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 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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The Japanese website Blogos has published an article about AAJA-Tokyo’s special lecture by Twitter journalist Daisuke Tsuda last week. Check it out if you read Japanese. Or visit our recaps: Japan quake changed social media’s role, Twitter journalist @tsuda says Storify recap: Tweets from AAJA-Tokyo’s Tsuda lecture
AAJA-Hong Kong member and social media enthusiast Wendy Tang (@wwtang) has put up a Tumblr blog post of a Storify that chronicles the tweets from the AAJA-hosted lecture in Tokyo by Twitter pioneer Daisuke Tsuda (@tsuda). And we found the link on Facebook. How social media is that? Read Wendy’s complete post by clicking the …
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Daisuke Tsuda’s lecture in Tokyo received a warm reception on Friday night. About 3o people came to hear the Twitter journalist talk about the increasingly important role of social media, said AAJA-Tokyo member Yuri Kageyama, correspondent for the Associated Press who organized the event. Tsuda (@tsuda), who has more than 190,000 followers on Twitter, says …
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Spread the word. This week’s trending Twitter hashtag: #AAJATsuda. AAJA’s special lecture by Twitter star Daisuke Tsuda in Tokyo happens this Friday, December 23. @tsuda is a leading Twitter pioneer with more than 196,000 followers. Admission is free. RSVP and find details at the event’s Facebook page: AAJA Lecture in Tokyo: Twitter journalist Daisuke Tsuda …
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Whether you’re just starting to experiment with SNS as a journalistic tool, or you’re already a savvy user, any reporter covering Japan can hope to learn from Daisuke Tsuda, a leading Twitter pioneer with more than 196,000 followers. His bio on his Twitter account @tsuda reads: “born in Tokyo and raised on the Internet.” A …
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AAJA-Asia member Akiko Fujita, ABC news reporter in Tokyo, filed a report from Bangkok as floodwaters closed in earlier this month. Watch her story on ABC News’ website. Akiko’s Twitter feed (@akikofujita) offered a more personal vantage point: “ Late night flight out to Bangkok. Flooding awaits… Akiko Fujita October 13, 2011 11:06:07 AM EDT …
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