Asian American Journalists Association Photographers
Dear AAJA photojournalist,
We only received a few prints for the AAJA Silent Photo Auction. We can still accept your 11×14 print(s). Please help out AAJA student photojournalists.
Please mail asap to Corky Lee:
Expedi Printing
ATTN: Corky Lee
1300 Metropolitian Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11237
More info on convention and auction: www.aajaphoto.org
On behalf of AAJA thanks.
Paul Sakuma
psakuma@aol.com
www.aajaphoto.org
Facebook: AAJA photo
Twitter: @aajaphoto
Thursday, August 13:
10:15am – 11:45am
Title: Self Promotion
Summary: Now that you have your stories and content and ready to show it to the world, how do you do that on the cheap. This session will expose you to the best web tools out there to get you started. Do you use a blog tool? How to best embed video and slide shows? How do you get a Web site and promote it?
3:30pm – 5pm
Title: Final Cut Pro advanced
Using filters and stuff. Magic bullet Looks etc.. watch short films.
noon to 1:30pm:
Authors Showcase
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Friday, August 14:
10:15am – 11:45am
Three photography students will have their photo portfolio critiqued by a panel of photo editors and photographers (names TBA). Panelists and students will be picked a few weeks before the convention.
Kii Sato, Associated Press Ohio photo editor, ksato@ap.org
Greg Yamamoto, Honolulu Advertiser photographer, gyamamoto@gmail.com
Rick Rocamora, documentary photographer from Oakland. Rocamora has photographed heavily in his native Philippines. He also has documented El Salvador and South Africa. He was working on projects about immigrants and civil liberties including Japanese Americans who were incarcerated during WWII, Muslim-American after 9-11, and Filipino Diaspora. He has finished a book on Filipino veterans, “Second-Class Veterans”.
Stan Honda (moderator), Agence France-Presse- New York stanhonda@netzero.net, stan.honda@afp.com
Panelists: Charles Dharapak, Associated Press- Washington cdharapak@ap.org, apdharapak@yahoo.com
Brian Snyder- Reuters- Boston
Kim Chapin- Boston Globe photo editor kimchapin@aol.com
Dear AAJA photojournalists,
AAJA announced the winners of four of its top awards for 2009.
Corky Lee, a prolific photojournalist based in New York City is the recipient of AAJA’s Dr. Suzanne Ahn Award for Civil Rights and Social Justice for Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. The award is named in honor of the late Dr. Ahn, a Korean American who was raised in Arkansas and Texas who devoted her life to promoting civil rights and social justice for all Americans, especially women and Asian Americans.
For over 35 years, Corky Lee has used his camera to ensure that the faces of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders and their experiences be included in American history. Not only has he documented the civil rights struggle, he has claimed many of these stories and retold them through a very special lens. He has said, “I’d like to think that every time I take my camera out, it’s like drawing a sword to slay indifference, injustice and discrimination, trying to get rid of stereotypes.” At once intensely personal and socially conscious, he has a style of photojournalism that crosses the divides of different Asian American and Pacific Islander nationalities. From day-in-the-life to rarely seen photographs of civil rights struggles, he is imbedded with an unyielding passion for community activism.
AAJA will present the awards at the Seaport World Trade Center, Commonwealth Complex on Saturday, August 15 during its Gala Scholarship and Awards Banquet, at the AAJA National Convention in Boston.
Corky is also in charge of the AAJA Silent Photo Auction in Boston.
More info,
www.aajaphoto.org
Facebook: aaja photo
Twitter: @aajaphoto
Congrats Corky,
Paul Sakuma
AAJA Photo
psakuma@aol.com
Dear AAJA Photojournalists,
Still not sure about coming to AAJA convention in Boston?
Registration:
Early registration rates for the convention have been extended to June 19. The rates are $225 for members, $350 for non-members, $100 for student members and $165 for student non-members. To register for the convention, go to the national AAJA website at www.aaja.org.
Roommates:
If you are looking for roommate, there is a bulletin board on the AAJA web site once you register for the convention.
Photography schedule at convention:
See www.AAJAphoto.org or “aaja photo” on Facebook or latest info on Twitter @aajaphoto
Photo Silent Auction donation:
See separate email
More info,
Paul Sakuma
AAJA photo
psakuma@aol.com
Dear AAJA Photographers,
If you are attending the AAJA National Convention in Boston this August, the early registration deadline is April 17.
Pre-registration is $225 and $100 for students.
More info on photography/multimedia workshops at the convention: www.aajaphoto.org or on Facebook: AAJA Photo
After April 17, registration is $300 and $150 for students.
Convention registration: http://www.aaja.org/programs/convention2009boston/registration
more info,
Paul Sakuma
AAJA Photo
psakuma@aol.com
AAJA photographers/photo editors/photo students will have our own photo room at the AAJA National Convention in Boston in August:
Wednesday:
Photo planner meeting 1pm to 4pm (moderator Paul Sakuma/Corky Lee)
PhotoShootOut meeting 1pm to 4pm.
Thursday:
Job Fair 9am to 6pm
All-day Multimedia Workshop for the Visual Journalist (note: this is different than the OnLine or Multimedia group sessions. This is geared to still photographers only). (Dai Sugano moderator)
Would include:
Training on Final Cut Express for the Web Part I (Dai Sugano moderator)
Training on Soundslides for the Web (Nhat Meyer moderator)
Training on Video for the Web (Sachiko Cunningham moderator)
All day photo exhibit in room. (Corky Lee, Karen moderator)
Photography Dinner (James Yee, Susan Choi, Matt Lee moderator)
Friday:
Jobs Fair – 9am to 6pm
Olympic Photography (Nhat Meyer moderator)
Election Photography (Stan Honda moderator)
All day photo exhibit in room (Corky Lee moderator)
Training on Final Cut Express for the Web Part II (Dai Sugano moderator)
Photography Auction (Corky Lee, Karen moderator) – reception at 5:30pm to 8:30pm
PhotoshootOut deadline
Saturday:
Live Student Critiques (Matt Lee moderator)
Photography Tour of Boston (Susan Choi, James Yee, Matt Lee moderator)
Photography Luncheon (Susan Choi, James Yee, Matt Lee moderator)
7pm to 9pm Gala Banquet
Just as newsrooms across the country are adjusting to operate with smaller staffing and new technology, the Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA) has redesigned its convention project to simulate the convergence newsroom of today. This innovative program will provide multimedia training opportunities to students and professionals at the 2009 AAJA National Convention.
AAJA’s National Convention will be held Aug. 12-15, 2009 at the Seaport Hotel and Seaport World Trade Center in Boston. The Convention News Project team arrives Aug. 10 and departs Aug. 16.
Applications will be made available in January, as AAJA conducts national outreach to identify 12 students and 12 professionals. They will work as a team over seven days on-site to cover the convention this summer as “mojo” (mobile journalism) reporters in audio and video, web/print designers, photographers, multimedia producers, and copy editors.
From the applications, 20 of the most promising students will be selected as finalists and given the opportunity for building skills and developing their portfolios. They will participate in pre-convention training that will include interactive online courses in interviewing, multimedia, ethics, and an option of visual and audio techniques. They will also be given pre-convention assignments covering issues related to the journalism industry today and/or the Asian American/Pacific Islander community. Of those students, 12 will be selected to cover convention, with travel and hotel accommodations provided.
Professionals are being selected based on their ability to mentor and teach, as well as their experience in news editing, production and design. For some, this will also be an opportunity for direct experience with mojo reporting.
AAJA’s Convention News Project team will cover the latest news about journalists, the state and future of the industry, and how the newsroom changes affect the community. Their works will be featured and updated around the clock on the convention website and in magazine-style publications to be distributed to convention attendees.
The 2009 Convention News Project director is Marian Liu, a Seattle Times reporter who practices mobile journalism.
For more information about sponsoring AAJA’s Convention News Project, contact Janice Lee, AAJA deputy executive director, atJaniceL@aaja.org. For more information about national opportunities for students, contact Nao Vang, AAJA student programs coordinator, at programs@aaja.org.
Please download and complete application. Click here. (http://www.aaja.org/programs/for_students/journalism_trainings/)
Thank you for your time and commitment to diversity in our newsrooms and in news coverage.
Regards,
Nao Vang
Student Programs Coordinator
Asian American Journalists Association
415-346-2051 x102