Asian American Journalists Association
- Asian American Journalists Association
The Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA) was founded in 1981 by several Asian American journalists who felt a need to support greater participation by Asian Americans in the news media.
Its goals are:
*To encourage Asian Pacific Americans to enter the ranks of journalism
*To work for fair and accurate coverage of Asian Pacific Americans
*To increase the number of Asian Pacific American journalists and news managers in the industry.
AAJA is a nonprofit organization. Its national office is based in San Francisco. It has 20 chapters in the United States and Asia, with approximately 2,000 members.
AAJA has chapters throughout the country and in Asia. There are four different chapters in California alone—Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego and Sacramento. In addition to Los Angeles, the largest chapters are New York, San Francisco, Seattle, and Washington, D.C. Members span the globe from Paris to Bangladesh.
The diverse membership includes broadcast anchors, reporters, producers, writers and videographers; print editors, columnists, reporters and photojournalists; and online editors and contributors.
AAJA is a partner organization of
External links
* [http://www.aaja.org AAJA Web site]
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