San Francisco Bay Area Chapter leadership
The AAJA San Francisco Bay Area Chapter board is elected by its members. The board meets regularly to plan activities, programs and fundraisers as well as discuss issues relevant to the chapter and our members. For information about the next board meeting, contact aajasanfrancisco@gmail.com. Board meeting minutes are available to chapter members upon request.
JANA KATSUYAMA, President
Jana Katsuyama joined KTVU as a reporter in 2007 and became part of the Ten o’clock News team in 2012. During her time at KTVU, Jana has won multiple Emmy awards and her investigation into paper automobile dealer plate loopholes led to an Assembly bill that changed California’s license plate laws so new cars no longer can be on the road without a license plate.
Before working at KTVU, Jana was an anchor and reporter at the ABC affiliate WDTN in Dayton, Ohio. She began her career at the NBC affiliate KBJR in Duluth, Minn.
Before entering journalism, Jana worked as an international relations coordinator for the Hiroshima YMCA Medical College in Yonago, Japan. She also was selected to teach English in Japan through the Japanese Foreign Ministry and Ministry of Education’s JET Program.
Jana is originally from Dayton and graduated with honors from Oberlin College with a double major in English Literature and East Asian Studies.
Twitter/X: @JanaKTVU
KEVIN TRUONG, Vice President
Kevin Truong has been active in AAJA since he had the opportunity in college to take part in the Voices fellowship at the National Convention. He has since served as a mentor for AAJA’s inaugural JCal program with CalMatters for high school journalists. He is excited about providing community and connection for the next generation of journalists through the organization.
Kevin is the business editor of The San Francisco Standard. He was previously a reporter and editor at the San Francisco Business Times, where he covered commercial real estate, biotech and the innovation economy.
A proud UCLA graduate, Kevin cut his teeth at the Daily Bruin student newspaper and news organizations like the Christian Science Monitor, NBC Los Angeles and Marketplace before making his way north to the City by the Bay.
Twitter/X: @Kevinbtruong
HAN LI, Vice President
Han Li is an Asian American communities reporter for The San Francisco Standard. As one of the few journalists in the industry with a dedicated role covering the Asian American community, AAJA has long been a source of Han’s sense of belonging.
From ethnic press to mainstream media, Han focuses his storytelling on the non-English-speaking immigrant community, explaining community issues and cultural phenomena to a broader audience.
Han was born and raised in China and is fluent in Cantonese and Mandarin. He graduated from Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou, China, with a journalism degree and holds a master’s degree in public administration from the University of Southern California.
Twitter/X: @lihanlihan
MJ JOHNSON, Secretary
MJ Johnson is a documentary filmmaker and visual journalist who has been involved with AAJA since her college years. In graduate school, she chaired the AAJA UC Berkeley Chapter, which she organized with a small group of AAPI journalists to advocate for more representation in faculty and the student body.
MJ works as a documentary film editor and in feature film production. She previously contributed as a local reporter to KQED, the San Francisco Examiner, The Oaklandside and The Oregonian where she covered stories on racial justice, identity, gender equity and the complex history of California’s diverse communities.
MJ received her journalism education at San Francisco State University and the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism. She was born and raised in Japan and immigrated as a teenager to the U.S.
Twitter/X: @its_mjj
GREG WONG, Treasurer
Greg Wong is a play-by-play sports broadcaster in the Bay Area and an award-winning reporter for the San Francisco Examiner, where he covers a variety of news throughout the city, with a focus on Asian American issues and profile writing. He also does TV and radio announcing of basketball, football, and baseball games for his alma mater, UC Davis and the minor league baseball team, the Sacramento River Cats.
Greg was born and raised in Berkeley and graduated from UC Davis in 2015, where he was named one of the best collegiate sports broadcasters in the nation by the Sportscasters Talent Agency of America.
In his downtime, Greg is probably watching, and getting unreasonably upset at, the Golden State Warriors or eating dim sum. Sometimes both at the same time.
Twitter/X: @gregoryhwong
KEVIN V. NGUYEN, Board Member
Kevin V. Nguyen is a business and sports reporter at The San Francisco Standard. AAJA got him into his first professional newsroom and he wants to pay it forward. He lives in San Jose.
He currently is a business reporter at The Standard. He previously covered commercial real estate and sports business for the American City Business Journals. He’s also written for the Sacramento Bee, the San Francisco Chronicle and the Guardian US. Before becoming a journalist, he worked as an analyst in the tech industry.
Twitter/X: @KevinNguyen_89
STEPHANIE LIN Board Member
Bay Area native Stephanie Lin is an award-winning TV journalist. She currently anchors and spearheads special reports at KRON in San Francisco. She is the recipient of two Emmy and Edward R. Murrow Awards for her breaking news reports and coverage of AAPI community issues out of our state capital.
Stephanie is also recognized by the Associated Press as Best Reporter for her work reporting from the frontlines of California’s deadliest wildfire. She is a Diversity Leadership Fellow with the Society of Professional Journalists.
Fun fact: Stephanie was crowned Miss Asian America in 2015.
Stephanie also previously oversaw marketing initiatives for top tech and gaming startups in the Bay Area. She enjoys spending time with her dog, Merlin, and playing video games, ballroom dancing and finding the best places to eat in her (limited :]) spare time. She is a proud UC Berkeley grad.
Twitter/X: @StephanieLinTV
SHAYLYN MARTOS, Board Member
shaylyn martos is a Gracie Award-winning producer, host and GM drawing from multimedia experience to produce solutions-focused work. shaylyn managed and mentored BIPOC youth journalists as a producer in YR Media’s newsroom; she was also the season 3 host of “Inherited,” a climate justice podcast featuring emerging storytellers.
shaylyn is a proud member of the AIR’s New Voices, the NPR Next Generation Radio family and the inaugural early-career cohort of Chips Quinn Scholars. Their work is also featured on NPR’s “All Things Considered”, the Washington Post’s “Post Reports”, KQED’s “The Bay”, and KCBS radio.