AAJA offers the following fellowships. For more information on any of these programs, contact Albert Lee, Professional Programs Coordinator at (415) 346-2051, ext. 107 or e-mail albertl@aaja.org.

AAJA Fellowship

AAJA offers a fellowship to members to help attend short-term professional training and skills development programs. Grants of up to $1,000 are offered to provide assistance with tuition, travel, food, lodging and other program-related expenses. Applicants must be full or associate members with at least three years of professional experience. Applications are accepted year-round.

AAJA is not accepting applications at this time.

AAJA/Poynter Institute Fellowship

AAJA, in partnership with The Poynter Institute, offers two fellowships for 2008. AAJA members can apply for any of 15 courses in topics ranging from multimedia to infographics, producing to copy editing. Applicants should be full-time employees of a print, broadcast or online news organization, or journalism educators. Freelancers are welcome to apply. The selected fellows will have transportation costs to The Poynter Institute covered by AAJA. Tuition and hotel costs will be covered by Poynter. The Poynter Institute is in St. Petersburg, FL.

The following is a list of Poynter seminars that would qualify for the AAJA/Poynter Fellowship.

Group 1 seminars - the deadline has passed.

5/18-5/23 Multiplatform Journalism
5/27-5/30 Strategy for Online Leaders
6/1-6/6 The Complete TV Producer (I)
7/13-7/18 Narrative Writing on Deadline With Tom French
8/10-8/15 TV & Radio Newsroom Management
8/10-8/15 TV Power Reporting: Telling Stronger Stories

Group 2 Seminars - deadline 7/1/08

8/17-8/21 Advanced Multimedia Reporting With Video
9/15-9/19 Leadership for the 24/7 Print Newsroom
10/12-10/17 Poynter Leadership Academy
10/19-10/24 From Column to Blog: Tuning Your Voice
11/9-11/14 InfoGraphics: Planning, Reporting & Presenting
11/16-11/21 The Complete Assigning Editor (II)
11/30-12/5 Advanced Copy Editing: Words & Images
12/7-12/12 The Complete TV Producer (II)
12/7-12/12 Leadership For New Managers (II)

For a description of these seminars go here. To apply for one of the two fellowships offered, fill out the Poynter seminars application, list which workshop you are interested in attending and mail your completed application to:

AAJA/Poynter Institute Fellowship
Asian American Journalists Association
1182 Market Street, Suite 320
San Francisco, CA 94102

Applications for your choice in the first group of seminars must be received by April 1, 2008. and applications for your choice in the second group of seminars must be received by July 1, 2008. An AAJA membership application is available here.

For more information on the 2008 Poynter Fellowship contact Albert Lee at AlbertL@aaja.org.

Knowledge@Wharton Business Journalism Fellowship

This fellowship allows one AAJA member the opportunity to attend a four-day seminar by covering the cost of tuition, materials and meals. The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania is a leader in helping journalists build a foundation of business and economic knowledge upon which they can draw as they communicate these complex issue to their readers. For over 35 years, the Wharton Seminars for Business Journalists have provided nearly 2,000 members of the media insight from Wharton faculty into topics such as financial markets, accounting principles, corporate strategy, and the global economy.

The Knowledge@Wharton scholarship will take place October 12-15, 2008. The deadline to apply is August 8. For more information about the 2008 program and an application, go here. For other questions, contact Albert Lee at AlbertL@aaja.org.

The Knowledge@Wharton program took place October 14-17, 2007. AAJA thanks the South Asian Journalists Association for coordinating this opportunity. AAJA member Mhari Saito, producer, WCPN, Cleveland, OH was selected to represent AAJA for the 2007 Knowledge@Wharton Awards.

AAJA/Newspaper Association of America Minority Fellowship

The Newspaper Association of America offers fellowships for newspaper journalists to attend the annual Executive Leadership Program as well as 17 other programs. Applicants should be full-time employees of a newspaper organization. The fellowship covers seminar registration fees, travel, meals and hotel expenses.

Niala Boodhoo, multimedia specialist/liaison for the business section of The Miami Herald received the AAJA/NAA fellowship to attend ELP in 2008.

Maggie Leung, copy desk chief, the San Jose Mercury News received the AAJA/NAA fellowship to attend ELP in 2007.

Learn more about ELP.

AAJA Business Fellowship

AAJA offers business fellowships to members interested in developing a better understanding of the collective challenges of running a newspaper or media company. Previous fellowships took place at the St. Paul Pioneer Press and The New York Times.

The AAJA Business Fellowship is ideal for journalists who want to explore a move to the business side of the industry, and business side veterans wanting to explore areas beyond the boundaries of their department. The fellowship will create a better understanding of the collective challenges of running a newspaper/media company. The program will provide cross-department exposure to people in the newsrooms as well as those working in the business side wanting to gain a better understanding of the media industry's "big picture." Participants can expect to observe and learn about the operations in production, marketing, advertising, circulation and distribution. Through this exposure fellows will learn about opportunities outside of their respective areas.

Read about previous business fellowships at The New York Times and St. Paul Pioneer Press.

Professional Opportunities

AAJA offers diverse workshops as well as seminars by media organizations, one-on-one critiques by top print, broadcast and visual journalists, a career fair with media companies and organizations, as well as opportunities to apply for AAJA national journalism awards at our UNITY: Journalists of Color Convention at McCormick Place West in Chicago, Illinois on July 23-27, 2008.