OUR MISSION

The Asian American Journalists Association is a national nonprofit educational and professional organization that owes its founding in 1981 to the vision of a small group of Los Angeles journalists.

Today, AAJA’s Los Angeles Chapter continues to promote the association’s four-part mission:

• • To provide a means of association and support among Asian American and Pacific Islander journalists.
  • To provide encouragement, information, advice and scholarship assistance to Asian American and Pacific Islander students who aspire to professional journalism careers.
  • To provide to the Asian American and Pacific Islander community an awareness of news media and an understanding of how to gain fair access.
  • To research and point out when news media organizations stray from accuracy and fairness in the coverage of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders.

AAJA-LA’s nearly 200 members work throughout the region in print, broadcast and online media.

The chapter offers grants and scholarships for undergraduate and graduate reporting projects; paid summer internships at local news organizations; a variety of social gatherings and monthly professional development programs.

The internships have been at some of the best at some of the best local media outlets, including the Los Angeles Daily News, Orange County Register, Pasadena Star-News, KABC 7, KNBC 4 and KTLA 5.

Check the website regularly for scholarship, internship and fellowship information.

AAJA is a nonprofit organization with 501(c)(3) status.