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

The deadline to apply for the next AAJA Executive Leadership Program
introductory session is Jan. 11.

This year's session is March 10-14 in New York. For the application,
tuition, criteria, speakers and other details, go to the National AAJA
website at www.aaja.org or contact Albert Lee at albertl@aaja.org.

Our SF chapter is offering $500 grants to help offset the cost. We'll
post the grant application to our website soon and will send out
another email blast on the listserv when it's ready. Stay tuned!

ELP is designed to help you better understand the corporate
environment as it applies to newsrooms. Participants can gain valuable
skills in identifying newsroom dynamics and boosting leadership skills
and performance. They also can learn how Asian American and Pacific
Islander values can be assets to excellence, as well as liabilities,
for executive performance.

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

The results of this fall's board election are in:

Vice President of Broadcast
Ravi Kapur – KSBW-TV reporter

Secretary
Katherine Tam – Contra Costa Times reporter

National Board Representative
Patti Tom – West Editor of Insurance Journal

National Board Representative
Ellen Lee – Freelance writer

Board Member
Jessie Mangaliman – San Jose Mercury News Editor

The board of directors is elected by chapter members. Please let us know
if you have any suggestions for the coming year. The industry is going
through some trying times, and we are always open to hearing from you as
we continue our mission of supporting and promoting journalists and
working for better coverage of the Asian American community. To contact
the board or individual board members, click on the "Board of Directors"
page on the right.