Asian American Journalists Association

The Bay Area News Project, a nonprofit news venture launching with $5 million in seed money from financier Willian Hellman and $250,000 from The Knight Foundation, has named an editor to lead its organization. Editor Jonathan Weber intends to hire at least 15 journalists this year as part of his aim for “building a stellar newsroom to cover Bay Area government and politics, the arts, business, entertainment, community news and other topics.”

Here’s your chance to meet Weber, hear about what he envisions and ask questions.

An evening with the editor of the Bay Area News Project
6:30-8 p.m. Wednesday Feb. 24
World Affairs Council
312 Sutter St., Suite 200, San Francisco
Admission is free.

Presented by California Media Workers Guild and sponsored by:
Asian American Journalists Association, SF Bay Area
Bay Area Black Journalists Association
Center for Integration and Improvement of Journalism
East Bay Press Club
National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association, NorCal
Peninsula Press Club
SF Public Press
Society of Professional Journalists, Northern California

Trying to figure out how to get your foot in the door at a time when the
industry is evolving and news organizations are reducing staff? Want to
know what skills you'll need to compete for a job?

Chat with working journalists at student pizza night from 7-8:30 p.m.
Feb. 18. We'll meet at UC Berkeley's North Gate Hall Library. All
students are welcome!

The speakers: Benjamin Pimentel covers technology for MarketWatch. He
was a reporter for 14 years with the San Francisco Chronicle and is a
graduate of the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism. Jennifer
Kho is a freelance reporter and editor who has carved out a name for
herself in reporting on green technology. Jennifer reports for both
print and Web publications. Her work has appeared in the New York
Times, CNN.com, TheStreet.com, Earth2Tech and the Los Angeles Times.

Bring questions and, of course, your appetite for free pizza.

AAJA SF is joining Comcast and seven other local journalism groups to host a Unity Mixer! Reconnect with old buddies and make new friends. We hope to see you there!

When: 5:30 to 8 p.m. Thursday Jan. 21

Where: Urban Tavern, 333 O’Farrell St., downtown San Francisco

Cost: $0

Goodies: Complimentary appetizers and raffle prizes

Check out the flier for more details: unity-media-mixer-flyer_jan21-2010

Join us on Dec. 12 to reconnect with friends and celebrate the holidays!
AAJA SF is partnering with our friends at the National Gay and Lesbian
Journalists Association for this fun annual get-together. We look forward
to seeing you there!

AAJA-SF Holiday Party with NLGJA
Sat. Dec. 12 6-9 p.m.
LBGT Center 1800 Market Street, SF

There will be a silent auction with some really great deals including
travel and hotel packages. Come ready to party and shop for the
holidays.

If you have any questions, contact Ryan Kim at oryankim@gmail.com