Save the date: We’ll be hosting our 2017 Trivia Bowl this October

Our annual Trivia Bowl is coming! Mark your calendars for Thursday, Oct. 19, If you want to win this year, it’s time to put together your team and start practicing. It’s that competitive.  Thursday, Oct. 19.    Nishi Hongwanji 

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Flash mentoring workshop for early- to mid-career journalists

Feel stuck in your career? Uncertain about your next move? Should you jump from newspapers to TV or online? Do grunt work at a large media outlet in hopes of a better gig there? For journalists early in their careers, this is a time of great uncertainty and great opportunity.

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Freelancers: Join us April 6 for a Freelancer Job Fair

Calling all freelancers: Join AAJA-LA and Opodz on Thursday, April 6, for a Freelancer Job Fair. Here’s a chance to meet editors and managers responsible for reading pitches and making assignments. What format do editors prefer for pitches? Is the publication more evergreen or breaking news? Speak with editors from the

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Join us for a conversation about diversity in Hollywood this Friday, Feb. 17

Oscars Not So White? Media responsibility in its POC coverage We’re excited to announce our first event of the year: A conversation about diversity in Hollywood this Friday, Feb. 17 at 6:30 p.m. at the L.A. Times building downtown (community room, 145 S. Spring St). We’ll provide a bartender and the drinks –

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You’re invited! We’re hosting a mixer

AAJA Voices Mixer Where: The Escondite (Hideout), 410 Boyd St, Los Angeles, California 90013 When: Friday, February 10 at 6 PM – 8 PM   AAJA-LA is sponsoring a mixer with VOICES alumni, prospective students and local journalists. Learn more about VOICES, a multimedia journalism training fellowship for college and

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Food, Journalism & Authenticity: Panel on Tuesday, Jan. 27

In a world where chefs are celebrities and people read about/photograph food almost as much as they eat it, food journalism is an expanding field. Come to Pine and Crane on Tuesday, Jan. 27, at 7:00 p.m. to hear chefs and journalists discuss good food and good journalism. The event,

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2010 SPJ Convention & National Journalism Conference, Oct. 3-5 in Las Vegas

The Society of Professional Journalists, the nation’s most broad-based journalism organization, is planning the journalism-training event of the year. The 2010 SPJ Convention & National Journalism Conference, Oct. 3-5 in Las Vegas, is the industry event for all journalists in all forms of media. The conference, at the Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino,

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HTC/Verizon Wireless: Asian Pacific American Heritage Month Concert Tour

For the past two years, the APAHM Tour has strived to become the platform that showcases Asian American culture and talent nationwide. The APAHM Tour is a concert series that tours the top cities most populated by Asian Americans in the U.S.

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Early Bird Convention Registration – Deadline April 16!

Early Bird Convention Registration - Deadline April 16! The annual Asian American Journalists Association returns to Los Angeles for the first time in 17 years August 4-7, 2010 at the Renaissance Hotel near the world-famous Hollywood & Highland entertainment complex.

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