Journalist, AAJA-NY member and newly published Asian American/Singaporean Author Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan will be coming to Asia for the launch of her book, A Tiger in the Kitchen, which is about the stories she learned from her family while growing up in Singapore. Let’s welcome her to Beijing. Please join us at a cocktail if you …
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Cheryl Tan, a long-time AAJA member from New York, is bringing her book tour to Asia. The writer — whose work has appeared in the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, among others — published her memoir A Tiger in the Kitchen a year ago. The book is about how she discovered her Singaporean …
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This may be a good opportunity for freelancers or journalism students: GlobalPost is looking for part-time writers to join their Breaking News and Social Media team. The writers will be responsible for contributing three or four 250-word news briefs a day. The stories will be a mix of important breaking news pieces and fun or …
As a member, you’ll not only be supporting the goals and values of the Asian American Journalists Association, you’ll also be getting some great discounts on future events.(Joining is as easy as filling out an online form. See here.) So what’s the bottom line? 1. The first reason is the East-West Center’s International Media Conference …
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Allen Cheng, AAJA-Asia vice president for Beijing (pictured below in checkered shirt), rounds up AAJA members and friends in the Chinese capital for pre-Christmas, pre-New Year drinks while they plan next year’s events.
Allen Cheng, AAJA-Asia vice president for Beijing, wants to buy you a pre-Christmas, pre-2012 drink this Thursday, December 22, at the Capital Club in Beijing. All members and friends of AAJA-Beijing are welcome to drop by. When: Thursday, December 22 Time: 8-10 p.m. Venue: Main Bar, Capital Club, Beijing. For details and address: http://www.thecapitalclub.com/ Agenda: …
Chi-Chi Zhang, next year’s national board representative and CNN producer, captures a pre-Thanksgiving moment at AAJA Beijing’s mixer last night. (Tweet and tag @AAJAAsia at your AAJA-related events.)
The Economic Observer is expanding and looking for a full-time editor and translator to contribute to the English-language website of the Chinese-language weekly paper. It is seeking a native-English speaker who is also able to speak fluent Chinese and read long articles in Chinese, someone with a strong background in economics, with a good knowledge …
China Daily, based in Beijing, is hiring English-language copy editors for news, features and supplement sections. A candidate with five years of editing experience is preferred. Full announcement here.
AAJA Beijingers are getting together on Wednesday, November 23, for a pre-Thanksgiving cocktail — at a 600-year-old temple-turned-bar! Everyone is welcome, so spread the word. When: 8 p.m., Wednesday, November 23 Where: Contempio Temple Bar, Gulou / Beiluoguxiang / Jiugulou Dajie 鼓楼北锣鼓巷旧鼓楼大街, Doufuchi Hutong, east side of the Hong’enguan Temple (100m east of Cafe Sambal), …
