Asian American Journalists Association

We know the price tag for the 2010 National AAJA Convention can add
up, so the San Francisco Chapter is offering grants to help.

We'll award up to 10 grants of $300 each to help cover convention
costs. Download the grant application at www.aajasf.org/grants, fill
it out and send it in. You can also email board member Katherine Tam
at tam_kath@hotmail.com to request a copy of the application.

The application deadline is May 15. We'll notify recipients by June
1.

This year's National Convention is Aug. 4-7 in Los Angeles. Find out
what workshops and speakers are planned at www.aaja.org, where you
also can register.

Registration is $300 for members and $150 for student members through
June 18. Registration on-site at the convention is $375 for members
and $200 for student members.

Thanks everyone for participating in the Membership Chapter Challenge!
This doesn't end the membership drive for us, but it was a good chance
to build up our numbers again and help National AAJA get back some of its
lost membership dues.

The challenge was for chapters to build up their numbers from the end
of 2009 to March 31, 2010. The winning chapters were the ones that
managed the biggest growth or the smallest decline in the three
categories of small, medium and large. The SF Chapter donated $100 to
each winning chapter and the Asia Chapter donated another $25 to each
chapter.

So without further ado, the winners are:

Small chapter: North Carolina (grew from 15 members to 18 members --
20 percent growth)
Medium chapter: Seattle (grew from 83 members to 87 members -- 5
percent growth)
Large chapter: San Francisco (went from 168 members to 155 members --
8 percent decline)

Also, I want to recognize Arizona growing by 17 percent and Portland
growing by 8 percent, both in the small chapter category.

Ryan Kim
San Francisco Bay Area Chapter president

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.