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Share Your Journalism Expertise: Become a Career Counselor

Marcia Santillan — Fri, 10 May 2013 00:09:53 +0000

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Calling all experienced veteran journalists! Impart your knowledge and experience to developing journalists at the Career Fair Critiques during the AAJA National Convention:

On Thursday, August 22 and Friday, August 23
At 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
In the Career Fair and Expo Hall

AAJA needs you to provide specific feedback on work samples, impart career advice or answer journalism-related questions. Sessions with those seeking journalism counseling are 30 minutes long, but we’re asking volunteer counselors to commit to one-hour shifts.

Sign-up TODAY and help boost a fellow AAJA member’s career in journalism.

Deadline: Friday, June 21

Questions? Contact Marcia Santillan, Professional Programs Coordinator, marcias@aaja.org or at 415-346-2051, ext. 107.

New York Chapter Recommends Top New York City Destinations

AAJA National — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 21:45:16 +0000

While you’re at the convention in New York City, be sure to explore Manhattan. The AAJA New York chapter has the following recommendations for dining, attractions and shopping destinations.

Dining

Chinatown: You can’t go wrong with the restaurants in New York City’s Chinatown, which is the oldest one in the United States. For dim sum, we recommend Golden Unicorn, an upscale Cantonese-style restaurant. Location and phone: 18 E Broadway St., 212) 941-0911. $$ For noodles, congee or rice plates, try XO Kitchen. Location and phone: 148 Hester St., (212) 965-8645. $

Del Frisco’s Grille: Located in midtown Manhattan, this upscale restaurant and bar serves mainly modern American cuisine, including steaks and seafood. The restaurant décor features walls showcasing more than 700 cases of wine, as well as an outdoor patio for those who wish to dine al fresco. Location and phone: 50 Rockefeller Plaza, (212) 767-0371. $$$

We also recommend signing up for restaurant deals via savored.com, which enables restaurant goers to make reservations at four-to-five star restaurants and save up to 15 to 30 percent off their bill. Signing up is free, and you can also choose restaurants by area and cuisine.

www.savored.com

Koreatown: If you are craving Korean BBQ, look no further than Don’s Bogam BBQ & Wine Bar. Location and phone: 17 E. 32nd St, (212) 683-2200 $$$. Another Korean BBQ option is Kristabelli, where waiters will grill the meat for you. Location and phone: 8 W. 36th St., (212) 290-2211. $$$

Landmarc (at the Time Warner Center): Located on the third floor of the Time Warner Center, this restaurant features contemporary French and Italian-focused bistro fare and an extensive wine list. Good for large groups and those also interested in shopping at the nearby Shops of Columbus Circle in Time Warner Center. Location and phone: Time Warner Center, 10 Columbus Circle, 3rd Floor; (212) 823-6123. $$$

Momofuku: Noodles, pork buns or fried chicken, anyone? Located in the East Village, this noodle bar serves ramen, as well as cooks up a popular fried chicken meal for groups of 4 to 8 people (reservations must be made online for child-friendly meals). Location and phone: 171 First Ave.; (212) 777-7773. $$

Attractions

Rockefeller Center: Located in midtown Manhattan, Rockefeller Center is the city’s most famous landmark and is arguably one of the most popular tourist attractions in the city. Take a tour of the center’s gardens and buildings, including Radio City Music Hall and the historic GE building (home of NBC Studios). Location and phone: 45 Rockefeller Plaza; (212) 332-6868.

Central Park: Located in the middle of Manhattan, the 843-acre Central Park is the country’s most visited urban park. Visit the Conservatory Garden or the Central Park Zoo, or rent a boat (or a gondola for hire) on the park’s lake. More information: www.centralparknyc.org.

High Line: Founded by community residents, the High Line is an approximately one-mile linear park built on a former freight rail line elevated above the streets on Manhattan’s West Side. It runs from Gansevoort Street in the Meatpacking District to West 34th Street, between 10th and 11th Avenues. The entire park is wheelchair accessible. More information: (212) 500-6035.

Shopping Destinations

SoHo: This neighborhood is a prime shopping destination for locals and tourists alike. You can find a mix of “big box” retailers, including J. Crew and Banana Republic, as well as boutique shops. Location: On Broadway, south of Houston Street.

Flatiron District: You can find a mix of restaurants and stores in this Manhattan neighborhood. Shops are mainly “big box” retailers, such as GAP, Express, Club Monaco and Ann Taylor. Location: Around 22nd Street and 6th Street.

Midtown Manhattan: This area is a shopping mecca for tourists and locals alike. You can mill through the shops in Rockefeller Center, or walk down to Madison Avenue to shop (or window shop) at upscale venues. For those who want to go big, visit the world’s largest Macy’s store in Herald Square. Location: By 59th Street and Lexington.

Special thanks to AAJA members Rachanee Srisavasdi, Michelle Yu, Brooke Camp, and Maria Cat Sandoval for their work on these suggestions. Image courtesy of Damian Brandon and freedigitalphotos.net.

Boost your career – stay ahead of the curve

Paul Cheung — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 01:10:27 +0000

Come early to New York and boost your career by staying ahead of the curve: Sign up for one of several pre-convention workshops on Wednesday, Aug. 21.

AAJA, in partnership with several industry leaders, will be offering immersive training, ranging from investigative reporting to coding HTML to unlocking the secrets of a successful freelance career. Here’s a sneak peek at some of the workshops.

Investigative Reporters and Editors’ Watchdog Workshop (at convention site)
Investigative Reporters and Editors’ full-day Watchdog Workshop offers tips, tools and training that you can use immediately to add depth to your work, from breaking news coverage to quick-turn enterprise and long-term projects. Reporters, editors and producers return to their newsrooms with hard-hitting story ideas, websites and online resources to explore, lists of key documents to obtain, techniques for more effective reporting, ways to use the web and social media to find information, insight into the latest technology for news gathering and much more.

Covering Your Local Economy, presented by the Donald W. Reynolds Center for Business Journalism (at convention site)
This half-day workshop will teach attendees how to cover the economic angle to any beat, find and use data to develop local stories, and find fresh angles on unemployment and housing trends. Expect to walk away with 10 local economic story ideas you can start next week — whether business is a part of your beat or not.

Coding Workshop (at convention site)
This full-day workshop has two components to learning how to code. Students will first get a four-hour crash course into HTML and CSS. The second half of the day will be devoted to putting coding skills into action and attendees will have the opportunity to ask questions for work or personal projects.

Building a Successful Freelance Career (hosted by CUNY)
Join AAJA for a one-day workshop to help develop the connections, skills and strategies you need to build a successful freelance career. Hear from other freelancers about how they’ve made it work. Meet top editors and learn about the pitches they like to receive.

In the Digital Age: Journalists Need To Know the Business (hosted by New York University)
This full-day workshop will help journalists understand the business side of journalism to be better managers and entrepreneurs. Attendees will learn business basics including basic concepts in marketing, accounting, finance, funding, metrics, revenue, and budgeting; learn entrepreneurial skills and intelligent risk-taking; and connect with others who have gone down the entrepreneurial path.

Multiplatform Storytelling (hosted by Columbia University)
This half-day workshop will be focused on telling stories across platforms and teaching people how you can tell a story and package it for delivery via video, audio, social media. Some of the questions to be addressed in a workshop would include: What makes a good video? What makes a good audio? How do you develop a social media campaign for a story?

AAJA will offer more details soon. Additional fees may apply for these pre-convention workshops

Sneak Peek: Programming for the 2013 AAJA convention in New York

Paul Cheung — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 16:26:46 +0000

Come to AAJA’s New York convention to get the tools, support and inspiration that you need to make a difference in the digital world, whether as a journalist or entrepreneur.

You’ll expand your toolkit by developing skills in social media, data visualization, mobile reporting and Web scraping. Whether you’re just starting or a seasoned journalist, you’ll learn strategies to enhance your career and build your leadership skills.

Even as AAJA focuses on helping you build your digital skills, we haven’t forgotten the importance of traditional reporting, and will offer sessions on investigations and covering business, politics, immigration and multicultural communities.

On the Wednesday (Aug. 21) before the convention starts, we’ll have a robust set of intensive training workshops, including an MBA-style workshop at New York University, a multiplatform writing workshop at Columbia University, a freelance journalists workshop at City University of New York, and a coding workshop onsite at the New York Hilton.

During the convention, reporting and visual journalism workshops will combine classroom learning and in-the-field training. We’ll also have a series of inspiring talks by high-profile journalists, entrepreneurs and newsmakers.

Here’s a sampling of the top sessions being planned:

Social newsgathering: Exploring the social sphere to spot story ideas, trends and potential sources.
Mobile skills: Essential apps for your smartphone that you can use for your reporting.
Data visualization: Tools for storytellers, designers and digital publishers to engage your audience. This workshop gives participants a tour of the latest data-viz tools and cool ways in which they’ve been used to tell stories and shed light on complex issues.
Early career advice: How to excel in your first job, get your ducks in a row for a fantastic second job and network with other early career journalists
Entrepreneurship: For journalists who have started an entrepreneurial venture and are beyond that initial burst of energy and optimism: How to evaluate whether your enterprise has a viable future, or engineer a mid-course correction What decisions go into creating a strategy to move forward?
Move to management: You’ve worked hard at your craft and honed your skills. Look ahead now and imagine the ways you can multiply your impact by becoming a formal leader in your newsroom. What do you most need to know as you move into a new role? How do you set the agenda, manage former peers and bring vision and passion to the challenge of fostering journalism for a diverse world?
Blowing up the business model: How enterprise and startup media organizations are experimenting with different business models on the Web. What works, what doesn’t and what factors should newsroom leaders take into consideration?
Beyond barriers: Getting good stories when you have limited or no knowledge of the language or culture. Often, we think we can’t tackle assignments that demand we speak another language or have intimate understanding of a community. In this session, we show specific multimedia examples of how monolingual reporters overcame these challenges.
How to communicate with designers and developers: In today’s newsrooms, it’s more important than ever for traditional journalists to be able to communicate with designers and developers. Whether it’s building basic news graphics or more complicated interactives, or just making sure your work is best seen on mobile devices, it’s critical to communicate to folks who might not speak your language and work through a different process.
Investigative reporting while covering a beat: How do reporters who file multiple stories a day dig below the surface? A panel of investigative reporters will fill attendees in on how to find good story ideas, pitch them to editors and balance that work with daily demands.
Hands-on intro to web scraping: Before data is stored in an Excel spreadsheet, it resides as HTML text on a website. Learn how to write a script to scrape data from a website and into a spreadsheet without copying and pasting.

Register for the 2013 convention today!

Kathy Chow — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 21:32:11 +0000

REGISTER NOW

More than 850 journalists, news executives, media researchers, and community leaders will attend the 23rd Annual AAJA Convention at the Hilton New York, August 21-24, 2013.

The three-day convention includes plenary sessions, panel workshops, seminars, and other activities with interactive discussions about industry and community issues. The convention’s career fair features news and media companies, universities and journalism industry services, along with one-on-one critiques with veteran journalists and other opportunities for professional and student journalists.

“On behalf of the New York chapter, we are delighted and proud to host the convention in 2013,” said convention co-chairs Brooke Camp, NBCUniversal Talent Acquisition Lead, News and Digital, and Michelle Yu, SNY (SportsNet New York) Anchor. “We are excited to marshall the city’s resources and energy to make this a fantastic opportunity and event for all.”

This year’s 2013 AAJA National Convention will be a year to remember. In August, we expect to host the most distinguished AAJA Convention to date, with an unforgettable speaker panel of internationally renowned orators, celebrities, and industry luminaries. The AAJA Gala Scholarship & Awards Banquet is the grand finale for the convention. AAJA student scholarship recipients are honored, and National Journalism and Special Awards are presented to recognize excellence in journalism.

REGISTER TODAY

Convention Registration Rates

	Early Registration	Pre-Registration	On Site Registration
Deadlines	April 16, 2013	June 14, 2013	Aug. 24, 2013
Members
Professional	$225	$300	$375
Student	$100	$150	$200
Non Members
Professional	$350	$425	$500
Student	$165	$200	$250
Spouse / Partner	$215	$225	$240

Book your hotel reservations today online. Registrants for the 2013 National Convention receive discounted accommodations at the Hilton through June 3, 2013. This rate is available for the first 50% of AAJA’s room block, or until June 3rd – whichever comes first. Hotel FAQ.
Polish your resume for unrivaled networking opportunities. Click here for a complete list of Expo presenters.
Follow @aaja2013nyc for convention updates on Twitter, hashtag #AAJA13 to get into an AAJA State of Mind.
E-mail support@aaja.org with comments or questions.
A sneak peek of our workshops and programs.

Presenting Sponsors

Convention Policies

CANCELLATIONS AND REFUNDS

All requests must be submitted in writing to the AAJA National Office and received (not postmarked) by July 5, 2013. Include your name, address, phone number, and email address in the request. Send your cancellation request to convention@aaja.org or fax to 415-346-6343. A $50 administrative fee will be deducted. The refund will be issued to the original form of payment. No refund requests will be honored after 5 P.M. PST on July 5, 2013.

TRANSFERS

Transferring convention registration is prohibited without authorization from the AAJA National Office. All requests must be submitted in writing by the current registrant no later than August 5, 2013. A $25 administrative fee will be required for transfer requests. The request must include the following:

· (1) $25 transfer fee

· (2) Name and signature of the original registrant

· (3) Name, title and company/institution, e-mail address and phone number of the person receiving the transferred registration

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Ann Curry to headline the AAJA Gala in August in New York

Maya Blackmun — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 02:23:30 +0000

AAJA is excited that Ann Curry – a veteran television reporter, international correspondent and anchor – will be the keynote speaker at AAJA’s Gala & Awards Banquet in August during the National Convention in New York.

Curry is the NBC News National and International Correspondent/Anchor and TODAY Anchor at Large. She reports for all platforms of NBC News, serves as anchor for multiple primetime specials and substitute anchors for “NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams.” Read her full bio from NBC.

Many know Curry from her time serving as co-anchor of NBC News’ TODAY from June 2011 to June 2012 and as news anchor from March 1997 to June 2011, and as the anchor of “Dateline NBC” from May 2005 until September 2011. Many in AAJA also know Curry as a source of inspiration and pride for her prominence in television and the strength of her journalism, especially as she has sought out and brought to light underreported stories from around the world.

As NBC notes, Curry has conducted numerous exclusive interviews with world leaders and dignitaries – many from Asia - including three notable discussions with the Dalai Lama, sitting down with former Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto just two months before her assassination in December 2007 and in September 2011, the first-ever behind-the-scenes-access to the daily schedule of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. She also was one of the few network anchors to travel to Japan after the earthquake and tsunami of March 2011.

Don’t miss Curry at the AAJA gala by registering today for the national convention, Aug. 21-24, at the Hilton New York.

Reach your target audience at the 2013 AAJA Career Fair & Expo in New York

Marcia Santillan — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 08:25:06 +0000

2011 AAJA Career Fair & Expo Hall Exhibitors (clockwise): Arab American News, Bloomberg, American University and Time Warner Cable.

The AAJA Annual Career Fair and Expo is an unrivaled opportunity for journalists to interact with some of the industry leaders in journalism and ethnic media.

The Career Fair and Expo, occurring on Thursday, August 22 to Friday, August 23, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., offers a place for media professionals and journalism students to meet exhibitors from the news industry, technology companies, non-profit organizations and journalism schools. Interviews are offered on a first-come, first-served basis. There will be opportunities to speak with veteran journalism professionals to improve your skills in online media, print, photography, radio, and television.

Presenting at the 2013 Career Fair and Expo:

Media	Corporate	Academic
American Public Media Bloomberg CNN Dow Jones News Fund The E.W. Scripps Company Gannett Hearst Television McClatchy New York Public Radio The New York Times Newsday Patch Thomson Reuters	Buick Eli Lilly	Columbia Graduate School of Journalism CUNY Graduate School of Journalism University of California Berkeley School of Journalism University of Maryland University of Southern California Annenberg School of Communication and Journalism

Present at the National Convention 2013

Whether you are looking for talented hires for your media organization, seeking to expose your products and services to journalists or are wanting to get your company name out to the media industry, don’t miss the 2013 AAJA Career Fair & Expo in New York.

You will connect with 800 journalists and media executives from all over the world, converging in New York City for the 2013 AAJA National Convention, as they wind through the Career Fair & Expo Hall seeking information and prospects.

Your booth package includes:

• One (1) 10- x 10-foot booth
• Two (2) complimentary exhibitor registrations
• One (1) countertop table
• Two (2) chairs
• One (1) wastebasket
• One (1) ID sign displaying the name of your company
• One (1) month of five (5) free AAJA Career Center online job posts

Get the details.

AAJA is also now offering a new option to media and ethnic media companies at the 2013 Career Fair and Expo. Recruiters now have the option of purchasing the “News Corporation Recruiter Plus Package.” This option provides the resumes of convention registrants interested in meeting with your company. Learn more.

Deadline to register for a booth is Friday, June 28.

Interested in purchasing a booth? Log in to AAJA’s association account system; you don’t have to be a member to do so or to set up an account.

Once logged into your account:

Click on “2013 AAJA National Convention” under “Events”
Click on “View 2013 AAJA National Convention Career Fair & Expo Homepage” under “Event Tasks”
Click on “Register for this Show!” under “Exhibit Show Tasks”
Select your desired booth and fill-in the required information

We appreciate you joining us and look forward to you being a part of the AAJA 2013 National Convention in New York. If you have questions about the Career Fair and Expo, contact Marcia Santillan at 415-346-2051 ext. 107 or Marcia@@aaja.org.