Ling Woo Liu, the AAJA-Asia chapter secretary, has been named founding director of the Korematsu Institute for Civil Rights and Education in San Francisco. http://korematsuinstitute.org/2009/12/ling-woo-liu-selected-as-director-of-korematsu-institute/
The China correspondent develops, reports, writes and produces news spots and features on a wide range of topics for all Marketplace shows/platforms. The correspondent provides extensive expertise on the financial trends in China & stays abreast of economic developments there & across Asia. He/she helps set the coverage agenda for the bureau. The position starts …
The WSJ NYU Fellowship for 2010-11 is now open for applications. The fellowship is a program funded by The Wall Street Journal, in association with New York University, for one or two promising journalists from Asia to enroll in the three-semester masters program in business and economic reporting at the NYU’s Arthur L. Carter Journalism …
TIME Asia’s spring 2010 internships in Hong Kong will run for 13 weeks, from Monday March 1, 2010-Friday May 28, 2010. The deadline for applications is Friday December 4, 2009.
Bloomberg News is looking for a political reporter to be based in Seoul to cover the Korean peninsula and China. The successful candidate will be able to write about political developments in depth and have an eye for feature writing. Ability to read and speak Korean would be a significant advantage. Contact: Brian Fowler bfowler4@bloomberg.net
The SAJA Reporting Fellowships program is aimed at promoting in-depth and follow-up reporting on major events relating to South Asia or South Asians. The fellowships are meant to encourage in-depth reporting projects by providing grants to cover a portion of reporting expenses. Each fellowship award is typically between $3,000-$7,000. The application deadline is Nov. 30, 2009. For …
The VJ Movement (www.vjmovement.com) is seeking freelancers to join its global network of video journalists ahead of our fall web launch. Our mission is to show that “There is more than one truth” by having journalists with a diverse array of experiences and backgrounds examine and report on issues in their communities that are of …
The Fellowship brings up to 15 journalists from Asia to Singapore’s Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information at Nanyang Technological University for three months, from 8th February to 30th April. The deadline for application is 6th November 2009.
The Tokyo arm of AAJA-Asia hosted its first karaoke night, in honor of visitors from the San Francisco Bay Area chapter and New York Times reporter (and new AAJA member) Hiroko Tabuchi’s 30th birthday.
