The Great Multimedia Shootout
BY SANJAY BHATT When I arrived at the UNITY conference fresh off a red-eye flight, my mind was focused on entering my first-ever Multimedia Shootout. After all, I was confident in my abilities after having shot video, recorded audio and produced pieces for a few months, albeit for non-deadline stories. I sat down in a […]
Working on UNITY News made her more resilient, staffer says
A Northwest native, Amy Phan graduated from Seattle University with a bachelors degree in journalism in June 2008, interned at seattletimes.com and currently works for GoodSide Studio Productions. She hopes her experience in a diverse number of media platforms will help her land a content creating journalism job. She was one of the 12 student […]
Chapter meeting this Sunday
Join us at Uptown Espresso, 500 Westlake Ave. N. (and Republican), on Sunday morning for a discussion of what events our chapter should organize this fall and winter. Meeting starts at 10:30 a.m. and should wrap up by noon. If you have any questions, email Sanjay at sbhatt@seattletimes.com. And please VOTE in our online polls, […]
Founders’ Scholarship winner learns to network at UNITY
This year the AAJA Seattle chapter awarded the Founders’ Scholarship to University of Washington junior Anusha Roy, who is interested in broadcast journalism and currently the multimedia intern at seattletimes.com. The Founders’ scholarship, which covers the cost of registration to the national AAJA convention, was established in 2000 to honor Frank Abe, Ron Chew, and […]
National editors’ group recognizes AAJA members
AAJA Seattle member Nicole Tsong has been named one of this year’s Diversity Fellows by the American Association of Sunday and Features Editors. The fellowship is awarded to journalists of color who specialize in features coverage to attend the AASFE annual conference, which takes place in Houston this October. As one of five fellows, Nicole […]
UNITY After-party and After-after-party this Wednesday!
WHEN: Wednesday, Aug. 6, 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m., WHERE: BOKA bar, Hotel 1000, 1st Ave & Madison in downtown Seattle (cash bar) We’ll be celebrating many achievements: AAJA Seattle’s Chapter of the Year award and the elections of local AAJA members Sharon Chan and Candace Heckman to National office (President and Treasurer!) and the […]