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
A cronut quest: from L.A. to NYC
NEW YORK – How does a recent college grad find herself perched on a SoHo sidewalk at 6 a.m. on a Wednesday, waiting two hours to pay $5 for a dessert that most of the world has never heard of? Journalism, of course. I’m here in everyone’s favorite concrete jungle
Deadline for UNITY Name Task Force & Call for 2013 AAJA Convention Ideas
AAJA-LA Members, There are currently two pending deadlines for Thursday, November 16 coming from AAJA National, which you may have already received directly. UNITY Name If you would like to weigh in with UNITY Name Task Force to find a name that both reflects the new UNITY mission statement, your
AAJA-LA Members Registered for UNITY are Invited to an Exclusive Mixer
Invitation Only: Pre-Unity and Post-NABJ Mixer at KTLA (6/28/12) As a celebration in anticipation of this summer’s convention, AAJA-LA Members who are registered for UNITY are exclusively invited to attend a Pre-Unity and Post-NABJ Mixer at KTLA with members of the local UNITY alliance organizations: California Chicano News Media Association
AAJA-LA Member Takes Charge of Voices
By Phil Ige, 2011 AAJA LA Board Member/KTLA 5 Photojournalist AAJA-LA Chapter member and KTLA photojournalist Brian Choo has been put in charge of the AAJA National Convention student-operated project AAJA Voices, a program that provides hands-on news training to college students. Choo, who works on both special projects and
#AAJA’S National #Convention in 140 characters
Check out what your colleagues were saying about the AAJA National Convention with this interactive feature, courtesy of Google Lab. Locate tweets by time, event, and date. Click here to see all the tweets from the four-day convention. Catch some useful links and commentary on the AAJA National Convention hosted in
Get Around LA with the Metro
Convention goers! Think you need a car to get around LA? Think again! LA does have a subway system. Check out this video by AAJA member Corey Takahashi.
INVITATION TO 2010 AAJA MEDIA ACCESS WORKSHOP – August 6
This is a session for local community organizations to learn how to pitch their stories to the media and how to get their news covered.
Ideas wanted for speakers at AAJA Convention
We need your Rolodex and ideas on the people, speakers, journalists, innovators, industry leaders and colleagues that you’d like to see featured in the programming. We are looking for dynamic individuals that can be very hands-on and practical, not just theoretical. So drop us a note with the name of