EVENT: Cooking class to talk nutritional inequities
AAJA-LA with funding from the California Endowment is hosting a one-of-a-kind event to discuss health inequities. Join us Saturday, Nov. 23 at 10 a.m. for Nutritional inequities: Ayurvedic approaches to close the gap. It’s a cooking class and a lesson in holistic wellness in one afternoon. Learn about nutritional inequities
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
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.
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
Apply for free lodging during the Philadelphia convention
Convention goers! AAJA-LA is offering local chapter members free rooms at the 2017 National Convention in Philadelphia, July 26 to 29! We’ve rented a charming Airbnb house in South Philadelphia that sleeps 10 and reserved three rooms at the convention site at Loews Philadelphia Hotel. Don’t expect a lot of
Join us March 8 for an evening with prizewinning photojournalist Marcus Yam
We’re hosting an evening with Marcus Yam, a Los Angeles Times photographer who was just named Newspaper Photographer of the Year in the Missouri School of Journalism’s Picture of the Year International competition. He’ll present some of his prizewinning photography and chat about his life as a photojournalist, so bring
Meet the speakers: Let’s talk about diversity in Hollywood
Mark your calendars for this Friday, Feb. 17: Our first event of the year is coming up, and we’ve got a great line-up of speakers ready. Tre’vell Anderson, film reporter LA Times film reporter Tre’vell Anderson covers the intersections of diversity and Hollywood with a focus on black and queer
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 –
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