Thank you for your continued support of AAJA this year! I know this newsletter has a lot of information, but there’s a lot to look forward to!
President’s Report
Committee
San Diego’s Got Talent
Scholarships
Free Workshop
AAJA Convention
San Diego Press Club
Dear AAJA members and friends,
It has already been such an eventful year for AAJA, at least on the back end with your board members working incredibly hard! As with any new year and any organization, our goal is to find ways on improving AAJA San Diego and relaying our information back to the national office and other local chapters. With that said, we have a free workshop on the horizon, a delayed but fabulous talent show at the end of March, scholarships, stipends and a lot more for 2010. Of course, we can’t reach our goals though without your help.
Please let us know what you would like not only from AAJA San Diego but from the national office too via our survey. It’s important to me, our board members and our national office to know what you need, expect and want from your AAJA leaders so that we are certain our time is being put to good use. The survey can be taken by going to this Web site http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/DMV6PZD
and shouldn’t take more than 5 minutes. Please feel free to email me feedback, questions and suggestions at President@AAJASanDiego.org as well.
I’m also going to take a tip from San Diego Press Club president, Jan Rieger, who encourages members to send in their news. Let us know what’s going on with you and we’ll share it with the rest of the AAJA San Diego community. For example, AAJA vice president Savy Hak is opening up Cali Deli in Hillcrest with her husband within the next month; AAJA board member Dennis-Michael Broussard is hosting an anti-Valentine’s Day ball on Saturday; and I’m just excited to eat my mother’s Chinese New Year dinner this weekend. What’s going on with you?
Thanks for another great AAJA month and for helping me and your board members improve the AAJA San Diego family.
Best,
Hoa Quach
AAJA-SD President
Join an AAJA-SD Committee:
Programming
Purpose: To support the AAJA mission of helping develop Asian American journalists in the industry.
Responsibilities: Plan, organize, coordinate and execute programs that enhance the professional knowledge, skills and contacts needed in the journalism and media industry.
Tasks:
- Plan programs for the year
- Identify and confirm location for each event
- Invite and confirm speakers/presenters for each event
- Figure out costs
- Organize and coordinate workshop or program on the day itself
- Manage volunteers
Purpose: To support AAJA’s mission by generating funds for scholarships, grants and other programs that benefit chapter members and students.
Tasks:
- Plan fundraising activities for the year
- Identify and confirm location for events, if needed
- Plan speakers/presenters for each event, if needed
- Figure out costs
Purpose: To support AAJA’s overall mission by letting our members and others in the San Diego community know about our activities, events and programs.
Responsibilities: Plan, create and send PR and marketing materials to our members and other communities.
Tasks:
- Manage and update aajasandiego.org
web site
- Create marketing materials for events and activities
- Use social media: Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn
– listserv of members and contacts
– heads of other journalism organizations
– University/college journalism/communication department contacts
– local media
Discount Card
Chair of the fundraising committee, Savy Hak, has been working diligently to ensure AAJA has funds! With the assistance of other board members, she created a “discount card,” a credit-card-type-card with 24 businesses in San Diego County offering discounts to any card holders. From Mr. Dumpling in Kearny Mesa to The Corner in East Village to a hot boxing center near SDSU – any card holders will receive exclusive discounts.
This discount cards are on sale now and can be purchased from any of the board members! Just give us a ring. We’re also looking for more people to help us sell, so if you can successfully harass people to support journalists – please let us know.
For more info about participating businesses visit our Web site.
San Diego’s Got Talent
Our new date for “San Diego’s Got Talent,” has been set! THURSDAY, MARCH 25. This talent show, presented by the Asian American Journalists Association and supported by other J-groups, will feature 15 acts of talent (or lack thereof) by the people you trust most for your news!
So far, we have:
…a political reporter who plays in a reggae band and is a big fan of Lady Gaga (but then, who isn’t a big fan of Lady Gaga?)
…a biz reporter who can hula like there’s no tomorrow
…and an editor who can score tons of free throws in a row…
Curious as to who they are? You’ll have to come to find out!
Find out who should leave his day job to show off his talent, who should stick to his reporting gig and never perform again, and who should just be thankful she’s hot.
The event will take place at the fun Onyx Room. Doors open at 6 p.m. and the show will run from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. The show will be followed by DJ Dwin and a networking mixer.
Cost: Just $10 or $15 with an AAJA discount card (normal discount card price is $10, see below)
Attendees will also be eligible to win Burger Lounge gift cards, courtesy of BAM Communications.
One hundred percent of the proceeds will benefit journalism students and AAJA programs.
Please purchase your tickets in advance on our Web site before it’s sold-out: http://www.aajasandiego.org/?p=1793
Scholarships and Stipends:
AAJA-SD is offering $1,000 in scholarships and stipends each to professional journalists and students looking to pursue a career in journalism.
Up to $500 in stipends will be awarded to professional journalists who would like subsidies for journalism conferences, workshops or seminars they would like to attend. Those who are interested must send a resume and an essay explaining how the stipends will help them to president@aajasandiego.org by May 15, 2010 at 11:59PM.
For college students who are pursuing journalism careers, $500 in scholarships will be awarded to help pay for tuition. Those who are interested must send a resume, cover letter and letter of recommendation to president@aajasandiego.org by May 15, 2010 at 11:59PM.
Only available to AAJA members in the San Diego chapter. You can become a member here.
Free Workshop:
AAJA-SD will host a free workshop for members or for those who sign up the day of titled, “Job Hunting: How to make yourself standout.”
We’ll have three key players in the San Diego journalism industry present to offer advice on those looking for a career or a new start.
Save the date for Saturday, March 13 and look for future updates.
AAJA National Convention:
Meet fellow AAJA members from around the county this summer!
The 21st Annual AAJA National Convention will be held at the Renaissance Hollywood Hotel & Spa in Los Angeles, California from Aug. 4 to 7, 2010.
AAJA’s 21st National Convention in Los Angeles also coincides with two very important anniversaries. In 2010, we’ll be celebrating the 10th anniversary of J Camp
, our annual journalism workshop for multicultural high school students. AAJA will also be celebrating the 15th anniversary of the Executive Leadership Program
, founded by Los Angeles member and former AAJA president Dinah Eng, to help train Asian American and Pacific Islander journalists to enter the ranks of newsroom leaders and executives.
For more info, visit AAJA National’s Web site.
San Diego Press Club’s Winter Palooza “50 Tips in 50 Minutes to Boost Your Writing Business”:
The San Diego Press Club is full of writers, reporters, freelance writers, editors, news directors, ghost writers and other scallywags. Join us for an enlightening presentation of 50 ideas for advancing your writing career. A panel of experienced communicators will whip you through a list of ideas, and you’re bound to hear a few that you haven’t thought of before.
Panelists include:
Dennis Morgigno is Station Manager and Programming Host of Channel 4 San Diego, and a former recipient of the Press Club’s Harold Keen Award for Career Achievement in Journalism. He began his career as a newspaper reporter.
Kimberly Edwards is a spokeswoman for the UC San Diego Medical Center. If her face looks familiar, it’s from her years as a field reporter for Channel 10.
Lee Swanson is the Public Information Officer for the San Diego Fire Rescue Department, and a former broadcaster. He served as a freelance producer for KPBS and executive producer for Channel 10.
Jan Rieger is President of the San Diego Press Club and of public relations firm McLane Rieger Communications. She has written for editorial, corporate and retail publications.
Free to Press Club members. $10 to non-members (which is waived if you join the Club that evening). RSVP to sdpressclub.org or sdpressclub@cox.net
Light refreshments will be served.
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
6 p.m. Program begins at 6:30 p.m.
KGTV, 4600 Air Way, San Diego, 92102
For directions, go to 10news.com
