AAJA: Asian American Journalists Association


Special Sessions


(ALL PROGRAMS SUBJECT TO CHANGE. ALL PROGRAMS HELD AT THE RENAISSANCE HOTEL UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED)
Act now! The following special seminars are offered free to convention registrants who can arrive before the convention begins and devote extra time to professional development. Advance registration highly recommended, as space is limited and are available on a first-come, first-served basis. All registrants will be notified about their enrollment and acceptance. AAJA will announce other Special Sessions as they become available.

NEW U: News Entrepreneurs Working through UNITY
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 4 & THURSDAY, AUGUST 5

UNITY has received a $100,000 grant from The Ford Foundation to implement New U: News Entrepreneurs Working through UNITY (New U), and we want YOU to apply for this exciting new program. The New U project is intended to increase the number of innovative thinkers and product developers who are of color, providing them with a forum in which to develop and express innovative ideas. It will support the creative ideas of participating journalists of color through a series of two-day "boot camps" at each of the four summer 2010 UNITY alliance partners' conventions. In addition to offering training and one-on-one mentoring, the program will include a competition for start-up funding to assist news entrepreneurs to realize their ideas.