2010 was a banner year for AAJA-LA as host chapter of the 29th annual AAJA Convention in Hollywood. The 2010 convention, widely viewed as one of the best in AAJA’s history, honored for the first time in its 29 years, its Asian and Asian American Founders and Pioneers in U.S. journalism as a group. The event turned out to be the largest gathering of Asian American pioneers in U.S. journalism.
To see more photos from the convention, click here to view the gallery.
Opening Night at the 21st AAJA National Convention August 4, 2010, Hollywood, California
(Top L to R) Judy Chu Lin rep. late husband Sam Chu Lin, Jack Ong, Felicia Lowe, Stewart Kwoh rep. late mother Beulah Quo, Don Nakanishi, Bruce Koon, Kyung Won Lee, Al Young, Curtiss Kim, Lloyd LaCuesta, Henry Moritsugu, David Kishiyama, Ti-Hua Chang rep. late father Jen-Chung Chang, H. Lorren Au, Jr. rep. late father Henry Lorren Au, Russell Leong rep. late father Charles Leong; (Middle L to R) Corky Lee, Christopher Chow, Tomi Kaizawa Knaefler, Paul Sakuma, Emil Guillermo, Linda Yu, Harry Honda,
Sumi Sevilla Haru, Frank Kwan, Jan Yanehiro, Connie Chung, Ben Fong-Torres, Jon Funabiki
(Bottom L to R) Loan Do rep. late husband Yen Ngoc Do, Suzanne Joe Kai, Dorothy Ing Russell, Serena Chen, Rosy Chu, Gimmy Park Li, Bill Sing
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.
FOR MORE CONVENTION COVERAGE:
AAJA 2010 OPENING RECEPTION PHOTO GALLERY, click here
CREDITS: Individuals and organizations that assisted in the production of the Opening Reception can be seen here
PIONEER LIST: To see a complete list of the Pioneers on the AAJA Honor Roll list, click 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”