AAJA Honors Photojournalists for AAPI Heritage Month
In celebration of Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month, AAJA recognized a dozen Asian American photojournalists throughout the month of May. We asked aspiring and award-winning photographers to reflect on their careers and share some
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AAPI Heritage Month: Michael Schennum
Michael Schennum is a staff photographer at The Arizona Republic. Before that he interned at the Appleton Post-Crescent and the Palo Alto Daily News. He has also taught photojournalism at ASU.Michael graduated from UC Santa Cruz
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AAPI Heritage Month: Ankur Dholakia
Ankur Dholakia is an award winning photojournalist and a Multimedia Producer at The Detroit News. He has covered a wide variety of assignments in and around the Motor City. He was born in England and
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AAPI Heritage Month: An Rong Xu
An Rong Xu is a Chinese-American photographer based in New York City. His work explores identity within the Chinese-American community, and the evolving social philosophy within, while photographing the transition from immigrant to American. Xu
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AAPI Heritage Month: Stephen Yang
Stephen Yang has three years of journalism photography under his belt working with Bloomberg News, Wall Street Journal and the New York Post. The world traveler always has a camera in hand. He says,
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AAPI Heritage Month: Vino Wong
Vino Wong is a veteran award-winning photojournalist. He moved to Malaysia in November 2012, where he works as a corporate communications manager at Majupadu Development, a commercial and real estate development company. He is also
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AAPI Heritage Month: Julie Jacobson
Julie Jacobson is an AP staff photographer based in Las Vegas who has covered major disasters and dramatic events in the United States and overseas. Her assignments have included floods in the Midwest, hurricanes in
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AAPI Heritage Month: Charles Dharapak
Charles Dharapak was born in New York and studied print journalism and economics at New York University. He joined the Associated Press in 1995 as a staff photographer based in Southeast Asia. While in
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AAPI Heritage Month: James Tensuan
James Tensuan is a Sophomore at San Jose State University studying journalism. His interest in photography began with a book by Dorothea Lange and a film camera. Since then, he has worked for the
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AAPI Heritage Month: Conner Jay
Conner Jay believes in the power of images and their ability to inspire change. His pursuits through photojournalism have lead to a love for social documentation and narratives. Although born in California, Conner has
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