Join AAJA-LA for Hire Me Headshots, YouTube Space LA event postponed

Hire Me Headshots… because you’ll need more than your work selfies. If you want to project the right image – even show potential employers your best self – swing by AAJA-LA’s next event designed to help you do just that! This is the perfect picture that you might use for

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Food, Journalism & Authenticity: Panel on Tuesday, Jan. 27

In a world where chefs are celebrities and people read about/photograph food almost as much as they eat it, food journalism is an expanding field. Come to Pine and Crane on Tuesday, Jan. 27, at 7:00 p.m. to hear chefs and journalists discuss good food and good journalism. The event,

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Results of AAJA-LA 2015 Board Elections

Thank you to all the candidates who expressed an interest in joining the AAJA Los Angeles Chapter Board. Thanks also to our members who participated by casting their votes to move our chapter toward an exciting 2015. It’s thrilling to see such support for AAJA-LA. We hope to capture that

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Final list of candidates for the 2015 AAJA-LA Board of Directors

Thank you to all the AAJA-Los Angeles members who nominated candidates for this election, and especially to all the candidates who have agreed to run for a leadership position with the AAJA-LA Chapter. Candidate bios and statements (as submitted during the nomination process) are below and job descriptions can be

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Nominations open for 2015 AAJA-LA Board

Link to 2015 AAJA-LA Board Nomination for Candidacy Form We are writing in hopes that you will consider taking a leadership role in AAJA-Los Angeles as we recruit for a dynamic 2015 chapter board. We seek thoughtful, creative thinkers, those bursting with ideas but, even more important, the passion and

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Trivia Bowl XIX is a rousing success

Trivia Bowl XIX ended the same way that six previous competitions did, with the formidable Japanese American Bar Association again winning the spirited team competition and taking home the Rice Cup. The event, held Friday, Oct. 10, at the ABC7 studios in Glendale, also crowned Cerrell Associates as the winner

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PROMINENT SPEAKERS, DIVERSE SUBJECTS TO HIGHLIGHT V3con

Using social media for social good, exploring the media’s lack of diversity, and building skills and knowledge through sessions on sports, food, fashion, writing and photography are among the highlighted subjects and program offerings at the 2014 V3 Digital Media Conference, to be presented June 20-21 in celebration of Asian American

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‘Getting Ready for the Big One: A Reporter’s Guide,’ May 8

In the last several weeks, jarring earthquakes have rattled the region, reminding all of us as residents and journalists of this unavoidable aspect of life in Southern California. Please join AAJA-LA and the Los Angeles Press Club for “Getting Ready for the Big One: A Reporter’s Guide” this coming Thursday, May 8, at

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‘Witness: The Legacy of Heart Mountain’: Saturday at JANM

“Witness: The Legacy of Heart Mountain,” a documentary film by ABC7 “Eyewitness News” anchor and AAJA-LA officer David Ono, will screen on Saturday, Feb. 22, in a presentation co-sponsored by the Japanese American National Museum in Little Tokyo. “Witness” tells the history and legacy of the World War II internment

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