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

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AAJA-LA to present V3con, the V3 Digital Media Conference

I am happy to formally announce an exciting conference that our chapter is leading: The AAJA-LA V3 Digital Media Conference (V3con) to convene on Saturday, August 25th, 2012 at the Japanese American National Museum in Little Tokyo. The conference will kick off on Friday night, August 24th with an Opening Awards Reception

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AAJA-LA Writers’ Workshop: The Art of ‘Self Editing’

Join us!   AAJA-LA Writers’ Workshop: The Art of ‘Self Editing’ Calling all storytellers! Come learn from one of the best, mingle with your colleagues and enjoy KPCC’s beautiful Crawford Family Forum in the heart of Pasadena. Steve Padilla, an assistant national editor at the Los Angeles Times, will give

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Trivia Bowl: 2012 General Information

[slideshow custom=david_post.jpg] Join us for Trivia Bowl XVII and our 31st Anniversary Celebration! David Ono, ABC7 anchor, returns to emcee our signature event hosted by ABC7 and complimented by donated dinner and from Wahoo’s Fish Tacos and complimentary beverages from Coca-Cola, Smart Water, Vitamin Water and Primo beer. WHO: Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA)

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Be Your Own News Network! AAJA-LA “One-person band” panel/ Feb. 20

The journalism industry has shifted. AAJA wants you to stay ahead! Join AAJA-LA along with CSUN RTDNA on February 20th at 7pm at California State University, Northridge for our first “One-Person-Band” panel. This is event is open to students as well as working journalists and mid-career professionals. RSVP: http://www.eventbrite.com/event/2860745567 Learn

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Trivia Bowl: 2011 Team Lineup

ABC7 Team I ABC7 Team II ABC7 Team III AsianConnections.com Asian Pacific American Legal Center Cal State Long Beach/SPJ Cal State Northridge/RTDNA CBS2/KCAL9 CBS Network News Coca-Cola Team I Coca-Cola Team II Coca-Cola/Commissioner’s Team Edison International Team I Edison International Team II Edison International/CCNMA & NAHJ Fong & Chun/Romben Aquino,

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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

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#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

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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.

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