AAJA Seattle launches 30th Anniversary celebration with co-founder Lori Matsukawa!
In 2015, AAJA Seattle has reached 30 years as a chapter. Over the last three decades, AAJA Seattle has organized dozens of programs and provided dozens of scholarships toward fulfilling the organization’s three-prong mission of increasing Asian American and Pacific Islander journalists and news managers, ensuring fair coverage of the Asian American and Pacific Islander […]
Highlights from AAJA Seattle student pizza nights
Free pizza, anyone? AAJA Seattle hit the road in March and April for a series of student pizza nights. The chapter held the events as part of its efforts efforts to promote the Northwest Journalist of Color and Founders scholarship programs. Applications for this year’s scholarships is on Sunday, May 3. Apply today! During the […]
AAJA Seattle kicks off documentary series with ‘Cambodian Son’ on May 2
This year, AAJA Seattle wants to highlight Asian American filmmakers through a year-long documentary series. We are thrilled to be partnering with the Post-Prison Education Program in Seattle to bring you the first our three documentaries. Join us at 7 p.m. on May 2 at AMC Pacific Place 11 (600 Pine St., Ste. 400 in downtown Seattle) for […]
NJC Pizza Night at Mountlake Terrace High School on March 24
AAJA Seattle will be hosting a Northwest Journalists of Color (NJC) Scholarship Pizza Night in partnership with The Hawkeye at Mountlake Terrace High School. The event will be from 5:30-7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 24 at MTHS (21801 44th Ave. W. in Mountlake Terrace), in room 130. We will be providing information about the NJC Scholarship, which is open to high school […]
AAJA Seattle president Mai Hoang: 2014 was great; now looking forward to 2015
AAJA Seattle members at the Northwest Journalist of Color reception. From Left: Tiffany Wan, Samantha Pak, Caroline Li, Chris Casquejo, Mai Hoang, Peter Sessum, Thanh Tan, Lori Matsukawa and Venice Buhain. Photo courtesy of Lori Matsukawa. Dear AAJA Seattle members, I am honored to have served as AAJA Seattle president in 2014. For me, it was a […]
Join AAJA Seattle in the first meetup of IRE Seattle!
The well-known and well-regarded Investigative Reporters (IRE) and Editors are great friends of AAJA. In fact, thanks to a recent partnership, IRE and AAJA members were able to attend each others’ conferences in 2014 at member rates! So it’s a pleasure for our chapter to support a new Seattle-area branch of the investigative reporting organization. […]