Stephen Lam / San Francisco Chronicle; and David Swanson / Reuters) ISSUE HIGHLIGHTS |
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| | From AAJA-HQ: AAJA signed onto CPJ's statement on press freedom, upload your resume to our #AAJA25 Career Center CPJ Letter AAJA joined more than 100 global press freedom organizations in signing a Committee to Protect Journalists led letter urging world leaders to allow immediate and unrestricted access for international journalists to enter Gaza. Scholarship recipients Congratulations to Megan Hart and Ann Duan, recipients of the Stanford Chen Internship Grant; Akshay Gokul, recipient of the AsAmNews-AAJA Broadcast Task Force Internship; Althea Chang-Cook, Mia Warren, Criselda Caringal, Akshi Sharma, Pradipta Mukherjee, and Theodore Jason Patrick Ortiz, recipients of the Dinah Eng Leadership Fellowship; and Kat Tran, recipient of the AAJA-Sacramento Internship with The Sacramento Bee. AAJA Chicago-Rose Tibayan Scholarship Fund Join AAJA-Chicago in raising money for a scholarship fund named and given in honor of Rose Tibayan, an award-winning broadcast journalist and devoted AAJA member, who passed away in 2024. Learn more and donate to support the next generation of journalists here. #AAJA25 Missed the deadline for Early Bird registration? There’s still time to grab our Pre-Registration rate! Secure your spot by Wednesday, July 9. - Sponsorship Join us in Seattle! Check out our prospectus to learn about sponsorship and partnership opportunities. Email sponsorship@aaja.org to get involved.
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- Chapter stipends AAJA-Texas: Apply by Monday, June 30.
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| #AAJA25 Career Center - Attendees: Make the most of #AAJA25 and upload your resume to the Career Center! Even if you're not actively job hunting, it's a great way to stay visible and connected.
- Employers: Interested in having your opportunity filled by the talented AAJA community? Make sure to list it on the AAJA Career Center.
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| | | AAJA-HQ: Meet our summer intern |
| Congratulations to Kassie Chen, recipient of the AAJA-HQ National summer internship! Read more about her below: Kassie is a driven Boston University student studying finance and data science. She brings experience in research, leadership, and analysis across industries, with interests in event management, finance, and tech. |
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| | 🗓 AAJA Events Visit our events calendar on AAJA's website for more chapter events. |
|  | AAJA-D.C. held a spring picnic on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. on Saturday, May 31. |
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 | AAJA-New York had a guided walking tour of Little Manila in Queens on Saturday, June 7. |
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| | | 📓 News & Resources: report Muck Rack released its 2025 State of Journalism report, highlighting key trends in media, newsroom workflows, and journalism’s biggest threats. Help improve future research by participating in their feedback form. webinar recap The Craig Newmark Journalism School’s Asian Media Initiative, led by Kavitha Rajagopalan, hosted a discussion on preserving AAPI history through community archives. Speakers shared how archival work helps combat historical erasure, preserve cultural memory, and empower future generations. |
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| |  | L-R: Mimi Calhoun, Jannelle Andes, Lily Speredelozzi, and John Beomsoo Kim, showing off their #AAJAFamily pride with AAJA graduation stoles. |
| - AAJA student members who recently graduated, including Jannelle Andes (NYU), Mimi Calhoun (Ohio University), Katelyn Do (USC), Irene Kim (USC), John Beomsoo Kim (NYU), Alexandria Kenney (Rutgers), Lily Speredelozzi (GWU), Kat Tran (UF), and Christie Yeung (SDSU).
- Ligaya Mishan, Journalism Excellence Award recipient '24, and Tejal Rao, who were appointed as chief restaurant critics for The New York Times.
- Leila Rahimi, who was recognized as a leader in sportsmanship in Illinois.
- Jannelle Andes, who started a new position as director of partnership strategy, media & sponsorships at Live Nation Entertainment.
- Gwendolyn Wu, VOICES ‘24 co-lead, who was promoted to senior reporter for BioPharma Dive.
- Thomas Oide, JCamp ‘14 and VOICES ‘15, who started a new position as a graphics developer at The Athletic.
- Fiza Kuzhiyil, who returns to The Washington Post as an editor on the multiplatform desk.
- Diamy Wang, VOICES 2025 fellow, Jerry Wu, and Dorothy Quanteh, JCamp ‘24, who joined the 2025 class of the POLITICO Journalism Institute.
- Pooja Salhotra, who started as a reporting fellow on The New York Times’ national desk.
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| | On Our List 🌟📺📸📰🎧 - “What happened on June 9 and 10 during the L.A. immigration raid protests” with contributions from Ringo Chiu, Samantha Masunaga, and Juliana Yamada, Los Angeles Times
- "Serving ‘dead time’" by Nicole Dungca, John D. Harden, and Keith L. Alexander, The Washington Post
- “Effort to honor a century-old Chinatown in St. Louis moves forward” by Michelle Li, KSDK
- 📚 “Kuleana: A Story of Family, Land, and Legacy in Old Hawai'i” by Sara Kehaulani Goo
- "Trump travel ban hits immigrant family coming to U.S. amid bloody civil war in Myanmar" by Kimmy Yam, NBC News
- "Asian American income inequality: Here are the highest and lowest earners in the Bay Area" by Ko Lyn Cheang, San Francisco Chronicle
- "Overlooked in the Overdose Crisis: Addressing Substance Use Treatment for Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Communities" by Imeth Illamperuma, Suhanee Mitragotri, and David T. Zhu, MedCity News
- "Long hair and hot dogs: Meet the Japanese baseball stars making their mark on the Cubs" by Emilie Ikeda and Rohan Nadkarni, NBC News
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| | Opportunities
Visit AAJA Careers or follow @AAJACareers on X to post jobs or internships and stay up-to-date on available positions. Check in with your AAJA chapters for more opportunities. |
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| AAJA Opportunities: External and Partner Opportunities: - The Texas Tribune seeks a Designer/Developer who can report on and analyze data, produce copy for graphics and stories, and can contribute to election coverage. | Deadline: Wednesday, July 2.
- WXII seeks an Account Executive who can produce revenue across all platforms, form strategic and market partnerships, and manage an active account list. | Deadline: Friday, July 4.
- PBS KVIE seeks an Education Reporter who can contribute to morning newsletters, produce content about Sacramento school district decisions and impacts, and cover Sacramento’s colleges. | Deadline: Thursday, July 10.
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