AAJA Seoul subchapter elections: apply by Dec. 16!
AAJA Seoul is holding its subchapter elections in the coming weeks, and we’d love to see new faces. If you’ve ever wanted to get more involved with AAJA, this is a great way to do so! Take a look at the positions below and see how you’d like to contribute. Terms for all positions will […]
Announcing election results and runoffs for 2019/2020 AAJA-Asia board
Thank you to everyone who voted in our first round of AAJA-Asia chapter elections for 2019/2020. We are pleased to announce the following winners: Treasurer Soo Min Oh Vice President, Singapore Tom Benner Vice President, Hong Kong Rebecca Isjwara and Kari Lindberg (co-VPs) National Board Representative Yuriko Nagano At-large Board Members (2 positions) Zela Chin […]
Presenting the 2019-2021 AAJA Board officers candidates
Hello fellow-AAJAers, We have the following candidates for each position. All elected officials will be on term 2019-2021 (except Student Representative). For each candidate letters, please find them here. Election will take place from Oct 31st – November 3rd. Vice President, Singapore Tom Benner Co-Vice Presidents, Hong Kong Kari Lindberg & Rebecca Isjwera National […]
Testimonials from N3Con 2018 Fellowship Award winners
Hannah Bae, New York After about five years away from the Asia chapter’s N3Con, I was thrilled to come back for this flagship event and see friends old and new, while also learning insights about the state of the journalism industry in Asia. My main priority for the conference was to offer my support for […]
Columbia Fellowship winners reflect on N3Con
Anh Nguyen, Temple University Philadelphia: The lessons and emotions I from [N3Con] are strong. The speakers were terrific, the topics were on point and the networking socials made it truly a fun and memorable experience. N3Con stood out as a must-attend conference for journalists in Asia. I was thrilled to surround myself with veteran […]
Introducing Columbia’s new Data Journalism program & $100,000 scholarship
Explore our new Data Journalism program, our dual degree in Journalism & Computer Science or The Lede summer certification program in computational journalism. Get hands-on training on how to extract, analyze, visualize data, become versed in computational journalism to tell cutting-edge, data-driven stories and build investigative skills. Learn more: https://journalism.columbia.edu/data. Apply for the new Nikkei, Inc., $100,000 scholarship for a […]
Announcing AAJA-Asia’s New President
We are excited to announce our new president, K. Oanh Ha! We received 45 votes from current members under our chapter. This was the most number of votes we saw in recent elections, and we would like to thank everyone for participating in this important process. We would like to also thank Elaine Ramirez and […]
Polls Open for AAJA-Asia Presidential Election
*** UPDATE (Feb. 2, 2018) AAJA-Asia Presidential election vote counting process is under way! Thank you all of you who participated. There are slight delays in the process so please understand that we were not able to announce our new president on February 1. We will make sure to announce the results on our AAJA-Asia […]
Looking for Olympics fixers? A message from AAJA’s Seoul subchapter
As the PyeongChang Olympics approach, we are seeing a dramatic increase in demand for fixers and stringers. If you are looking looking to hire a fixer in Korea, we can distribute your jobs listing to our community of local journalists and provide guidance on appropriate pay levels. If you are a local journalist […]
Presenting the 2018 AAJA-Asia Presidential Candidates
We have three candidates who are running for AAJA-Asia presidency. K. Oanh Ha (Read Oanh’s letter) Elaine Ramirez (Read Elaine’s letter) Mike Raomanachai (Read Mike’s letter) As Angie is resigning mid-term, the new president will be serving the rest of her term until January 2019. Please find the candidacy letters below (in alphabetical order of […]