| | The 155th anniversary celebration of building the Transcontinental Railroad at Promontory Point, UT on Friday, May 10. In 2014, Corky Lee organized the first gathering of descendants of Chinese laborers at Promontory Point to right a historic wrong in excluding Chinese railroad workers from the photo of the symbolic hammering of a golden spike to complete the railroad.
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| | From AAJA-HQ: Celebrating AAPI Heritage Month with Journalism Excellence Awards, snag your early bird registration for #AAJA24 AAPI Heritage Month Happy Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month! To celebrate, AAJA is announcing our 2024 Journalism Excellence Award recipients throughout May. #AAJA24 - Time's running out to get your early bird registration for #AAJA24, don't wait!
- Room block rates are accessible via the confirmation process following AAJA24 registration. Register for #AAJA24 today!
- Volunteer and Opportunity Rate applications are open and are visible to current members. To access them, log into your AAJA account and look for the header at the far right, titled “Funding for AAJA24.” Volunteer signup deadline is May 24.
- 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. |
| | 🗓 AAJA Events Contact us to list your event on our events calendar. May 24 | AAJA-Hawai‘i’s Social Event | Join AAJA-Hawai‘i for a networking event with local journalists, professionals and students at Indochine in Kakaako from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Learn more and RSVP here. May 25 | AAJA-Portland’s Event | Join AAJA-Portland to celebrate AAPIH month and watch the Hillsboro Hops at Hillsboro Ballpark at 4:05 p.m. Learn more and RSVP here. June 9 | AAJA Portland’s Diversity and Inclusion Awards Ceremony | Join AAJA-Portland as they announce and recognize the winners of the 2024 AAJA Portland Diversity and Inclusion Awards at The Soop from 5-7 p.m. Learn more and RSVP here. |
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| | 📓 News & Resources: resource “Addressing Anti-Asian Hate” by the Center for Public Integrity provides comprehensive resources to address and combat hate incidents targeting AAPI communities. It includes educational materials, practical guidelines for reporting hate crimes and support resources for affected individuals and communities. resource The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) issued a Journalist Safety Kit for the 2024 U.S. presidential election. It provides safety advice, legal guidance and emergency contacts to help journalists cover the election safely. |
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| 👏 AAJA Kudos to... - All of our members and supporters who are finalists of LA Press Club’s 2024 SoCal Journalism Awards: Deepa Bharath, Delilah Brumer, Frank Buckley, Cindy Chang, Jaeha Chang, Ringo Chiu, Elizabeth Chou, Jaimie Chun, Yusra Farzan, Lisa Fung, Ethan Huang, Gene Kang, Jaweed Kaleem, David Ono, Jeong Park and Kimmy Yam.
- Ryan Kellett, Marcus Yam and Albee Zhang, who were selected for Harvard Nieman Foundation’s 2025 cohort.
- Pramod Acharya, who received the 2024 Human Rights Press Award for Investigative Reporting.
- Alex Lim, who received a gold medal for the Elements: Photography Design category in Society of New Design’s Best of News Design competition.
- Nicole Dungca, Claire Healy and illustrator Ren Galeno, who received a gold medal for the Illustration: Illustrated reporting category in Society of New Design’s Best of News Design competition.
- Siri Chilukuri, who received a Chicago Headline Club award.
- Leila Rahimi, who received an award for Outstanding Achievement in Sportsmanship for AAPI recognition.
- Cindy Chang, who was promoted to City Editor at the Los Angeles Times.
- Asad Jung and Isaac Yu, who are 2024 summer fellows for the The Texas Tribune.
- Sanvi Bangalore, who will intern for The Wall Street Journal this summer.
- AAJA student members who recently graduated, including AAJA student group presidents Sumaia Wegner (SDSU), Patricia Duong (Syracuse University) Fiza Kuzhiyil (UT Austin), Mariyum Rizwan (Temple University), Alexis Waiss (ASU) and Vivian La (UIUC).
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| | On Our List 🌟📺📸📰🎧 Follow us on X @aaja for more works on our radar from the AAJA community. |
| Inheriting, a new narrative podcast from LAist Studios and NPR launching May 23, is a journey through the lives of seven families based in California, reckoning with major moments in Asian American and Pacific Islander history. Through these stories, host Emily Kwong explores how the past is personal and how to live with the legacies we're constantly inheriting. |
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| - “Photographic justice uplifts Chinese railroad workers” by Randall Yip, featuring photography by John K Tan, AsAmNews
- 📺 “Photographic Justice: The Corky Lee Story,” PBS
- “After 20 years, I met my childhood hero: The local news anchor who looked like me” by Samantha Kubota, TODAY
- "Cut off from our past, Chinese American adoptees seek belonging" by Lian Parsons-Thomason, Center for Public Integrity
- “Asian American, Pacific Islander Latinos in the US see exponential growth, new analysis says" by Terry Tang, AP
- 📺 'Self-determined': Activists explain coining the term 'Asian American,’ CNN
- “What Asian America Meant to Corky Lee” by E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker
- “Boston-based Asian American Ballet Project is leaping through barriers” by Antoinette Antonio, WCVB5
- “Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islanders cultures celebrated in North Texas” by Hojun Choi and Chase Rogers, The Dallas Morning News
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|  | The Hawaiian Dance Group performs a hula dance during the Howard County AAPI Festival at Merriweather Park at Symphony Woods on Saturday, May 11 (Kylie Cooper/The Baltimore Banner). |
| | 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: Volunteer Opportunities: - AAJA Style Guide | Join us in reshaping AAPI coverage and news standards.
- *Deadline approaching* AAJA-Chicago Volunteer | Fill out the form to pick the volunteer mentor you’d like to learn from in AAJA-Chicago's "Coffee with a Journalist" program. You can find professional biographies for the participating mentors here. Deadline to apply: Friday, May 31.
External and Partner Opportunities: - Maine Public Broadcasting Network seeks Fellows | This position requires someone who can write a concise story, deliver a message in front of audiences and create cohesive narratives. | Deadline: Sunday, June 2. | Learn more and apply here.
- WXII-TV seeks a Multimedia Marketing Producer | This position requires someone who can market multiple brands, write, produce and edit and work with community partners. | Deadline: Sunday, June 9. | Learn more and apply here.
- States Newsroom seeks an Editor in Chief | This position requires someone who can supervise a team of journalists, write about major state policy and work with audience staff. | Deadline: Saturday, June 15. | Learn more and apply here.
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