August 1, 2024
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Asian American athletes represent the United States at the 2024 Paris Olympics. (L-R) Suni Lee, Lee Kiefer, Asher Hong and Torri Huske won medals in gymnastics, fencing, gymnastics and swimming, respectively.
(Photo credits: Lionel Bonaventure, Andrew Medichini, Abbie Parr and Torri Huske.)

ISSUE HIGHLIGHTS 

• #AAJA24 updates: Don't forget to upload your resume to our career center and explore sponsor workshops and sessions
• Vote in AAJA's National Officer Elections by Thursday, August 8
• See how AAJA chapters are celebrating summer 
• Read about Connie Chung's forthcoming memoir

From AAJA-HQ: Vote in AAJA's elections, get ready for #AAJA24

#AAJA24 is 6 days away! View our programming here

• Volunteer: We are accepting a limited number of additional volunteers! This year’s programming is packed and we need your help. Log into your AAJA account and look for the header at the far right, titled “Funding for AAJA24.” This link is only visible to current members.
• Registration: Today is the last day to take advantage of regular registration rates!
• Opportunity rate: AAJA is offering limited discounted registration ($230) for those experiencing hardship. This application is only visible to current members. To access it, log into your AAJA account and look for the header at the far right, titled “Funding for AAJA24."
• Room block: Room block is first-come first serve and some nights are sold out. Adjust the dates of your search if you are flexible with your stay. The link to the room block is in the registration confirmation email.
• Read our FAQ for questions, including our Covid-19 policy for #AAJA24. We strongly encourage our attendees to be vaccinated to attend.
• Have more questions about #AAJA24? Join the conversation in AAJA Slack’s #convention channel!

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.

NEW Crash Course: Social science essentials for local reporters

August 21- Zoom

Science is more than lab coats and Bunsen burners. This free one-hour “crash course”—designed specifically for local and general assignment reporters—teaches basic principles about how social science works and ways it can be used to strengthen virtually any news story with a human element, especially this election season

Former longtime Washington Post science reporter Rick Weiss and Ph.D. neuroscientist Dr. Tori Espensen together lay out key do’s, don’ts, and pitfalls to watch for when including science in your news reporting. Among the topics covered:

• The basics of how science works and how those principles apply to social science;
• Different fields of social science and what they can add to your stories;
• How to get the essentials from social science studies; and
• Practical tips for identifying credible social scientist-sources and interviewing them

Forty-five minutes of interactive teaching are followed by a 15-min open Q&A.

REGISTER

SciLine, a philanthropically funded, free service for reporters, also runs a free expert matching service that connects reporters to scientist-sources on deadline.

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On Our List 🌟📺📸📰🎧

• “Biden was losing Asian American voters. Will they support Harris?” by Sakshi Venkatraman and Kimmy Yam, NBC News
• “Meet Team USA’s AAPI athletes heading to the Paris Olympics” by Jason Cruz, Northwest Asian Weekly
• "Olympic surfers take on one of the world's deadliest waves at ‘the place of skulls'" by Isabel Yip, NBC News
• “Through music, LA County jail inmates find redemption, rehabilitation and healing” by Renee Eng, Spectrum News 1
• “Kamala Harris and the future of Indian Americans in politics” by Karthick Ramakrishnan and Sital Kalantry, The Seattle Times
• "Carissa Moore advances to quarterfinals in Paris Olympics" by Billy Hull, Honolulu Star-Advertiser
• “How one Dallas reporter took on deepfakes” by Kristen Hare ft. Elizabeth Myong, Poynter
• “Yellow Peril Books fundraises to open unique space in Brooklyn” by Alexandria Kenney, AsAmNews
• “The Lesser-Known Side of Harris’s Identity: Asian American” by Amy Qin, The New York Times
• “Two-peat: Lee Kiefer wins second gold medal in fencing” by John Tan, AsAmNews
• “Chinese American Torri Huske wins gold in women’s 100m butterfly” by Akemi Tamanaha, AsAmNews
• “Overseas groups step up support for Hong Kong’s Selina Cheng over Wall Street Journal sacking” by Connor Mycroft, South China Morning Post

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