November 21, 2024
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| | (L-R) Voters in New Hampshire and Massachusetts watch news networks project a winner for the presidential election on Tuesday, Nov. 5. (Photos by: Sophie Park) ISSUE HIGHLIGHTS |
| | From AAJA-HQ: Thank you for your election coverage, AAJA is here to support you Statement Following the presidential election results, AAJA remains committed to our mission and will continue to help AAPIs thrive in newsrooms and uplift AAPI voices. Read the full message from our board of directors and executive director here. VOICES Our flagship multimedia journalism fellowship for college and graduate students is seeking fellows and editors! Learn more and check deadlines here. Chapter elections Congratulations to the newly elected board members of AAJA-D.C. and AAJA-New York. If you announce your new boards on social media, don't forget to tag AAJA! Staff departures A huge thank you to our Programs and Operations Associate April Siruno! We appreciate all the time, energy, and dedication you've given to AAJA and our #AAJAFamily. You'll be sincerely missed, but we're excited to see your next chapter! Resources AAJA provides resources to journalists affected by recent layoffs. Some of our resources include consideration for waived membership fees and our career center which allows journalists to find job postings and connect with recruiters. |
| |  | Introducing: Science Reporting Quick Tips Covering science news—whether it’s updated COVID-19 vaccines, coastal flooding, or new images from the James Webb Space Telescope—can help audiences understand and make decisions about the world around them. Some reporters specialize in covering science, often bolstered by their own scientific background. Others weave science into stories spanning a range of other beats, for international to hyperlocal audiences. To cover science well, journalists have to enter the scientific world a bit themselves, by reading research papers, interviewing scientists, and evaluating evidence. Whatever your background, these are concrete skills that any journalist can sharpen. To pave the way, The Open Notebook and SciLine have teamed up to distill key science reporting skills into a series of quick-hit resources for journalists with deadlines to meet: SciLine, a philanthropically funded, free service for reporters, also runs a free expert matching service that connects reporters to scientist-sources on deadline. Sponsored content |
| | 🗓 AAJA Events Visit our events calendar on AAJA's website for more chapter events. |
|  | 2024 Team AAJA members with their medals from the TCS New York City Marathon on Sunday, Nov. 3. |
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 | AAJA-D.C. held a diversity happy hour and mixer with other affinity organizations on Thursday, Nov. 14. |
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| November 26 | AAJA-Michigan’s Fundraiser | Join AAJA-Michigan, NABJ-Detroit, and SPJ-Detroit for a fundraiser at Lager House from 6-10 p.m. ET. December 5 | AAJA-Chicago's Holiday Party | Join AAJA-Chicago for their holiday party at Pilot Project Brewing from 6-9 p.m. CST. December 6 | AAJA-Hawai’i’s Holiday Mixer | Join AAJA-Hawai’i for their holiday party mixer at Symphony Honolulu from 5:30-9 p.m. HST. December 10 | AAJA’s Book Night | Join AAJA for a book night, cosponsored by the Overseas Press Club, to discuss At the Edge of Empire at 6 p.m. ET. December 14 | AAJA-New York’s Give and Sip | Join AAJA-New York for their gift drive at Cafe Joah from 12-3 p.m. ET. |
| | AAJA Mourns the Loss of Tony Ramirez |
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| AAJA is saddened by the passing of Tony Ramirez, a former AAJA-Arizona member, AAJA’s Member of the Year in 2000, ELP ‘96, and a cherished friend to many in our #AAJAFamily.
We extend our condolences to all of his friends and family. |
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| | 📓 News & Resources study A Medill School report shows U.S. news deserts are expanding, leaving nearly 20% of Americans without local news. The decline in newsrooms is hitting rural and low-income communities hardest. statement The Arab and Middle Eastern Journalists Association’s "End the Blackout" campaign calls for protection of press freedom in Gaza. The initiative urges platforms to protect journalists' ability to report freely, and ensure open access to information. |
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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: Internships, Fellowships, and Trainings - American Heart Association Travel Stipend | Journalists and science writers can apply for a $2,500 travel stipend to cover leading scientific conferences in Los Angeles and New Orleans. | Apply by Monday, Nov. 25 at 5 p.m ET.
- NBCUniversal’s Summer 2025 Internships | NBCU is offering paid internships for students pursuing a career in broadcast journalism. | Apply by Friday, Dec. 6.
- New America’s 2026 Fellowship | This fellowship is for people who reimagine American identity and history through storytelling and narrative change. | Apply by Monday, Feb. 3.
- Spencer Education Journalism Fellowship | This fellowship offers journalists a year at Columbia Journalism School to master long-form reporting on education. | Apply by Tuesday, Feb. 4.
- Al Neuharth Free Spirit and Journalism Conference | This five-day conference in Washington, D.C. is for high school journalists who want to expand their journalism knowledge and network. | Apply by Sunday, March 23.
- AI Community Engagement Lab | The Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism’s AI + Community Engagement Lab is offering a six month workshop that trains journalists to use AI for deeper reporting and audience engagement in underserved communities.
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| |  | The work of a free press has never been more essential—or more challenging. At the JSK Journalism Fellowships, we provide the time and space for you to enhance your skills, explore fresh ideas, and make meaningful connections within a supportive community. Applications are now open. Let’s reimagine the future of journalism together. Sponsored content |
| | 👏 AAJA Kudos to... - Wael al-Dahdouh, who received the National Press Club’s award for press freedom.
- Catherine Kim, who received the 2024 Trailblazer Award from the Council of Korean Americans.
- Emily Kwong, who won silver for Signal’s Best History Podcast of the Year.
- Viola Zhou, Sophia Qureshi, Zeba Warsi, and Jyoti Madhusoodanan, who were finalists or winners in the South Asian Journalists Association’s 2024 Awards.
- All AAJA-San Francisco Bay Area members who were finalists in the 2024 San Francisco Press Club Journalism Awards. AAJA-San Francisco Bay Area also awarded $2,000 in convention stipends to four chapter members.
- Kate McQueen, who received the Henry Fuhrmann Mentor Award.
- Manoo Sirivelu, who received gold in the College Photographer of the Year’s International Picture Story category.
- Amy Yee, who was a finalist for the 2024 Chicago Journalists Association awards.
- Melanie Nguyen, who started at The Press Democrat as a business reporter.
- Nandini Gupta, who joined The Associated Press as a social video producer.
- Ariana Lee, ELP ‘24, who started a new position as Producer III at NPR.
- Hannah Miao, who started covering the China economy for the Wall Street Journal.
- Krystal Hur, who started as a markets reporter at The Wall Street Journal.
- Aorui Pi, who started at Initium Media as an audience engagement editor and The Xylom as a public health writer.
- Wen-Yee Lee, who joined Reuters as its tech correspondent in Taiwan.
- Shawn Chitnis, who joined FOX 13 Seattle as a reporter on Good Day Seattle.
- Cecilia Lei, who joined Poynter’s 2024 Power of Diverse Voices writing seminar.
- Archana Pisupati and Riddhi Setty, who are finalists in the Reynolds Journalism Institute’s Student Innovation Competition.
- Mirya Dila, who was selected as a Moody Media Scholar at UT Austin.
- Sahar Akbarzai, who is the inaugural Pivot Fund Fellow.
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| | On Our List 🌟📺📸📰🎧 - 📺 “Sewell Chan on The Washington Post’s decision to not endorse a presidential candidate” by Amna Nawaz, PBS
- "Washington Spirit owner Michele Kang makes $30 million investment in U.S. Soccer women's and girls' programs" by Pardeep Cattry, CBS
- “Amid global adoption reckoning, adoptees fight long-standing narrative they should be 'grateful'” by Maya Cederlund, NBC News
- “Bouncy ’80s pop takes root in ‘New Wave,’ a film about Vietnamese Americans’ glam glory days” by Anh Do, Los Angeles times
- “Andy Kim ushers in a 'new era' as N.J.'s first Asian American senator” by Kimmy Yam, NBC News
- “This must be Chinatown” by Helen Li and photography by Solomon O. Smith, VOICES ‘24, Los Angeles Times
- “AAPI Filmmaking Leaders Vow the Election Won’t Halt More Diverse Stories in Hollywood: ‘This Is the Best Time to Create’” by Jazz Tangcay, Variety
- “Japanese Americans play historic baseball games at prison camp to recall a pastime — and a lifeline” by Lynda Lin Grigsby and Emilie Ikeda, NBC News
- “$1.6M grant paves way for new Filipino American community hub in Queens” by Momar G. Visaya, Asian Journal News
- “Ohtani-mania: Los Angeles’s Little Tokyo is booming with baseball fans” by Claire Wang, The Guardian
- 📺 “Maori lawmakers perform a haka to protest against Indigenous treaty bill,” NBC News
- “How Jimmy O. Yang Became a Main Character” by Shirley Li, The Atlantic
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