Apply to be a Fulbright Scholar in Journalism in China

Late applications for Fulbright Scholar lecturing and lecturing/research awards in China and Taiwan are being accepted in a variety of fields including law, American history, American literature, and American politics as well as journalism and communications, public policy, public administration, environmental policy an.taxonomy IN (‘post_tag’) AND tr.object_id IN (180) ORDER

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KoreAm Journal seeks support to keep publication alive

Gardena-based KoreAm Journal has launched at three-month campaign to save the magazine. Like many publications across the nation, KoreAm Journal is going through financial hardships as it struggles to keep publishing. 
 
  The glossy, English-language monthly was founded in 1990 and serves as a major outlet for Korean American and Asian-American

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AAJA-LA congratulates its 2008 Scholarship Winners

The Los Angeles Chapter of AAJA is pleased to announce five 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, short essay and work samples.

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AAJA’s J Camp: The Next Generation of Journalists

By Josiah Hsiung What is the future of journalism? That is the question that many in the industry have struggled to answer. But with programs like the Asian American Journalists Association’s J Camp, this troubling dilemma may have found its solution. J Camp, a six-day, multicultural student journalism workshop was

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UNITY Convention tackles “A New Journalism For A Changing World”

By Jacquelinne Mejia   Amateur sports have the Olympics, professional soccer has the World Cup, politics has the presidential elections, and minority journalists have the UNITY Convention. Every four years, journalists from the Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA), National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ), National Association of Hispanic Journalists (NAHJ), and

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Pre-Unity Luau had attendees ‘Buzzing’ about the convention

Griffith Park – What’s the largest gathering of journalists every four years without a local event to kick-off the convention? Members of the Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA), the California Chicano News Media Association (CCNMA) and the National Association of Hispanic Journalists (NAHJ) gathered at Griffith Park on Saturday, July

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Online journalist needed to participate with fact-check panel

USA TODAY’s Josh Hatch is looking for an online journalist who will be attending the Online News Association convention to take part in a panel on fact-checking. The session is aimed at teaching attendees the secrets to using the Web to gather data and check facts, such as state voter

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2008 Los Angeles Chapter Student Scholarships Information

AAJA-Los Angeles is offering journalism scholarships to outstanding students at the undergraduate and graduate levels who reside in or attend school in the Los Angeles Area. Deadline to apply is July 11, 2008. We’re looking for the best in radio, photography, print, news design, television and multimedia. Students who have

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Documentary: AAJA discount of $7 for groups of 10 or more

For the thousands of Japanese Americans forcibly interned during World War II, the scars have never healed. Passing Poston tells the moving and haunting story of four former internees of the Poston Relocation Center. Each person shadowed by a tragic past, each struggling in their own painful way to reconcile

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