Asian American Journalists Association

We’re awarding $10,000 in journalism scholarships once again!

AAJA SF is encouraging high school seniors, college undergraduates and graduate students who live in or attend school in the Bay Area and who are pursuing journalism to apply for this great opportunity. Past recipients have received awards ranging from $500 to $4,000, and have gone on to produce amazing work and to be part of major news organizations including the New York Times and NBC.

Click here for a copy of the application: 2010aajascholarshipapp. The deadline is March 31.

Find more information on the “Scholarships” page of this website. Questions can be directed to Scholarship Co-Chairs Katherine Tam at tam_kath@hotmail.com or Pia Sarkar at piasarkar@gmail.com.

Join us Wednesday night for a discussion on the future of journalism. AAJA SF is hosting a student pizza night and scholarship information event at 6 p.m. Wednesday March 18 in room HUM 308 (Humanities building) at San Francisco State University. Marcus Chan, multimedia editor for the San Francisco Chronicle, and Priya Ganapati, technology reporter for Wired.com, will be on hand to discuss the future of journalism. Bring lots of questions, and of course your appetite for some free pizza.

And don’t forget that the deadline for the 2009 scholarships is March 31. We are offering up to $10,000 in scholarships to outstanding high school seniors and college students who live in or attend school in the Bay Area.

You don’t have to be a journalism or mass communications major, but you must demonstrate serious intent to pursue a journalism career through strong work samples. Students are generally selected based on their journalistic ability (as demonstrated by their published work), commitment to journalism, sensitivity to Asian Pacific American issues, financial need and scholastic achievement.

The scholarship application is available on our “Scholarships” section (click on the page on the right). If you have questions, don’t hesitate to contact scholarship committee co-chairs Katherine Tam at tam_kath@hotmail.com or Pia Sarkar at piasarkar@gmail.com.

See you Wednesday night!

“Studying abroad has been a wonderful, eye-opening experience so far, and I’m very grateful for the continued support from AAJA in helping make it happen.”
– UC Berkeley’s Catherine Ho, 2007 scholarship winner, from Fudan University in China

AAJA SF is once again offering up to $10,000 in scholarships to outstanding high school and college students who live in or attend school in the Bay Area. You don’t have to be a journalism or mass communications major, but you must demonstrate serious intent to pursue a journalism career through strong work samples. Students are generally selected based on their journalistic ability (as demonstrated by their published work), commitment to journalism, sensitivity to Asian Pacific American issues, financial need and scholastic achievement.

Download a copy of the 2009 scholarship application here: 2009_scholarship1

The deadline is March 31. If you have questions, contact scholarship committee coordinators Katherine Tam at tam_kath@hotmail.com or Pia Sarkar at piasarkar@gmail.com.

More information about our scholarship program also is available at the “Scholarships” section of our website.

AAJA SF awarded $8,000 in scholarships this summer to four deserving Bay Area college students interested in pursuing journalism. The four students — Alana Gomez Dong, Marnette Federis, Sonia Narang and Gerry Shih — demonstrated talent, dedication and sensitivity to Asian Pacific American issues. They represent different sectors of journalism including broadcast, multimedia and print.

Click on our “Scholarships” tab to read more about our recipients and to learn more about next year’s round of scholarships.