After a competitive application process, AAJA is proud to announce the students and mentors selected to participate in the 2022 VOICES program. This year’s cohort will create long-form journalistic projects virtually with the guidance of the VOICES program leads and mentors, culminating with an in-person presentation at the #AAJA22 Convention. We cannot wait to see the stories these young journalists will explore, as they learn to use their voices to tell stories that only they can tell.
As previously announced, our co-directors leading the program for the second year are Maya Srikrishnan of the Center for Public Integrity and Farnoush Amiri of the Associated Press and our 2022 deputy directors are Isaac Easley of Arizona State University and Anh Gray of KUNR Public Radio in Nevada. Without further ado, here is the 2022 VOICES cohort:
2022 VOICES COHORT:
Vivenne Aguilar, California State University – Monterey Bay
Brammh Balarajan, Emory University
Phyllis Cha, Indiana University
Lucia Cheng, Grinnell College
Jireh Deng, California State University, Long Beach
Lynn Krista Mae Lazaro, University of Nevada, Reno
Cynthia Liu, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
Yiwen Lu, University of Chicago
Shaanth Nanguneri, University of California, Los Angeles
Long Nguyen, Georgetown University
Melanie Nguyen, California State University – Fullerton
Bahar Ostadan, Columbia Journalism School
Serena Puang, Yale College
Omar Rashad, California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo
Shanivi Srikonda, Harvard College
Megan Tagami, University of California, Los Angeles
Michael Tamsuriyamit, Hunter College
Meimei Xu, Harvard College
Irene Zhang, University of Oxford
Samson Zhang, Pomona College
Alexis Waiss, Arizona State University
2022 VOICES EDITORS:
Tiffany Camhi, Oregon Public Broadcasting
Andi Dukleth, NBC7, Telemundo News
Isaac Easley (Deputy Director), Arizona State University
Anh Gray (Deputy Director), KUNR Public Radio
Joe Hong, CalMatters
Irena Hwang, ProPublica
Rosa Kim, CBS News’ Washington
Rong-Gong (Ron) Lin, Los Angeles Times
Annie Ma, The Associated Press
Rahuldev Mukherjee, Hearst
Naina Rao, Freelance
Mallika Sen, The Associated Press
Frank Shyong, Los Angeles Times
Nicholas Wu, POLITICO
ABOUT VOICES
Now in its 32nd year, VOICES is a student fellowship program that equips student journalists with career-ready skills to succeed in the continually evolving media landscape. The program aims to help journalists understand how audiences engage with them, how communities view the work they produce, and how they can understand the impact their work has. By nurturing relationships between students and professional volunteers, VOICES gives fellows the opportunity to tap into mentors’ networks and grow their own. Learn more here, and see past student work on the VOICES website.
