Happy New Year! Ramy Inocencio, our Asia chapter president, is in Tokyo this week so let’s meet up. This will double as a shinnenkai event and a welcome gathering for new members, Sky Gardener and J.T. Quigley. Date/Time: Sunday, Jan. 5 from 12 p.m. Location: Paikaji Shinjuku, 050-5797-0820 http://r.gnavi.co.jp/a197304/lang/en/map (reservation under “AAJA”) Please RSVP by selecting “Going” on the …
Good news! Tokyo-based AAJA member Chiew Farn Chung will be speaking about technology and education at TEDxTitech on Dec. 21, and AAJA members are invited to attend the event. Chung is a founder and CEO of ClassDo Inc., an online platform that provides one-to-one lessons and connects teachers and students from over 90 countries. Chung said he is …
AAJA member to speak at TEDx talk, How Tech Evolves Education Read More »
AAJA-Asia has partnered with the East-West Center on an upcoming conference you won’t want to miss. We want to offer an AAJA-led workshop or panel in Yangon and looking for ideas. The East-West Center is holding a conference in Yangon, Myanmar, on March 10-12, 2014, to gather journalists around the world to examine the issue of …
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Here’s a perfect year-end coffee for AAJA members, who will be in Tokyo in December. !!!CHARITY & LEARNING EXPERIENCE!!! Location: Foredor cafe at Asakusabashi Station Date/Time: Sat., Dec. 7 from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Fee: 1,000 yen for non-members; free for AAJA members Learn how to translate numbers into stories. We deal with a sea …
Data-driven reporting workshop in Tokyo and food drive Read More »
When: Sunday November 17 from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Where: Roti’s in Roppongi. http://www.roti.jp/en/index.php Please RSVP by Saturday night to Ayako Mie if you can join us for coffee/tea/drink/snack/dessert on Sunday.
AAJA members are invited to take part in the The Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) and the Society of Publishers in Asia (SOPA) Award Winners Forum to be held at HKBU between November 4 and 8.
Mark your calendars for the “AAJA-Asia Tokyo Weekend” mini-conference at Dow Jones Japan. The event, Oct. 18-19, will combine journalism workshops, a panel discussion, excursion in Tokyo and networking opportunities. The program includes a photography tutorial for print reporters, online resume and web site building workshop, investigative reporting workshop and panel on how best for …
Brush up on your skills at our Tokyo Weekend journalism mini-conference Read More »
The next AAJA Asia Tokyo group’s get-together will be on Saturday, Sept. 21 at 11:00 am, at a small French restaurant near Azabu Juban station.
More than 20 AAJA-Asia chapter members made their way to the annual journalism conference, this year in New York in August 21-24. That’s record attendance for the Asia chapter at a national convention, out of nearly 1,400 people who registered this year. Long-time AAJA-Asia leader Professor Ying Chan received the Lifetime Achievement Award, but that …
Convention recap: AAJA-Asia wins Chapter of the Year Award for 2nd year Read More »
A night of networking and North Korea? AAJA and the Seoul Foreign Correspondents Club are making it happen this June! Come out for a joint happy hour with AAJA and the SFCC, plus a screening of “Juche Strong,” an 18-minute documentary on North Korea. We’ll also be joined by a visiting class of U.S. student journalists from WTAMU, …
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