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Wed 11 May 2011

Want to win a free convention registration?

Posted by Katherine Tam under Events, Resources
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Come hear from AAJA’s first elected president and one of its most dedicated and successful journalists, Lloyd LaCuesta, at an AAJA luncheon sponsored by General Motors at the MainStreet in Motion event, 11 a.m. Saturday, May 21 at Alameda Point, 2301 Monarch St.

You’ll have a chance to win one of two free convention registrations for this year’s National AAJA Convention in Detroit! GM is offering a Corvette GS (which seats two) and a Cadillac CTS-V Coupe (which seats up to four) for members to drive from San Francisco to Alameda.

Questions? Want to drive one of GM’s cars? Please RSVP by e-mailing Ellen Lee at ellenleeonline@gmail.com.

For more information about workshops, speakers and everything else that awaits at the National Convention, go to www.aaja.org.

 

Tue 22 Mar 2011

Opportunities for students

Posted by Katherine Tam under News, Resources
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We’re passing along two great opportunities for students from our fellow chapters:

  • The AAJA Washington D.C. Chapter is offering three $1,000 scholarships to help defray the cost of internships for students who are coming to D.C. for the summer. It’s open to AAJA members from any chapter. An application form and other details are available at: http://chapters.aaja.org/Washington/ The deadline for applications is April 29.
  • From AAJA Sacramento: The Sacramento Bee is looking for Stanford students to work this summer with funding through the university’s Rebele internship program. Rebele offers a $5,000 stipend. The website with more
    information is: http://communication.stanford.edu/internships/rebele/

    If interested, please contact Scott Lebar, slebar@sacbee.com, ASAP for more details.

 

Sat 8 Nov 2008

Lessons from the Video Journalism Workshop

Posted by AAJA SF under Events, Resources
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San Francisco Chronicle reporter Benny Evangelista demonstrates how close you have to get to your subject with your camera.

San Francisco Chronicle reporter Benny Evangelista demonstrates how close you have to get to your subject with your camera.

San Jose Mercury News' Gary Reyes discusses the different types of camera journalists can use to capture video.

San Jose Mercury News' Gary Reyes holds up one of the many different kinds of cameras you can use to record video.

The San Francisco Chronicle’s Benny Evangelista and the San Jose Mercury News’ Gary Reyes led a video journalism workshop on Saturday, Nov. 8, part of the chapter’s ongoing efforts to help members learn new multimedia skills.

Click here for tips that they shared on getting started in video journalism. And be sure to check back here for news on future multimedia workshops.

Thank you to San Francisco State University for hosting the workshop.