Tune in to N3con.com for live video-streaming of some panels (see schedule below). The live-stream will appear here on May 25 and 26.

Or follow and interact with us on Twitter, using the hashtag #n3con.

Your best bet is to stay on N3con.com. A team of student journalists will also live-blog and post recaps. Don’t worry about missing too much – even if you are physically here!

Live-Stream Schedule (in local Hong Kong time, GMT+8)

Day One (starts 9:15am HK; 10:15am in Seoul and Tokyo; and 9:15pm in New York; 6:15pm in Los Angeles)

• 9:15-9:30 am: Opening
• 9:30–10:45 am: Cracking the Middle Kingdom: Investigative Reporting in China
• 11:00–12:00 noon: Take a Byte: Data Journalism in the Era of Big Information
  • Paul Cheung, Associated Press
  • Eric Ulken, Seattle Times
  • Irene Jay Liu, Reuters
  • Henry Williams, data journalist (moderator)
• 1:00–2:15 pm: Keynote Panel: Views From the Top: A Roundtable With Asia’s Bureau Chiefs
  • Ken Brown, Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones Newswires, Hong Kong
  • Brian Carovillano, Associated Press, Asia-Pacific
  • Ellana Lee, CNN International, Asia-Pacific
  • Marcus Brauchli, Washington Post (moderator)
• 2:30–5:00 pm: TBD
• 5:00–6:15 pm: Networking Your Way to Your Next Job
  • Steven Herman, Voice of America
  • Angie Lau, Bloomberg News
  • Sharon Chan, Seattle Times
  • Paul Cheung, Associated Press
  • Ramy Inocencio, AAJA-Asia vice president for Hong Kong (moderator)

Day Two

• 9:00–9:15 am: Welcome
• 9:15–10:30 am: The Reign of Kim Jong-un: Covering North Korea
  • Jean Lee, Associated Press
  • Barbara Demick, Los Angeles Times
  • Steven Herman, Voice of America (moderator)
• 10:45–11:45 am: Friend or Foe: How Social Media Affected Elections in Asia
  • Ayako Mie, Japan Times, Tokyo
  • Jeremiah Foo, Malaysia
  • Youkyung Lee, Associated Press, Seoul
  • Kevin Sites, Journalism & Media Studies Centre, HKU (moderator)
• 11:45–12:45 pm: State of Media Diversity
  • Doris Truong, Washington Post
  • Paul Cheung, Associated Press
  • Sharon Chan, Seattle Times
  • Bobby Caina Calvan, political reporter, Washington
  • Ken Moritsugu, Associated Press (moderator)
• 12:45–1:15 pm: Closing

When: TUESDAY May 7, 2013 7 p.m. – 10 p.m.

Charge: 2,500 yen for a Great Buffet Lunch is the only charge. Drinks pay as you go at the bar.

• A public English-language event.
• Come on time to catch a musical performance opening the event.
• Musicians and poets welcome for Jam Open Mike to close the event.

Hiromichi “Hiro” UGAYA is a veteran journalist, photographer and educator, who has devoted his life recently to intensive coverage of the Fukushima nuclear catastrophe and the plight of the tens of thousands of people the accident has displaced.  A former reporter at Asahi newspaper and writer for AERA magazine, he has authored more than half a dozen books on security issues, media criticism, Internet technology and Japanese pop culture.  A graduate of Kyoto University, he holds a Master’s in International Security Affairs from Columbia University. His latest book “Fukushima’s Lost Seasons” is a poetic photo essay of the serene flowers and trees of the region that have been invisibly devastated by radiation. He is also a bassist and performs regularly at Tokyo clubs.

Facebook https://www.facebook.com/#!/hiromichiugaya?fref=ts

RSVP for attendance and for more information, Yuri Kageyama, Correspondent for The Associated Press in Tokyo, at ykageyama [at] ap.org or on Twitter @yurikageyama

Asian American Journalists Association 主催

ジャーナリスト鳥賀陽さんとのトークと写真イベント：

＜福島 飯舘村の四季＞でも語られた原発事故後の自然と汚染。

ピンクカウ　東京都港区六本木 5-5-1　ロアビルB1F

2013年5月7日（火曜日）7 p.m. – 10 p.m.

入場2,500円にビュッフェランチ（食べ放題）が含まれています。

ドリンクは別です。

音楽ではじまり音楽でしめる純ジャーナリスト魂で今後の日本を考えよう。

言語はすべて英語ですので英会話練習にもご役立てください。

ご参加ご希望の方はAP通信社特派員影山優理まで：ykageyama [at] ap.org

We’ve got your all-access pass to Kristie Lu Stout of CNN; Jean Lee, Korea bureau chief of the Associated Press; Barbara Demick, Beijing bureau chief of the Los Angeles Times; and Sasa Vucinic, former chief executive of the Media Development Loan Fund. We’ve got the latest on covering North Korea, China and more.

Register for the NewNowNext Media Conference to meet journalists from Seoul, Beijing, Thailand, Tokyo, Hong Kong and other regions. The event also features a job fair, with the Wall Street Journal, Associated Press, Time magazine, Bloomberg News, Engadget, etc.

WHEN: May 24-26, 2013
WHERE: The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong

REGISTER NOW
Early-bird ticket, online registration: HK$500 / US$64
Walk-in ticket: HK$600 / US$77

***AAJA members get in for only HK$150 / US$20

The NewNowNext Media Conference is organized by the Journalism & Media Studies Centre (JMSC) and an American journalism nonprofit group, the Asia chapter of the Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA).

On Saturday, Seoul members June Chang and Tori Allen wrapped up their second Interview Skills Workshop, the first of which was held on April 14. By drawing upon her previous interview experience at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Tori gave an informative, interactive presentation on how to prepare for interviews and draw out people’s personal stories.

The workshops, offered twice this month, were successful at bringing together AAJA members, non-members, and students. Attendees not only gleaned valuable lessons from the lecture and subsequent Q&A, but also got a chance to network and learn from each other on how to become stronger interviewers and storytellers through an interactive exercise.

The free workshop, organized in conjunction with a U.S. Embassy Seoul-funded oral history project led by June, was open to project volunteers, AAJA members and anyone interested in improving their interview skills.

For those who could not make it to the event, notes on the presentations will be posted on the oral history project’s Facebook page. For more information on June’s oral history project or Tori’s documentary project on modern high-rises, please contact junemchang(at)hotmail(dot)com or toriallegory(at)gmail(dot)com.

A big thank you to everyone who participated in the workshop, especially our host venue, Yonsei University, and our presenters, June Chang and Tori Allen!

Izo Shibuya 

Date/Time: April 29, Mon. 19:00 ~

Shu Bldg. 3F, 1-24-2 Shibuya, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo

Phone: 050-5797-2872

Map: http://r.gnavi.co.jp/g382501/map/

Home Page: http://www.dining-izo.com/index_03.htm

Please RSVP to Yuri N.

We’re holding a Hong Kong social this Thursday, April 18, on the Victoria harborfront.
Happy hour drinks for just $38 each.

Place: Pier 7 in Central, above the Star Ferry
Time: 7pm-9pm, HH ends at 9pm but you can stay longer of course

Come by and say hi after work and start your weekend early with your AAJA family.

We’ll also tell you the latest about AAJA-Asia’s NewNowNext Media Conference.

Photo by Curtis Kennington via Flickr

Ever wanted to channel your inner Barbara Walters? Get tips from Seoul members of AAJA-Asia June Chang and Tori Allen.

Learn how to prepare for an interview, how to draw out people’s life stories and confirm information during a conversation. June and Tori will be offering tips based on their experience at KBS and CBC, respectively.

Who: Anyone!

Cost: Free

When: Saturday, April 20, 2-5 p.m.

Where: Yonsei University, New Millennium Hall, Room 111 (near East Gate)

RSVP: ASAP to junemchang [AT] hotmail.com

Kentaro Sakakibara, CEO of Samurai Incubate Inc.
Anis Uzzaman, Founder & CEO of Fenox Venture Capital

Where: FCCJ, Yurakucho, Tokyo (Google Map)
When: 12:00-14:00, Monday, April 1, 2013

(The speech and Q & A will be in English and Japanese with interpretation)

Japanese electronics giants such as Sharp or Panasonic might be going down on the hill, but the startup culture is burgeoning in Japan with the younger generation aspiring to create next Google or Facebook. Counter-intuitive to the image of no-risk taking Japanese and so-called “Galapagos” workforce, some chose to launch innovative businesses on their own to get away from the old and traditional Japanese work culture, which used to promise the seniority system and life-time employment. Pitch contests are regularly held to test their products, and the number of business incubators increased offering co-working spaces and tutorial sessions as well as funding. Yet, there are still few Japanese startups tapping into Silicon Valley, given the good product quality and highly-touted Japan brand. How can those Japanese startups go global?

Startup incubator Kentaro Sakakibara and Sillicon Valley-based venture capitalist Anis Uzzaman, will talk about the landscape of the Japanese startups and what it takes for them to be next Facebook.

Kentaro Sakakibara is the founder of Samurai Incubate, one of the biggest startup incubators in Japan and is specifically focusing on early ventures management, marketing, sales and human resource support. His company invests in start up ventures and he also holds the posts of external director to 50+startups. Early in his career Sakakibara worked with Axiv.com (now Voyage group) at development stage.

Anis Uzzaman, Ph.D is the General Partner and founding member of Fenox Venture Capital. Located in the Silicon Valley, USA, Fenox focuses on seed, series A and final round funding in the areas of consumer internet, software development, retail and emerging, disruptive ideas. Having been a serial entrepreneur himself in the retail and technological sectors, Anis provides mentorship in fundraising, operations and exit strategy to entrepreneurs. His managerial roles in Business Development with IBM and Cadence are complemented with his portfolio of numerous M&A of technological companies. Anis holds a Ph.D in Computer Engineering from Tokyo Metropolitan University and has published more than 30 technical papers.

Please reserve in advance, 3211-3161 or on the website (still & TV cameras inclusive). The charge for members/non-members is 1,700/2,600 yen, non-members eligible to attend may pay in cash (menu: sautéed pork with sauce ). Reservations canceled less than one hour in advance for working press members, and 24 hours for all others, will be charged in full. Reservations and cancellations are not complete without confirmation. For meal service, please enter the room by 12:25.