2025 board candidates

Friends: Thanks for voting in this year’s election. If you’re a chapter member and didn’t receive a ballot, please write board secretary Carren Jao (carren.jao@gmail.com) to receive one. Here are the key deadlines:   Thursday, Nov. 14 – Voting starts Thursday, Nov. 21 – Voting ends, 11:59 p.m. Thanks! AAJA-LA Here

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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

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Kate McQueen wins 2024 Henry Fuhrmann Mentor Award

The award, given by AAJA-LA and ACES, honors mentors in journalism who made a difference The Asian American Journalists Association in Los Angeles and ACES: The Society for Editing are excited to announce the recipient of the second annual Henry Fuhrmann Mentor Award. Henry Fuhrmann was more than an assistant

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Henry Fuhrmann Mentor Award 2024

The Asian American Journalists Association-Los Angeles chapter and ACES: The Society for Editing are welcoming applications for the Henry Fuhrmann Mentor Award, which honors a working journalist who is a mentor to others in journalism. The deadline for nominations is Aug. 15, 2024, at 11:59 p.m. Pacific time. Former Los

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2023 Board Candidates

Friends: Thanks for voting in this year’s election. If you’re a chapter member and didn’t receive a ballot, please write board secretary Carren Jao (carren.jao@gmail.com) to receive one. Here are the key deadlines:   Thursday, Dec. 1 – Voting starts Thursday, Dec. 8 – Voting ends, 11:59 p.m.   Thanks! AAJA-LA Here

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Marcus Yam 2017

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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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