AAJA Multimedia Training Participants Selected

San Francisco, March 21, 2008 -- The Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA) announced today the participants selected for the AAJA Multimedia Training Opportunities, to be held in San Francisco this year. This program was made possible through a grant from the AT&T Foundation's Excelerator Program.

The hands-on training sessions are half-day to four-day classes on multimedia equipment, digital and high-definition cameras, Mac digital editing, video production, Final Cut Pro and Dreamweaver. Individuals applied for the training and were selected based on their professional experience, their need for professional training, their commitment to AAJA and class availability. Classes will be held at the Bay Area Video Coalition and CompassPoint Non-profit Services in San Francisco. Some sessions will be taught by professional consultants at the AAJA National Office, where a new digital workstation will also be available for participants' use to practice and complete projects.

It was AAJA's intention to give as many AAJA members as possible the opportunity for some training to further develop their multimedia skills. Only AAJA members were eligible.

The selected participants are:

• Matt Dunn, television director, KRON-TV (freelance)
• Catherine Ho, recent graduate of University of California, Berkeley, with a history and mass communications major
• Amy Hsuan, staff writer, The Oregonian
• Ava "Dakota" Pak Kim, freelance journalist
• Diana Le, freshman at Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg, majoring in political science
• Ellen Lee, technology reporter, San Francisco Chronicle
• Yvonne Leow, junior at University of California, Los Angeles, majoring in political science
• Victoria Lim, freelance journalist
• Hazel Lodevico, features editor for Thirteen Minutes Magazine, and graduate student at California State University, Fullerton, majoring in print communications
• Florence Low, staff photographer, The Sacramento Bee
• Jessica Lum, senior staff photographer/arts and entertainment writer, UCLA Daily Bruin, and junior majoring in English
• Scott Ma, news intern at KTVU Channel 2 News, and senior at Sonoma State University majoring in communications
• Lianne Milton, photojournalist, Napa Valley Register
• Glenn Nelson, publisher, www.hoopgurlz.com
• Ngoc Nguyen, reporter, The Sacramento Bee
• Nina Thorsen, freelance journalist
• Corinna Wu, freelance science writer and editor

Selected participants will be notified personally about the particular sessions they were selected for and will arrange with the AAJA National Office for their training.

For more information, contact Albert Lee, AAJA Professional Programs Coordinator, at AlbertL@aaja.org, or Nao Vang, AAJA Student Programs Coordinator at programs@aaja.org.