The Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA) is pleased to announce its preliminary list of convention sponsors for the 21st Annual National Convention which will be held from August 4 to 7, 2010 at the Renaissance Hollywood Hotel & Spa in Los Angeles. This year's convention returns to the organization's birthplace in Los Angeles for the first time in 17 years and will offer an array of robust panels and workshops that address the new landscape in journalism.
"Thank you to all the sponsors for reaching out and leaning in to make the AAJA National Convention an awesome reality this August," says Sharon Chan, AAJA National President. "Your support for diversity and journalism matters to Asian American journalists and to everyone who reads and watches the news."
Trang Ho, 2010 national convention co-chair, adds: "We extend gratitude to all of our sponsors who are making this convention not only possible but also spectacular."
The 2010 convention sponsors to date include: AOL Fanhouse, Bloomberg, CBS News, CNN, Eli Lilly and Company, Gannett, Gilead Sciences, Google, Joico, Microsoft, News Corporation, Politico, Port of Long Beach, NBC Universal, Southern California Edison, Southwest Airlines, Toyota, Toyota Financial Services, Union Bank, Yahoo!, The Associated Press, The California Wellness Foundation, The Chan Family, The Los Angeles Times, The McClatchy Company, The New York Times, The Seattle Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Walt Disney Company, The Washington Post.
Additional sponsors include: The Annie E. Casey Foundation and Loyola Marymount University for the J Camp for High School Students; Google, Hearst Newspapers and The New York Times for AAJA's Executive Leadership Program; and individual contributions from Simon and June Li and Skip Rhodes. Their generous support will help defray costs associated with the convention as well as help AAJA offer ongoing student and professional programs. AAJA has also established a partnership with Marketwire to further facilitate and maximize our current communications efforts.
About AAJA
The Asian American Journalists Association is a non-profit professional and educational organization with approximately 1,200 members across the United States and in Asia. Founded in 1981, AAJA has been at the forefront of change in the journalism industry. AAJA's mission is to encourage Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPIs) to enter the ranks of journalism, to work for fair and accurate coverage of AAPIs, and to increase the number of AAPI journalists and news managers in the industry. AAJA is an alliance partner in UNITY Journalists of Color, along with the Native American Journalists Association, National Association of Hispanic Journalists, and National Association of Black Journalists. For more information, visit www.aaja.org.