Tokyo hosts the first Open Show on May 15! Open Show, currently in 13 countries, is a global network of live events where the public can interact directly with photographers, film and multimedia producers. Originally started in San Francisco in 2008, our monthly events around the world feature five presenters to show a project using …
Several AAJA members reported from Japan over the weekend, when the nation marked a year after its devastating earthquake. The stories include a personal reflection, a look at the auto industry and radiation, as well as how schoolchildren, farmers and fishermen are coping. Read on: Japan-based member Ayako Mie joined force with Chico Harlan for …
Selected tweets from AAJA members who are covering or following Japan as it marks one year after the massive earthquake on March 11, 2011. Steve Herman, @W7VOA, files several reports from the field for Voice of America. (See his collection of stories.) Masato Kajimoto, @SociologJourno, leads a group of journalism students on a reporting trip, …
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AAJA-Asia’s newest member Masato Kajimoto, a teaching consultant at the Journalism & Media Studies Centre at the University of Hong Kong, is leading a student journalism trip in Japan this week. Masato (@sociologjourno) will take seven journalism students to Japan to cover the first anniversary of last year’s devastating earthquake and tsunami. Read about the …
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Yuri Kageyama (@yurikageyama), of AAJA Tokyo and correspondent for the Associated Press, captures a moment with AAJA-Asia president Ken Moritsugu (@kmorit), who is based in Bangkok, and AAJA Seoul member Steve Herman (@W7VOA).
Tokyo’s AAJA-Asia members and friends are meeting for brunch this Sunday, March 4, with a special guest, chapter president Ken Moritsugu, who is visiting Tokyo on business. A note from Yuriko Nagano: Please come out to meet our fabulous prez Ken and more importantly meet and mingle with other reporters in town and hear about …
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The East-West Center is taking applications until March 12 for its Disaster Management and Resiliency Journalism Fellowship. Study tour destinations include Sendai and Tokyo. The program is from May 13-17. More about the fellowship here. Given the recent Great East Japan Earthquake and the resulting tsunami and nuclear crisis, there has been a rethinking of …
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The largest documentary forum in Asia will be held in Japan this year (March 19-21) and it is encouraging people to a) pitch any documentary ideas and b) to participate! There are more than 100 commissioning editors from around Asia and the rest of the world coming and it could be a great place to …
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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