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AAJA-LA hosts workshop for aspiring journalists
Are you an aspiring journalist? Want to know how to get your first job in news? Want some feedback on your work? AAJA Los Angeles and KABC-TV is proud to host a Student Journalist Workshop and Resume Critique. When: May 24, Saturday. 11 am –…
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UNITY: Register now to attend the convention
If you’ve never been to a UNITY convention, you don’t know what you’re missing. The world’s largest journalism convention, it’s an event that comes around only every 4 years. It’s a joint effort by AAJA, the Hispanic journalists (NAHJ), the Native American journalists (NAJA) and…
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Los Angeles Daily News teams with chapter to offer summer internship
The Los Angeles Daily News and the Los Angeles Chapter of the Asian American Journalists Association are helping to shape the next generation of journalists by offering a 2008 summer internship to a student. We are seeking talented, ambitious students who want to make a…
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KCET-TV looking for morning show hosts
KCET-TV is shooting a pilot for a morning talk show focusing on Orange County. The station is looking for two smart, lively hosts with strong Orange County connections. The locally produced morning magazine program would air on the digital channel KCET-Orange. The program will be…
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Video: Bill Imada talks about his LUCKY strategy in dealing with the media
Bill Imada with the IW Group talks about his LUCKY strategy for community-based organizations to get their news in the news. Imada was a panelist at a Media Access Workshop sponsored by the Asian AmericanJournalists Association Los Angeles Chapter and NBC.
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Chapter board members reach out to student journalists
By RICHARD CHANG The AAJA-Los Angeles chapter partnered with California State University, Fullerton in April to present a professional panel and networking lunch for students interested in journalism and journalists’ organizations. The panel was a college/university outreach for the chapter, and it was also an official…
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Vanessa Hua wins first prize in Atlantic Monthly student fiction contest
March 21, 2008 AAJA-LA Member Vanessa Hua has won first prize in the prestigious Atlantic Monthly student fiction contest. The award comes with a $1,000 prize. Hua’s entry, titled “What We Have is What We Need,” is the story of Lalo, a Mexican who crosses…
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Media Access Workshop – Get your news in the news
Saturday, April 26, 2008 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. NBC News 3000 W. Alameda, Burbank, CA 91523. Rehearsal Hall 1. Park in the A Lot on California, between Riverside and Olive. Free and open to the public, but must RSVP to Gene Choo: Gene.Choo@nbcuni.com Sponsored…
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Cynthia Wang promoted to assistant editor of People Magazine
Nov. 19, 2007 Cynthia Wang has been promoted to assistant editor of People magazine, where she was an associate bureau chief for the publication’s LA office. Wang currently serves as AAJA National Treasurer and AAJA-LA board member and is a graduate of the ELP Class…
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Get your news posted online
Please send in any news, photos and work AAJA-LA can post online. We are especially interested in collecting work done by Los Angeles chapter professionals. You can send your material to aajalalosangeles@yahoo.com. If you are a community member and would like to get your news…
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2007 Los Angeles Chapter Scholarship Recipients
The Los Angeles Chapter of AAJA is pleased to announce eight winners in this year’s competition for local scholarships, which total $10,000. To apply for the scholarship, applicants needed to complete a six-part application that included a resume, official school transcript, two letters of recommendation,…
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AAJA-LA now on Flickr and Facebook
AAJA-LA is now a member of Flickr. Just log in to Flickr using a Yahoo account. We know members have photos from our events, so now is your chance to add them here. You can even download a program to batch upload. You don’t need…
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Lawyers Reign Superior to Journalists Yet Again at Trivia Bowl XIII
By Alyssa Dikitanan On a night in which more than 250 professional journalists and community leaders competed in five vigorous rounds of highly intellectual and thought-provoking questions, one of the most challenging asked was: “In the lyrics for the 1992 hit song ‘I’m Too Sexy’…
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Lawyers Again Bowl Over Journalists at TB XI
By LAURIE KAWAKAMI AAJA-LA.org LOS ANGELES – After nearly $18,000 was raised, 11 scholarships were awarded and three new teams were added to this year’s AAJA-LA Trivia Bowl, the question remains: What is the name of the Hello Kitty character that Sanrio Co. describes as…
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Trivia Bowl X: KNBC Makes History in Meeting the X-treme Challenge of Our Annual Competition and Fundraiser
By Cynthia Furey After an evening full of surprises and mind-stumping questions, there remains this one: How in the world did KNBC Channel 4 manage to become the first broadcast team to take the top prize in AAJA-LA’s annual Trivia Bowl? Even KNBC team members…
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AAJA-LA Trivia Bowl 2003
By CYNTHIA FUREY University of California, Irvine Quick, what’s California’s official state fossil? You don’t know? Neither did many of the teams at AAJA-LA’s Trivia Bowl IX, the chapter’s signature fund-raising event at the Japanese American National Museum on Oct. 17. The 22 teams competing…
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JABA easily wins Trivia Bowl for second year in a row
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 11, 2002–The Japanese American Bar Association repeated its triumph as Trivia Bowl champion and winner of the coveted Rice Cup with a dominating performance in the eighth edition of AAJA-L.A.’s signature team trivia competition scholarship fundraiser at the Japanese American National Museum…
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A Record Turnout for 2001 Trivia Bowl and 20th Anniversary Celebration
Forty-three teams competed in 2001 Trivia Bowl at KABC-TV in Glendale. By Richard Fruto Gianelli & Morris GLENDALE, Calif., Sept. 28, 2001–Trivia Bowl VII drew the largest number of teams ever to compete in the Asian American Journalists Association Los Angeles chapter’s signature fundraiser. More…
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APALC Wins Top Trivia Bowl Honors
By Richard Fruto Gianelli & Morris LOS ANGELES, Oct. 27, 2000–The Asian Pacific American Legal Center won Trivia Bowl VI, marking the first time ever that a community organization has won AAJA-LA’s team trivia fundraising competition. APALC edged past The Orange County Register to grab…
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2007 Chapter of the Year
AAJA-Los Angeles was given the highest award for a chapter: Chapter of the Year. The honor was announced at the 2007 AAJA national convention held in Miami, Fla. last summer. In introducing the award, AAJA-LA Chapter Board Member and KABC Anchor David Ono highlighted some…
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Los Angeles Chapter Stipends
Internship Stipends The L.A. chapter offers stipends to subsidize AAJA-L.A. members who take unpaid or low-paying internships. The program is open to students, recent graduates and beginning professionals with less than a year experience. Two $500 stipends are available each trimester (fall, spring, summer). Applicants…
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National Student Programs
CONVENTION STUDENT MULTIMEDIA PROJECT Convention Student Projects Student Media projects at the Annual AAJA National Convention provide students with an excellent opportunity to gain hands-on experience in news production and reporting in a professionally-guided atmosphere of convergence using the latest communications technology. The 2008 intern(s)…
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National Internships
PARTNER INTERNSHIPS AAJA/NBC 2008 Summer Partnership AAJA is pleased to announce the AAJA/NBC 2008 Summer Partnership for currently enrolled students who are of sophomore standing or above, attending an accredited college or university in the U.S. The Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA) is now accepting…
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Trivia Bowl X: KNBC Makes History in Meeting the X-treme Challenge of Our Annual Competition and Fundraiser
By CYNTHIA FUREY AAJA-LA.org LOS ANGELES, October 2004 — After an evening full of surprises and mind-stumping questions, there remains this one: How in the world did KNBC Channel 4 manage to become the first broadcast team to take the top prize in AAJA-LA’s annual…
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Talking with AAJA Founder Bill Sing
Six people founded AAJA, spending long hours on the job and away from the office traveling all over the country and uniting ideas and volunteers to help grow the organization into what it is today. Bill Sing, a 23-year veteran at the Los Angeles Times,…
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NLGJALA Scholarship Available
The National Lesbian Gay Journalists Association is awarding a $1000 scholarship to a qualified student journalist. The scholarship is open to any student, regardless of race, creed, gender, sexual orientation, or gender identity. For more information, log onto www.nlgjala.com.
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Network With Us: Henry Yu
Henry Yu is a regional marketing manager for the law firm of Bryan Cave, working in the Santa Monica and Irvine offices. His duties include strategic planning, developing accounts, handling media relations and organizing events that allow lawyers and potential clients to network. Born in…
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Unity Stipends
AAJA-L.A. is offering stipends of $400-$500 to help defray the costs of travel, lodging and registration to this year’s Unity convention in Chicago. All current 2008 AAJA-L.A. members are eligible to apply. Priority will be given to members with demonstrated financial need. Beginning journalists, students…
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One on one with David Ono
By CYNTHIA FUREY David Ono For about an hour a day, KABC-TV anchorman David Ono has to put on his serious face while reaching millions of people in the Los Angeles area who want the local news. But off camera, in between working on stories…
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Today in Ted Chen’s L.A.
By HOWARD HO AAJA-LA.org LOS ANGELES, March 2005 — As a reporter for nearly a decade at KNBC Channel 4, Ted Chen had seemingly done it all, whether covering natural disasters and political sea changes or the Oscars and the Golden Globes. In November, Chen…