2019

Internships Panel at Journalism Assn. of Community Colleges conference – Saturday, Oct. 19 – Cal State Fullerton

 

Young journalists Career Discussion and Mixer  –  Saturday, Oct. 12 –   Cindy Chang’s house in Atwater Village  

 

 

Los Angeles Times Reception – Aug. 1 – Empire State South, Atlanta, Ga.

 

AAJA National Convention – July 31 to Aug. 4 – Atlanta, Ga.

Photos by Ah Do and Ashley Dunn

 

 

 

 

 

 

AAJA-LA Convention Mixer – July 31, 7 p.m. – MidiCi Neopolitan Pizza in Midtown Atlanta

Photos by Anh Do and Ashley Dunn

 

Obon! – Saturday and Sunday, July 13 and 14 at Nishi Hongwanji Temple in Little Tokyo

Our second year of sponsoring the basketball booth thanks to Samantha Masunage and Teresa Watanabe! Below is our $100 raffle winner!

Photos by Ashley Dunn.  

 

Student Reporting Projects Scholarship Winners – June 24 – Kasih, Little Tokyo

This was our first year of offering scholarships to complete student reporting projects. A huge success! We saw presentations from Denise Chan of USC and Aditi Mayer of UC Irvine at Kasih. 

Photos by Ashley Dunn

 

2018

Photo Auction and Holiday Party – Wednesday, Dec. 5 – Sake Dojo in Little Tokyo

Photos by Calvin Alagot

 

 

V3 Series #10 – Taking Steps Toward Self-Publishing – Oct. 19 – Little Tokyo Metro Community Office

 

 

 

 

 

V3 Series #9 – Selling Your Film to Streaming Platforms – Thursday, Sept. 20 – Visual Communications, Little Tokyo

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

V3 Series #8 – Python for Beginners – Friday, Aug. 17 – Orange Coast College

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

“Crazy Rich Asians” Sneak Preview with writer Adele Lim and Peter Chiarelli, and Jen Yamato of the L.A. Times – Tuesday, Aug. 14 – Regal Cinemas L.A. Live 14

Photos by Joseph Nakhost

https://josephnakhost.format.com/

 

 

 

 

 

 

AAJA-LA’s Home-Away-From-Home – Wednesday, Aug. 8 to Sunday, Aug. 12 – Houston

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AAJA National Convention – Wednesday, Aug. 8 to Saturday, Aug. 11 – Houston

 

 

 

 

 

Instagram and Instastories for Style Influencers – Saturday, Aug. 4 – Breguet Beverly Hills 

 

AAJA-LA Summer Intern Meet-and-Greet – Saturday, July 21 – 7 p.m. – Stalking Horse Brewery and Freehouse on Pico in Rancho Park 

 

AAJA-LA Annual Field Trip to Little Saigon – Sunday, July 15 – Nguoi Viet

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V3 Series #7 – Tuesday, July 10, 6 p.m. – 360 Video – USC Annenberg School 

 

AAJA-LA Basketball Booth at the Obon Carnival – Saturday and Sunday, July 7 and 8 – Nishi Hongwanji Temple, Little Tokyo

Image may contain: 3 people, people smiling, people standing and outdoor

 

   

   

   

   

AAJA-LA Film Series #1 – 7 p.m. – Tuesday, June 26 – HBO Visionaries – Japanese American National Museum, Tateuchi Democracy Forum

 

 

V3 Series #6 – Tuesday, June 26 – 6:30 p.m. – Building Your Audience and Content – 353 E. 1st St., Little Tokyo 

 

K.W. Lee’s 90th Birthday and Koreatown Times Reunion – Friday, June 8 – Oxford Palace Hotel, Koreatown

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V3 Series #5 – Community Reporting – Thursday, May 17 – UC Irvine

V3 Series #4 – Google Tools for Journalists – Saturday, April 28 – USC Annenberg

 

Allegiance with George Takei – Saturday, March 31 – Aratani Theater

 

 

V3 Series #3 – Podcasting – Thursday, March 29 – Visual Communications

 

V3 Series #2 – Twitter for Journalists – Monday, Feb. 26 – WeWork Culver City

 

 

Personal Finance for Journalists #1 – Thursday, Feb. 22 – Los Angeles Times Community Room

 

Get Your Business in the News – Wednesday, Feb. 7 – Nguoi Viet 

 

V3 Series #1 – Instagram for Journalists – Friday, Jan. 26 – L.A. Times A1 Conference Room

 Photos by Calvin Alagot

 

 

2017

On Assignment 2017: Photo Auction and Holiday Party – Saturday, Dec. 2 – David Ono’s house in Toluca Lake

 Photos by Calvin Alagot

 

Become a Whiz at Data Viz – Oct. 10 – USC

 

Crack the Internship Code – Oct. 5 – USC

 

Video Journalism Workshop – Sept. 22 – Opodz Little Tokyo

Photos by Calvin Alagot

 

Tiger Hunter – Aug. 30 – JANM

Photos by Camille Dunn

 

 

Photos by Mariko Lochridge

 

 

AAJA National Convention in Philadelphia July 26-29

The Los Angeles Times and AAJA-LA put on the most awesome party of the convention at the Philadelphia Press Club’s Pen & Pencil! 

 

 Become a Style Influencer! – July 11 – Breguet in Beverly Hills

Photos by Timmy Truong

 

Photos by Mariko Lochridge

 

Photos by Ashley Dunn

 

Mobile Journalism – June 28 – Opodz Little Tokyo

Photos by Calvin Alagot

Photos by Ashley Dunn

Board meeting – June 10 in Little Saigon

Photos by Ashley Dunn and Anh Do

 

Nick Ut and the Transformation of Los Angeles – June 8 – The Tateuchi Democracy Forum

Documentary: The Napalm Girl-40 Years Later from Content Media Group on Vimeo.

Video of the entire event by John Esaki and his crew at the Japanese American National Museum

Photos By Anibal Ortiz and Nuran Alteir

 

Photos by Rozette Rago

 

The Media and the Japanese-American Incarceration – May 25 – The Tateuchi Democracy Forum

Videographer Helen Zhao produced a video of the event:

John Esaki  and his crew of videographers at JANM taped the entire event:

Photos by Camille Dunn and Darrell Kunitomi

 

Flash Mentoring – May 6 – Cindy Chang’s house, Atwater Village

Photos by Rozette Rago

 

 

Food, Identity and Media – April 24, 2017 – Pico House, Downtown Los Angeles

Check out moderator Tien Nguyen’s terrific recap of the evening’s discussion. 

Photos by Anh Do, Ashley Dunn and Bethany Mollenkof

The Freelancer Job Fair – April 6, 2017 – Opodz Little Tokyo 

Photos by Timmy Truong

An Evening with Marcus Yam – March 6, 2017 – Los Angeles Times Community Room

Photos by Calvin B. Alagot 

 

#OSCARSNOTSOWHITE – Feb. 17, 2017 – Los Angeles Times Community Room

Photos by Stephen Isaiah 

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