AAJA: Asian American Journalists Association


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Four AAJA Members Initiate Multimedia Training Classes

Participants in the May 10 session were part of the AT&T Foundation's Excelerator grant program. They learned how to operate the Panasonic HVX200 professional camcorder.

May 12, 2008

AAJA Members Selected for ABC Fellowship and CNN Multimedia Training

Huma Khan receives an ABC 12 week fellowship while four members are selected to attend CNN's two day Digital Media Workshop.
May 9, 2008

AAJA Receives Media Champion Award

AAJA was a recipient of the Asian Community Mental Health Services 2008 Media Champion Award for "challenging misinformation and stereotypes in media coverage around the Virginia Tech tragedy and helping to present mental distress as a human and commonplace experience."

May 2, 2008

MediaWatch Responds to Slur in "South Pacific" Review

A Wall Street Journal review of the latest revival of "South Pacific" used the term "Japs." MediaWatch sent a letter to the newspaper.
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April 25, 2008

AAJA Executive Director Sets Departure in November


Rene Astudillo, AAJA's longest-serving Executive Director, has formally submitted his resignation effective on November 28. He was hired on May 1, 1999, just months before the UNITY Convention in Seattle.
April 22, 2008


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