{"id":3152,"date":"2020-10-23T14:08:47","date_gmt":"2020-10-23T18:08:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncorv.com\/aaja_wp\/?page_id=3152"},"modified":"2020-12-28T17:33:03","modified_gmt":"2020-12-28T22:33:03","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ncorv.com\/aaja_wp\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"3152\" class=\"elementor elementor-3152\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-02319ca elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"02319ca\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f65f45f\" data-id=\"f65f45f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3c0b991 elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3c0b991\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1100\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncorv.com\/aaja_wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Seng_073119_Atlanta657-scaled-e1609098907928-1100x500.jpg\" class=\"attachment-wcslider size-wcslider wp-image-4908\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7ea6167 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7ea6167\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-01333c2\" data-id=\"01333c2\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f7cc1d4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f7cc1d4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA) is a membership nonprofit advancing diversity in newsrooms and ensuring fair and accurate coverage of communities of color. AAJA has more than 1,500 members across the United States and Asia.<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6f08760 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6f08760\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a1b8f1b\" data-id=\"a1b8f1b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c4d06a1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c4d06a1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSince its founding in 1981, AAJA has been at the forefront of change in the journalism industry, working towards the visibility and inclusion of AAPI journalists in newsroom leadership, and towards equitable and accurate coverage of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPIs) and AAPI issues. Nearly one-third of AAJA\u2019s members are students, attesting to the organization\u2019s emphasis on bringing young people into the news business. AAJA is proud to include among its members some of the top journalists in the country, from network news anchors and reporters to Pulitzer Prize-winning writers, editors and photographers, to national radio show producers and major magazine editors.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-bceb88e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"bceb88e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-eb8c0f0\" data-id=\"eb8c0f0\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-70b3484 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"70b3484\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What is AAJA?<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5bd0dba elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5bd0dba\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c699fd4\" data-id=\"c699fd4\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e83cf8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5e83cf8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Asian American Journalists Association is a professional membership association founded in 1981 by a group of AAPI journalists seeking to support one another and to encourage more AAPIs to pursue journalism. Today, we continue to champion the development of AAPI representation and leadership in journalism through trainings, opportunities, and resources for our members as well as through nurturing and maintaining a network and community of AAPI journalists globally.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b0f115d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b0f115d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-48b3988\" data-id=\"48b3988\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e76bd4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5e76bd4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Our Mission<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8a8d1a8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8a8d1a8\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6a7ba8e\" data-id=\"6a7ba8e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-50991f6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"50991f6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>The heart of AAJA\u2019s four-fold mission is to increase AAPI perspectives and representation <\/strong><br \/><strong>in newsrooms, media, and storytelling. We do so by the following:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9a5f59b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9a5f59b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c8b6eb9\" data-id=\"c8b6eb9\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dad63bd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"dad63bd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li style=\"list-style-type: none;\"><ul><li>To provide encouragement, information, advice and scholarship assistance to AAPI students who aspire to professional journalism careers.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><ul><li style=\"list-style-type: none;\"><ul><li>To provide to the AAPI community an awareness of news media and an understanding of how to gain fair access.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ffd1775\" data-id=\"ffd1775\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-52b4c4e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"52b4c4e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li style=\"list-style-type: none;\"><ul><li>To provide to the AAPI community an awareness of news media and an understanding of how to gain fair access.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\u00a0<ul><li>To research and point out when news media organizations stray from accuracy and fairness in the coverage of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders and AAPI issues.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-bcaade4 elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"bcaade4\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-050a91d\" data-id=\"050a91d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-850999a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"850999a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-large\">Our History<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5a84aa3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5a84aa3\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7b69a39\" data-id=\"7b69a39\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1853427 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1853427\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>AAJA was founded in 1981 by a small group of AAPI journalists to support one another and to encourage more AAPIs to pursue journalism at a time when there were few AAPI faces in the media.<\/p><p>AAJA owes its founding to the vision of this small group of Los Angeles journalists:, Tritia Toyota and Frank Kwan of KNBC-TV News; Bill Sing, Nancy Yoshihara and David Kishiyama of the Los Angeles Times; and Dwight Chuman of Rafu Shimpo, a local Japanese American newspaper.<\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 1985, AAJA became a national organiz<\/span>ation spanning the United States with the formation of additional chapters beyond Los Angeles. Today, AAJA has more than 1,600 members in 20 chapters across the U.S. and Asia, with its largest membership bases in large metropolitan areas on the West Coast (Los <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Angeles, San Francisco-Bay Area, and Seattle), East Coast (New York City and Washington, D.C.), and in the <\/span>Midwest (Chicago).<\/p><p>In addition, AAJA has a growing number of members working throughout Asia \u2014 in Tokyo, Hong Kong, Seoul, Singapore, the Philippines and Bangladesh \u2014\u00a0 which underscores the rapid growth of media properties in Asia and points the way to future expansion of the organization.<\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Close to one-third of AAJA\u2019s members are students, attesting to the organization\u2019s emphasis on bringing young people into the news business.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">AAJA is proud to include among its members some of the top journalists in the country, from network news anchors and reporters to Pulitzer Prize-winning writers, editors and photographers, to national radio show producers and major magazine editors.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since its founding, AAJA has established journalism career development and mentorship programs that prioritize diversity and that continue to evolve as journalism evolves. Over time, AAJA has strengthened its civic engagement arm, which holds newsrooms accountable to accurate reporting on AAPIs (through <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MediaWatch<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">AAJA Studio<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) and trains local and community organizations to engage with the media (Media Access).<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">AAJA enters a milestone 40th year in 2021. Our mission remains just as urgent as it was in 1981, especially in the shadow of a recession that reduced the number of journalists of color who would have been poised for senior-level roles. AAJA\u2019s programmatic priorities have existed in parallel, but there is an unprecedented opportunity to further coordinate and synthesize our work. Even with programs that cultivate leadership at different stages of a journalist\u2019s career, the \u201cpipeline\u201d problem remains, and will be even further exacerbated by COVID-19\u2019s impact on the industry. AAJA views this pivotal moment as both an opportunity and a challenge to uplift our mission, the work and livelihoods of our members, and our larger AAPI community and communities of color.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA) is a membership nonprofit advancing diversity in newsrooms and ensuring fair and accurate coverage of communities of color. AAJA has more than 1,500 members across the United States and Asia. 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