Get a glimpse of Seoul’s turbulent history through an AP photographer’s lens in a new exhibit at the Seoul Museum of History. AAJAers in Seoul will be meeting up on Saturday, May 26, to check out “Seoul in Turbulence: As Seen by The AP.” The photos on display, taken by AP photographers, document significant national … Continue reading
April has been a busy month, and we’ve had several new members join. To welcome our new members and powwow for the Hong Kong conference and future Seoul events, let’s catch up during happy hour at the Seoul Foreign Correspondents Club next Friday, May 4. When: Friday, May 4, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Where: Seoul Foreign Correspondents … Continue reading
Congratulations to AAJA-Asia’s Youkyung Lee, the Associated Press’ newest technology writer in Seoul. Lee has been a reporter for the English language news service of South Korea’s national news agency Yonhap for the past four years, where she covered consumer technology and the economy. She has worked as a translator for state television and a … Continue reading
Yoo Choonsik, Reuters’ deputy Seoul bureau chief, gave fellow Seoul AAJA-ers Sean Lim, Jack Ackerman and Jennifer Chang a wonderful tour of one of Seoul’s biggest foreign media operations this week. Jennifer recaps the tour: Once we got inside the tightly guarded and monitored reception area inside the front doors, Mr. Yoo started off the … Continue reading
AAJA-Asia member and East-West Center fellow Helen Cho has been in Seoul conducting research for the month of March, so AAJA Seoul gave her a warm welcome at a recent dinner. It only seemed fitting to sit down with Helen at a North Korean restaurant, considering her research focus on North Korean defectors. The restaurant, … Continue reading
AAJA-Asia’s Seoul VP Hannah Bae got the chance to visit the Bangkok workplaces of some of our members in Thailand. At AP, Hannah not only got to check out the editing hub, where chapter president Ken Moritsugu (pictured with Hannah) works his magic as AP Enterprise Editor, but also the AP bureau devoted to coverage … Continue reading
After a brave battle with cancer, a distinguished member of Hong Kong’s international journalism community has died. Diane Stormont, 52, was a former president of the HK Foreign Correspondents Club (1998-99) and a former bureau chief of Reuters HK. Before that, she was a reporter for the South China Morning Post. She also was deputy … Continue reading
The Seoul Foreign Correspondents’ Club announced its new board this week. The new president is AAJA-Asia member Steve Herman, Seoul Bureau chief and correspondent for Voice of America. Steve was previously SFCC’s first vice president. He was also onetime president of the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan. Another AAJA member also serves on the board: … Continue reading
AAJA Seoul, led by Hannah Bae, hosted a panel discussion about freelancing in Korea on Friday. AAJA-Asia brings you the highlights… Share “ Want to pen features for @YonhapNews? Or travel pieces for @cnngo_seoul? Head to @AAJAAsia’s freelancing Q&A tonight! aajaasia.wordpress.com/201… Hannah Bae Fri, Feb 17 2012 01:32:04 ReplyRetweet Share “ happenening now: #Seoul freelancing … Continue reading
The Associated Press is taking internship applications for 10 U.S. and 10 international locations this summer. Cities in Asia include Seoul, Bangkok, and New Delhi. What’s more… the internships are paid! “The interns will contribute to AP’s text, video and photos report from these bureaus for 12 weeks this summer. Although a primary format may … Continue reading
How does one get into freelancing in Korea? What makes for a good pitch? What’s considered “a good story”? What are some tricks of the trade? Get your answers to these questions and more at this month’s Seoul event for the Asia chapter of Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA)! Our panelists include editors looking for … Continue reading
CJ E&M, a Korean entertainment and media company, is seeking writers to join a new, dynamic team that will produce a half-hour comedy news show starting in March. This position is open to foreigners: Applicants must be fluent in English and must possess an F2/F6/F4 visa. Visas will not be provided for this position. Applicants … Continue reading
Korea JoongAng Daily, a leading English-language newspaper in Seoul, is looking for a junior copy editor to start this March. Email resumes to enational@joongang.co.kr. This position can be a great entry into the Seoul journalism scene. Several of our past and current AAJA-Asia members have gotten their start in Korea at this paper.
After a long and festive holiday season, AAJA-Asia’s Seoul contingent kicked off the Year of the Black Dragon with some much-needed hobnobbing during happy hour at the Seoul Foreign Correspondents Club. In addition to our current members, we welcomed a lot of bright, young faces, including some prospective new members! Topics of discussion over the … Continue reading
This may be a good opportunity for freelancers or journalism students: GlobalPost is looking for part-time writers to join their Breaking News and Social Media team. The writers will be responsible for contributing three or four 250-word news briefs a day. The stories will be a mix of important breaking news pieces and fun or … Continue reading
The East-West Center is taking applications for its Jefferson Fellowship. The program from June 3-25 will take fellows to Honolulu, Hawaii; Singapore; Guangzhou, China; Songdo/Seoul, Korea. The theme this year is “Changing Cities: Innovation for an Urban World.” Working print, broadcast, and on-line journalists in the United States, Asia and the Pacific Islands are eligible … Continue reading
POSTECH University’s Bilingual Campus Program in Pohang, South Korea, is now recruiting Korean-English bilingual chief editor and editor positions, responsible for visioning, translation and editing of materials. Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH) in South Korea is a world-class research university, which launched a bilingual campus program in March 2010. As a result, lectures … Continue reading
The Seoul contingent of AAJA-Asia is growing! Come out and meet our newest members and share your ideas for future events in the coming months. When: Friday, Jan. 27, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Where: Seoul Foreign Correspondents Club Bar Korea Press Foundation Building, 18th floor 25 Taepyeongno 1-ga, Jung-gu, Seoul 서울 중구 태평로1가 25 Cost: No entry … Continue reading
Two opportunities have opened up at the Korea office of The Asia Foundation, a nonprofit organization based in San Francisco. One is for a resource development and external relations officer; the other is for a program assistant. Application deadline is January 6.
The global asset manager RCM (www.rcm.com) seeks a bilingual (Korean, English) freelance reporter to write market research/business reports in South Korea for http://www.grassrootsresearch.com. Reports would be submitted in English. RCM is a company of Allianz Global Investors. They operate in four continents and six time zones from six international offices. GrassrootsSM Research is unique to RCM, using … Continue reading
As a member, you’ll not only be supporting the goals and values of the Asian American Journalists Association, you’ll also be getting some great discounts on future events.(Joining is as easy as filling out an online form. See here.) So what’s the bottom line? 1. The first reason is the East-West Center’s International Media Conference … Continue reading
The Associated Press is seeking a business reporter to cover consumer technology in South Korea. Fluency in English is a must and fluency in Korean is a plus. The successful candidate will join AP’s cross-formats team in Seoul and be expected to develop deep sourcing, break news and produce distinctive enterprise stories on the growing … Continue reading
The East-West Center is taking applications for its journalists exchange program June 12-25, 2012. Six journalists from Korea will go to Washington, DC, and Denver, Colo., and six to seven U.S. journalists will go to Seoul, Pusan and Kwangju in South Korea for study tours. Journalists working in print, broadcast and online with a minimum … Continue reading
Great turnout and interesting conversations — looks like the AAJA Seoul Sunday brunch was a success. (Tweet and tag @AAJAAsia at your AAJA-related events.)
