This May 16, we’ll be just eight days away from the 2013 NewNowNext Media Conference. Come and join your fellow conference goers in a pre-conference, pre-party mixer! We welcome the many new AAJA members who have signed up as we’ve geared up for this year’s annual event. Expand your networks and meet new friends in the AAJA family before the hustle and … Continue reading
How did Bloomberg get the scoop on Xi Jinping’s family wealth? What is it like reporting from Pyongyang? Find out which media organizations are hiring. 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; … Continue reading
AAJA-Asia’s Seoul members kicked off an active weekend with pizza night on Friday, April 19. Members got together to discuss the chapter’s upcoming N3 Conference in Hong Kong, the 2013National Convention in New York, as well as general work life. Thanks to everyone who came out! On Saturday, Seoul members June Chang and Tori Allen wrapped up … Continue reading
It’s been a while since we got together so let’s rectify that. 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 … Continue reading
Saturday, February 16: AAJA Chinese New Year “+1 Snake Social” If you’re in town, bring a plus one (or more) and ssslide over to California Vintage in Wanchai to hang with us and socialize with 50% off wines by the glass. RSVP aajahk@gmail.com When: 5-8pm, Saturday, Feb. 16 Where: California Vintage, 28 Harbour Road, Brim 28, … Continue reading
AAJA-Asia President Ken Moritsugu, AP enterprise editor, will be in Hong Kong this weekend, visiting from Bangkok. Come out this Saturday at 1pm for brunch to welcome him — and to meet new and returning AAJA members. If you have not yet renewed we can help you out then as well. When: Saturday, February 2, … Continue reading
UPDATE: Our original venue informed us they will actually be closed for the Lunar New Year holiday. So we’re moving to Gangnam! (insert your own Psy joke here) But we’ll still be covering what AAJA-Seoul and AAJA-Asia have planned for the year with coffee and pastries in Gangnam. We hope to see you there! When: 11 a.m. … Continue reading
To celebrate a new year and to welcome both new and renewing members, we’re having our first AAJA event of the year this Sunday at 2pm. Where: Posto Pubblico, 28 Elgin Street, Central When: Sunday, 2pm onwards What: Free flow prosecco for 100 HKD, until 5pm. For non-prosecco folks, you can just pay as you … Continue reading
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Please join us for a big dimsum lunch to welcome our incoming AAJA National President Paul Cheung. Paul is Global Interactive Editor for the Associated Press. He’ll have just flown in from New York and will be here for a week. He’d like to meet each and every one of you to hear how he … Continue reading
This year we’re ordering a large 22-pound roast turkey from the Mandarin Oriental. It’ll come with all the trimmings: stuffing, cranberry sauce, giblet gravy, roast pumpkin and mashed potatoes. It’ll also come with pumpkin pie, chestnut raspberry opera cake and salted butter pecan pie. The Time and Place: – Friday, November 23, 7:30pm-10:30pm – Time … Continue reading
AAJA New York member Sachin Shenolikar, a veteran journalist who has recently left his senior editor post at Sports Illustrated for Kids, is traveling through Asia this month and making stops in Taiwan and Tokyo. Sachin worked at SI for Kids for 12 years and says he is happy to share with us his experience in delivering news … Continue reading
The Network of Korean-American Leaders (NetKAL) will be hosting an all-day summit on October 11. One of our AAJA members, Jean Lee of the AP, will be speaking at one of the panels! On October 12, the conference is having Happy hour at the Seoul Foreign Correspondents Club. This will likely be the event that will … Continue reading
We have fellow AAJA Asia chapter member from Hong Kong Caroline Chan in town on vacation. Please stop by the FCCJ bar on Friday, at 6 p.m. to meet Caroline, who works for CNN in Hong Kong.
Want to be a published author? Meet and greet veteran AAJA-New York member Cheryl Tan, former journalist and now author of foodie memoir Tiger in the Kitchen. Cheryl is visiting Hong Kong this week speaking at the HK Literary Festival. Her creative writing workshop - Digging Up Skeletons: How to Mine Your Family History for Stories - is on … Continue reading
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Toshi Maeda, a Tokyo AAJA member, gave us a sneak preview of his mobile journalism app SnapCast. Easy 30-sec video packages… without the hassle of editing! And former journalist Douglas Crets of talked about his work managing social media communities around the world. Photos by AJ Libunao
It’s time for another weekend brunch for AAJA-Tokyo. This time we’ll welcome some new and renewing members: Cindy Tse and James Simms. Allen Cheng, our chapter founder and Beijing VP, and Hannah Bae, our Seoul VP, are planning to be in town this month, and they’ll be our special guests. Martyn Williams, now based in the SF … Continue reading
AAJA-HK sat down with veteran journalist Mable Chan (member of the New York chapter) to learn about her personal journey that led her to start China Personified 華人格化, a media production company with offices in New York and Beijing connecting young people in China and overseas. Coming up next week: A Q&A double-header with entrepreneur Toshi … Continue reading
Award-winning journalist and AAJA New York member Mable Chan is in town this week (Beijing and Hong Kong)! Mable is the founder/president of China Personified 華人格化 – a New York based media production company with a digital platform for storytelling by young people in China and overseas. The Hong Kong native was formerly a producer at … Continue reading
AAJA Meet-up (Sept. 2012), a set by Chi-Chi Zhang @ Beijing on Flickr. AAJA-Beijing hosts a welcome brunch for Washington Post correspondent William Wan who just arrived in Beijing. It was followed by a gallery viewing of AAJA member Chi-Chi Zhang’s father’s exhibition at Mountain Art Gallery in Beijing’s 798 Art District (www.mountainart.com.cn)
#FCC talk on HK press freedom about to start with AAJA’s @AngieTVLau moderating http://pic.twitter.com/mdXcLzjd Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Pinterest Share on Google Share on Linkedin Share by email AAJA-Asia Tue, Sep 04 2012 03:40:12 ReplyRetweet 0 likes · 0 comments #selfcensorship panelists include @AAJAAsia and HK journo assoc. members and former … Continue reading
