Special thank you to all the individuals and companies who helped make
AAJA’s 2010 Convention Opening Reception honoring its Founders and
Asian American Pioneers in U.S. Journalism an historic event.
AAJA 2010 Convention Opening Reception Committee:
Leezel Tanglao, AAJA-LA Board member 2010, AAJA 2010 Convention Co-Chair, AAJA National Advisory Board Representative – (ABCNews.com Home page Editor, formerly LA Chapter, KCBS2-KCAL 9 Online Producer)
George Kiriyama, AAJA National VP, Broadcast 2010, (NBC Bay Area News – KNTV San Francisco Bay Area)
Suzanne Joe Kai, AAJA-LA Board 2010-2012 (f. KRON-TV, KCBS, KTVU) Doc. Filmmaker, StudioLA.TV)
Annabelle Udo-O’Malley, AAJA Events & Fundraising Coordinator
AAJA National
Sharon Chan, AAJA President 2010 (Seattle Times)
Kathy Chow, AAJA Executive Director
Annabelle Udo-O’Malley, Events & Fundraising Coordinator
Antonio M. Salas, Membership & Chapter Development Manager
AAJA 2010 Convention Co-Chairs:
Ky Trang Ho, Incoming President AAJA-LA 2011-2012 (Reporter, Investor’s Business Daily)
Jinah Kim, 2010 AAJA-LA President 2010 (Reporter, NBC News/KNBC/MSNBC)
Leezel Tanglao, AAJA-LA Board 2010 (ABCNews.com Home Page Editor ) (see credits above)
Co-Researchers – Founders & Pioneers lists & citations written, researched, compiled and edited by:
Christopher Chow, AAJA-SF, (f. KPIX-TV, KCET LA), Chow Associates, CPUC Information Officer
Suzanne Joe Kai, AAJA-LA Board 2010-2012, (f. KRON-TV, KCBS, KTVU), Doc. Filmmaker, CSI Intl., StudioLA.TV
AAJA 2010 Convention Hospitality Committee Ambassadors:
AAJA Founders and Pioneers were invited and escorted by the AAJA-LA Hospitality Committee Ambassadors (AAJA-LA Board members and others).
The Ambassadors include:
Shawn Nicole Wong, Chair, AAJA-LA Hospitality Committee. AAJA-LA Treasurer, AAJA-LA Board 2010-2012.
Subha Ravindhran, AAJA-LA Board member 2010, KABC 7 TV Reporter and Anchor, Los Angeles
Machiko Yasuda, AAJA-LA Board member 2011-2012, Director of New Media, UCLA Daily Bruin
Lora Victorio, AAJA-LA Board member, 2010, Los Angeles Times Online News Producer
Jennifer Quong Chung, Broadcast Communications Manager, Toyota Video Production Center; former AAJA National Convention Co-Chair
Ann Lee, Korea Daily
Elis Song, Patch.com, editorial intern
Mari Fong, U.S. HealthWorks, freelance writer
Katarina Mayers (NBC10/WCAU Investigative Unit Intern at NBC Universal and Admissions Assistant Villanova University)
Susan Hirasuna (Weekend Anchor and Reporter, KTTV Fox 11)
Karen Zarsadiaz (f. reporter, CBS News)
James Kyson Lee (“Heroes”)
AAJA 2010 Convention Volunteers:
Opening Reception support services provided by AAJA-LA and AAJA Convention Volunteers,
John Sakata, Chair, AAJA Convention Volunteers, AAJA-LA webmaster, AAJA 2011-2012 Board
A special thank you to APEX and Toyota for generously providing volunteers
AAJA-Los Angeles Chapter Executive Officers, Board of Directors, and Committee members:
Jinah Kim AAJA-LA President and 2010 Convention Co-Chair (Reporter, NBC News/KNBC/MSNBC)
Grace Lim 2010-2012 AAJA-LA Board, 2010 Co-Pres, (Associate Producer, CBS2/KCAL9 NewsCentral)
David Ono, 2010-2012 AAJA-LA Vice President Broadcast, Chair, Publicity Committee (Anchor, ABC7)
Leezel Tanglao, 2010 AAJA-LA Board, 2010 Convention Co-Chair, National Advisory Representative (ABCNews.com Home Page Editor, formerly CBS2/KCAL 9 News LA Online Producer)
Ky Trang Ho, 2011-2012 AAJA-LA Incoming President, 2010 Convention Co-Chair, (Reporter, Investors Business Daily)
Jovian Lien, 2010 AAJA-LA Board Secretary, (Online News Producer KABC TV and weekend assignment editor Fox News Channel)
Shawn Nicole Wong, 2010-2012 AAJA Board Treasurer, Chair AAJA-LA Hospitality Committee
Frank Buckley, 2010-2012 AAJA-LA Board (Anchor KTLA TV)
Suzanne Joe Kai, AAJA-LA Board 2010-2012, (f. KRON-TV, KCBS, KTVU), Doc. Filmmaker, CSI Intl., StudioLA.TV
Subha Ravindhran 2010 AAJA-LA Board (Reporter and fill-in Anchor, KABC TV)
Lora Victorio 2010 AAJA-LA Board (Online News Producer, Los Angeles Times)
Phil Ige 2010 AAJA-LA Board (Videographer, KTLA TV)
Brian Chu 2010-2012 AAJA-LA Board (Reporter, NBA.com)
Cynthia Wang, AAJA-LA, AAJA 2010 Convention Auction & Raffle Chair
(Associate Bureau Chief Los Angeles, People Magazine).
John Sakata, 2011-2012 AAJA-LA Board, Webmaster, and Chair, AAJA 2010 Convention Volunteers
Jocelyn “Joz” Wang, AAJA-LA Board Secretary 2011-2012
Event Sponsor:
Yahoo!
AAJA 2010 Opening Reception Photography:
Corky Lee, Karen Zhou, Anthony Alvarez-Eng (Manhattan Neighborhood Network), Phil Ige (KTLA-TV), Additional photography by Hyungwon Kang (Reuters), Mike Kai (Lifeyo.com), Sarah Woo. Digital compilation of group photo by Aeon Wood. Additional creative consulting by Stephen Chow.
AAJA 2010 Opening Reception Videography:
Official event videography by Darryl Kim, World Wise Productions
Event videography, Pioneer Interview station, group photo lighting by Kevin Clark for StudioLA.TV.
Entertainment:
Singer and songwriter Judith Hill and her band.
Master of Ceremonies
AAJA Honor Roll Pioneer Journalist, Author & Broadcaster Ben Fong-Torres (f. Rolling Stone).
Unveiling the AAJA Honor Roll – Asian American Pioneers in U.S. Journalism (1925-1975):
Christopher Chow and Suzanne Joe Kai
Introductions and Presentation of AAJA Honor Roll Certificates:
Sharon Chan, George Kiriyama, Jinah Kim, David Ono, Leezel Tanglao, Ky Trang Ho
AAJA Honor Roll Announcer:
David Ono, AAJA-LA Vice President of Broadcast, (Anchor, KABC-TV)
Event Production services:
Pioneer research, Video Producer – “AAJA Honor Roll: Asian American Pioneers in U.S. Journalism 1925-1975,” “AAJA Salutes Asian American Change Agents and Pioneers in U.S., Asian American Media, and Asian Community Journalism,” and “Ladies and Gentlemen, Ben Fong-Torres,” videography services from StudioLA.TV, event and honoree floral arrangements, AAJA Honor Roll certificates, hotel accommodation, post production services underwritten by Suzanne Joe Kai, AAJA-LA Board 2010-2012, (f. KRON-TV, KCBS, KTVU), Doc. Filmmaker, CSI Intl., StudioLA.TV
Pioneer research, Video Producer – “AAJA Honor Roll: Asian American Pioneers in U.S. Journalism 1925-1975,” “AAJA Salutes Asian American Change Agents and Pioneers in U.S., Asian American Media, and Asian Community Journalism,” event and honoree floral services, post production services underwritten by Christopher Chow, Chow Associates, San Francisco.
Printing and Opening Reception Badges, Leezel Tanglao, 2010 AAJA Convention Co-Chair (ABCNews.com Home Page Editor).
Public relations services by Corin Ramos, Walson PR
Public relations services by City News Service of Southern California
Copy editing services by Rubaina Azhar, LA Times.
Photographs of Asian American Pioneer Journalists and AAJA Founders from the collection of Lia Chang Photography.
Additional creative services by Leland Wong (Leland Wong Photography)
Special thank you to the creators of the four video features produced for the AAJA 2010 Opening Reception:
“AAJA Founders Video” produced, directed, written by David Ono (KABC-TV); edited by Cristina Romento (KABC-TV), and Lesley Chinen (KABC-TV).
“AAJA Honor Roll: Asian American Pioneers in U.S. Journalism 1925-1975,” produced and directed by Brian Choo (KTLA), Suzanne Joe Kai, Christopher Chow; edited by Brian Choo; and Special Thank you to Composer, Producer and Performer Suzanne Ciani for permission to use “The Velocity of Love” from her album The Velocity of Love © 1986 Musica International, Inc. (ASCAP) www.suzanneciani.com
“AAJA Salutes Asian American Change Agents and Pioneers in U.S., Asian American Media, and Asian Community Journalism,” produced, directed by Brian Choo (KTLA), Suzanne Joe Kai, Christopher Chow, and edited by Brian Choo; with music contributed by E. Samantha Cheng, TPS – Television Production Services.
“Ladies and Gentlemen, Ben Fong-Torres” produced, directed, written by Suzanne Joe Kai and Jenny K. Woo; edited by Jenny K. Woo; and Special Thank you to Ben Fong-Torres for permission to use images and video from his archives.
FOR MORE CONVENTION COVERAGE:
AAJA HONOR ROLL names and categories can be seen here: Pioneers in U.S. Journalism, Change Agents, Pioneers in Asian Community Press, and Pioneers in Asian American media.
AAJA 2010 OPENING RECEPTION PHOTOS Honoring Its Founders and Pioneer Journalists click here.
CREDITS: Individuals and organizations that assisted in the production of the Opening Reception can be seen here
PIONEER GROUP PHOTO: To see an enlarged version of the photo including all 36 Pioneers, click here.
Q&A: Five minutes with National Convention co-chair Leezel Tanglao
TWITTER: The AAJA National Convention in 140 characters
SLIDESHOW: Time machine back to the AAJA National Convention with “Joz”