June 26, 2025
Newsletter

A 1,000-foot rainbow flag is carried along the parade route for World Pride 2025 on Saturday, June 7 in Washington, D.C.
Today, June 26, 2025, marks the 10-year anniversary of the Supreme Court's landmark ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges legalizing same-sex marriage across all 50 states.
(Photo by: Kent Nishimura / Getty Images)

ISSUE HIGHLIGHTS

• Nominate candidates for AAJA's National Officer positions
• Take advantage of our #AAJA25 Pre-Registration rate and secure your spot today!
• Deadline approaching! Apply to our IJA / AAJA Pacific Islander Scholarship by Monday, June 30
• 📰 Pride Month continues despite growing fears and frustration
• Upload your resume anonymously to our #AAJA25 Career Center

From AAJA-HQ: Nominate for AAJA elections, snag our #AAJA25 pre-registration rate

AAJA National Officer Elections Nominations are open for the AAJA National Officer elections! Open positions for the 2026-2027 term are Senior Vice President, Vice President of Communications, and Vice President of Journalism Programs. Stay tuned for an announcement on our social media.

#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.

• Room block The hotel room block link is included in your registration confirmation email. Please note our room block may sell out at any time. You can also find a list of nearby hotels in the FAQ.
• Volunteer We’re still looking for volunteers! AAJA members can get discounted #AAJA25 registration by signing up to volunteer. Log in to your account and click the “#AAJA25” tab, or join AAJA to become eligible.
• Opportunity Rate Apply for our $230 opportunity rate. Log in to your account and click the “#AAJA25” tab, or join AAJA to become eligible.
• Chapter stipends *Deadline approaching* AAJA-Texas: Apply by Monday, June 30.
• AAJA25 app Registered for #AAJA25? Download the AAJA25 app to start connecting with fellow attendees and introducing yourself in the Main Feed!

Chapter election results Meet the new chapter representatives of AAJA-New York!

Resources AAJA provides resources to journalists affected by recent layoffs. Some of our resources include consideration for waived membership fees and our career center that allows journalists to find job postings and connect with recruiters. Read the full statement here.

🗓 AAJA Events

Visit our events calendar on AAJA's website for more chapter events.

July 14 | Yung AAJA’s Yoga for Journalists | Join Yung AAJA for a pre-convention yoga session at 8 p.m. ET.

👏 AAJA Kudos to...

• Rachel Ramirez, CPC co-chair ‘23 and ‘24, who joins the Metcalf Ocean Nexus Academy as a fellow.
• Sonia Rao, VOICES ‘24, who started a new position as a national disability reporter at The New York Times.
• Ranjani Venkatakrishnan, who started a new job at Arizona PBS as a social video specialist and host of Jobs Explained.
• Genesis Magpayo, who joins PBS NewsHour as the Jim Lehrer Fellow.
• Yvonne Liu, who was named a Sewanee Writers' Conference Tennessee Williams Scholar in Nonfiction.
• Caitlyn Daproza, VOICES 2025 fellow, who placed in two categories for RIT NPPA's annual nonfiction photo competition, What We Do.

On Our List 🌟📺📸📰🎧

Salgu Wissmath's project “Divine Identity” is currently on exhibit at the Photoville Festival in New York City.

Highlighting LGBTQ+ stories this Pride Month 

• 📺 “Trump administration pulls the plug on suicide hotline for LGBTQ+ youth” by John Yang, Claire Mufson, and Zoie Lambert, PBS
• “Pride Month marches on, despite frustration and worry from LGBTQ community over government actions” by Andy Rose, ft. photography by Kent Nishimura, CNN
• “Because of Trump, this Pride Month feels different. Hateful. But we will win.” by Sara Pequeño, ft. photography by Kylie Cooper, USA Today

AAJA members covering local and global issues

• “Efforts to open National AAPI museum takes big step forward” by Randall Yip, ELP ‘95, AsAmNews
• 🎧 “Electric Futures” produced by Mallory Carra, VOICES ‘24 co-lead, USC Annenberg Center for Climate Journalism and Communication
• “A popular manga predicted catastrophe — and Japanese tourism took a hit” by Michelle Ye Hee Lee and Chie Tanaka, The Washington Post
• “Jakara Movement’s Mandeep Singh on building community power for Punjabi Sikhs in Sacramento” by Srishti Prabha, Sacramento News & Review
• “Why the Valkyries’ ‘6th-Women’ mentality is their secret to early season success” by Kenzo Fukuda, ClutchPoints
• “Sacramento groups address loneliness, create community for older AAPI adults” by Amritpal Kaur Sandhu-Longoria, Sacramento News & Review
• “In Indianapolis, with largest U.S. Burmese population, tariffs and travel ban hit hard” by Sanvi Bangalore, Stanford Chen Internship Grant recipient ‘24, NBC News

AAJA Opportunities:

• *Deadline approaching* IJA / AAJA Pacific Islander Scholarship | Apply to our joint scholarship with the Indigenous Journalists Association by Monday, June 30.
• *Deadline approaching* AAJA-Chicago’s 2025 Linda Yu Scholarship | Apply to AAJA-Chicago’s paid fall internship at Block Club Chicago by Monday, July 7.
• AAJA-Los Angeles’ Reporting Grants | Apply to AAJA-Los Angeles’ grants for health equity reporting by Tuesday, July 15.
• Futures Fund | Donate to AAJA’s Futures Fund, an endowment campaign that will ensure that AAJA can pursue its mission as long as necessary.

Internships and Trainings

• *Deadline approaching* NPR Fall 2025 Internship | NPR has reinstated their internship program and is seeking interns for their fall/winter 2025 class. | Deadline: Monday, June 30.

External and Partner Opportunities:

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