We’ve got an awesome Bloomberg trifecta in Hong Kong this Thursday, Oct. 23. Members and nonmembers are welcome! You need to join us for drinks and meet these key editors and reporters in Asia-Pacific: Dave Merritt, Asia-Pacific Executive Editor. Follow: @davidmmerritt Oanh Ha, Vietnam Bureau Chief, AAJA member. Follow: @oanhha Angie Lau, Lead Asia-Pacific Anchor …
Umbrellas defending from tear gas. Songs of freedom echoing in rainstorms. Tent cities springing up. Smartphone lights dancing in the air. These are the sights and sounds of Hong Kong’s pro-democracy protests that have gripped this city for more than half a month. Media coverage has come fast and furious but how fair and how …
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Renew your AAJA membership now for 2015! For those interested in our chapter, join now to maximize your membership! By signing up now, you get three extra months, since 2015 membership expires December 31, 2015. Go here to join or renew. If you’re in Hong Kong and wonder what we’re all about, come to our membership …
Theresa Loong, an AAJA member from the U.S., will be in Hong Kong with her documentary, “Every Day Is a Holiday.” It’s showing at the Asia Society Hong Kong Center on Aug. 21, and Theresa will be speaking at TEDxWanChai on Aug. 23. “Every Day Is a Holiday”: Growing up in suburban New Jersey, filmmaker Theresa …
AAJA visitor in Hong Kong, for TEDx and film screening Read More »
Let’s celebrate America’s Independence Day together this Friday! We’re gathering at the Hong Kong Maritime Museum to enjoy some jazz music with the Far East Edition Jazz Combo of the U.S. Navy. When: Friday July 4, 6:30pm – 8:30pm Where: Cafe 8, Roof Level @ Pier 8, Hong Kong Maritime Museum, Central Note: Cash Bar Please RSVP by emailing …
Barron’s, a financial news magazine and website published by Dow Jones, is launching an Asia edition this fall and seeks a few journalists to fill positions based in Hong Kong. Managing editor Assistant editor Senior columnist Reporters Reporter (wealth management & advice)
Registration is now open for the New.Now.Next Media Conference (N3Con), jointly organized by AAJA-Asia and the Journalism & Media Studies Centre at HKU. A partial list of speakers and panels, workshops and seminars is also on the site. CLICK HERE TO REGISTER FOR N3CON Our stellar cast of speakers will cover topics about security in …
For our next Table for 12 dinner this Friday, April 4, we’ve lined up an exclusive, AAJA members-only event with veteran journalists Sham Yee-lan and Shirley Yam. As chair and vice-chair of the Hong Kong Journalists’ Association, they are prominent leaders of a growing movement in support of freedom of the press and an end to violent attacks on members of …
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For the next Table for 12 dinner for AAJA members only in Hong Kong, we’ve lined up an exclusive talk with Francis Moriarty, RTHK’s lead political reporter and the FCC’s press freedom chair. Responsible for reporting, analysis and commentary on all branches of government, he was RTHK’s lead reporter covering the 1997 transfer of sovereignty, …
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The Asia chapter of the Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA) is saddened to learn about the brutal attack on the former chief editor of Ming Pao in Hong Kong, Kevin Lau Chun-to. The chapter strongly condemns any violence against journalists. Mr. Lau, 49, is a prominent journalist in Hong Kong, with 25 years of experience …