RSVP for AAJA dim sum, July 9
Come eat, talk and eat some more at our next chapter business meeting! Help shape the chapter’s programs and get some cool swag. WHEN: 10:30 am – Noon, Saturday, July 9 WHERE: Bamboo Village, 4900 Stone Way N., Wallingford (Seattle) We’ll be discussing the chapter’s plans for the summer and fall, as well as board […]
Convention registration deadline extended three more weeks
Come hear tips and hard-won wisdom from award-winning journalists. Learn about Chinese-American Vincent Chin, whose 1982 murder in Detroit lit the match of the Asian-American movement. Build your network of industry contacts and meet recruiters. AAJA holds its National Convention Aug. 10-13 in Detroit. If you haven’t registered yet, you’re lucky: National is allowing people […]
NJC 2011 Scholarship Winners Announced! Blethen honored for diversity commitment.
By Owen Lei Congratulations to this year’s NJC scholarship recipients! Â On the 25th anniversary of the Northwest Journalists of Color Scholarship, AAJA Seattle was able to award nearly $5,000 in scholarships to help offset the cost of tuition, send a student to the 2011 AAJA national convention in Detroit, and help pay for off-campus multimedia […]
Cheezburger Network’s Ben Huh asks why we consume news like it’s 1899
Ben Huh, a former AAJA member and Northwestern University journalism grad, is founder and CEO of Seattle-based Cheezburger Network. He’s recently blogged about problems he sees with how news is presented online today, and ReadWriteWeb reports on a new news platform Huh is developing – The Moby Dick Project. Be sure to add your comments to […]
NJC Almnus Represents Washington At National Teacher of the Year Celebration
Jay Maebori, the 2011 Washington Teacher of the Year, is a NJC alumni and Kentwood High School journalism teacher. He was celebrated in September at an event at the Experience Music Project (read about it here in the Northwest Asian Weekly), but look who is just behind Pres. Obama when the White House hosted the […]
VIP Reception for Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan after her appearance at Elliott Bay Books, June 10
Join AAJA New York member and author Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan and longtime AAJA Seattle member Terry Tazioli, host of TVW’s “Author Hour,†for a conversation about food and family in her tantalizing memoir “A Tiger in the Kitchen†at Elliott Bay Book Co., and then come to a VIP private reception/fundraiser at Tazioli’s home! Conversation: 8 […]