{"id":7939,"date":"2020-12-16T13:58:53","date_gmt":"2020-12-16T18:58:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncorv.com\/aaja_wp\/?p=7939"},"modified":"2021-01-08T12:34:48","modified_gmt":"2021-01-08T17:34:48","slug":"aaja-presents-2020-awards-ceremony-end-of-year-celebration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncorv.com\/aaja_wp\/2020\/12\/16\/aaja-presents-2020-awards-ceremony-end-of-year-celebration\/","title":{"rendered":"AAJA Presents 2020 Awards Ceremony &#038; End of Year Celebration"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"7939\" class=\"elementor elementor-7939\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2108e8c1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2108e8c1\" 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-be4f0c1\" data-id=\"be4f0c1\" 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-64965351 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"64965351\" 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<div class=\"boldgrid-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-md-12 col-xs-12 col-sm-12\"><p><strong>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>December 16, 2020<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>AAJA 2020 Awards Ceremony &amp; End of Year Celebration<\/strong><\/p><p>Presented by Joie Chen, Pablo Iglesias, Michelle Ye He Lee, and Nicole Dungca<\/p><p>WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 The Asian American Journalists Association announced the 2020 awards recipients in its first-ever virtual celebration on Friday, December 11, 2020 at 8 p.m. ET.\u00a0Watch a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=W5Ic-4zbAyA\">recording of the event here<\/a>, including Vic Lee\u2019s acceptance speech for this year\u2019s Lifetime Achievement Award. This year, AAJA also launched\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/awards.aaja.org\/\">awards.aaja.org<\/a>, a microsite that features present award recipients and archives past awardees.<\/p><p>The AAJA Journalism Excellence Awards winners announcement was followed by the announcement of Member Awards winners. The event invites reflections on 2020 and toasts to the new year\u2013\u2013which marks the 40th Anniversary of the founding of the Asian American Journalists Association.<\/p><p><strong>Watch a\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=W5Ic-4zbAyA\"><strong>recording of the event here<\/strong><\/a><strong>, including Vic Lee\u2019s acceptance speech for this year\u2019s Lifetime Achievement Award<\/strong>.<\/p><p>This year, AAJA also launched\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/awards.aaja.org\/\">awards.aaja.org<\/a>, a microsite that features present award recipients and archives past awardees. View the 2020 award recipients below and find more information on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/awards.aaja.org\/\">awards.aaja.org<\/a><\/p><p><strong>Journalism Excellence Awards Recipients:<\/strong><\/p><ul><li><em>Student Journalism, AAPI Issues<\/em>: Kiran Misra, \u201c\u2018Did they send us here to die?\u2019: Housing rights at a crossroads in India\u2019s capital\u201d (Pulitzer Center).<\/li><li><em>Student Journalism, General<\/em>: Jack Harris, \u201cYoung, small, but mighty: Skateboarder Sky Brown shreds path toward Olympics\u201d (Los Angeles Times).<\/li><li><em>Written Journalism, AAPI Issues<\/em>: Jaweed Kaleem, \u201cSikh Drivers are Transforming U.S. Trucking\u201d (Los Angeles Times).<\/li><li><em>Written Journalism, General<\/em>: Erika Fry, \u201cEpidemic of fear: How the trouble-ridden debut of a breakthrough vaccine sparked a panic\u201d (Fortune); Peter Waldman, \u201cAs China anxiety rises in U.S., fears of new Red Scare emerge\u201d (Bloomberg).<\/li><li><em>Radio\/Audio Journalism, AAPI Issues<\/em>: Christine Nguyen, \u201cVietnamese immigrants care for parents with dementia, amidst stigma\u201d (KALW).<\/li><li><em>Radio\/Audio Journalism, General<\/em>: \u201cBuilding a Wall Out of Red Tape\u201d by Sinduja Rangarajan, Brett Myers, Dave Gilson, Teresa Cotsirilos and James West (Mother Jones, Reveal News)<\/li><li><em>TV\/Online Journalism, AAPI Issues<\/em>: Aarne Heikkila, \u201cHiding in Plain Sight\u201d (The Today Show)<\/li><li><em>TV\/Online Journalism, General<\/em>: Michael Yam, \u201cFrom Duck to Hero\u201d (Pac-12 Networks)<\/li><li><em>Multimedia Journalism, AAPI Issues<\/em>: \u201cSoldiering On\u201d by Jayna Omaye, Aaron K. Yoshino, Janelle Kalawe-Ching, and Katie Kenny (HONOLULU Magazine)<\/li><li><em>Multimedia Journalism, General<\/em>: \u201cHong Kong on Edge\u201d by Shelly Banjo, Blake Schmidt, Iain Marlow, Natalie Lung, Chloe Whiteaker, Alfred Liu, Annie Lee, Adrian Leung, Hannah Dormido, Demetrios Pogkas, Kiuyan Wong, Stephen Engle, Sebastian Chau, Kelly Belknap, Anna Luk, and Matt Soto (Bloomberg)<\/li><li><em>Dith Pran Photo Award:\u00a0First Place: Mengshin Lin; Second Place: Vritti Rashi Goel; Third Place: Young Kim<\/em><\/li><\/ul><p><strong>Member Excellence Awards Recipients:<\/strong><\/p><ul><li><em>President&#8217;s Award<\/em>: Chapter Boards and Affinity Group Leaders<\/li><li><em>Member of the Year<\/em>: Hieu Gray<\/li><li><em>Chapter President of the Year<\/em>:\u00a0Mallika Kallingal and Willougby Mariano, AAJA-Atlanta<\/li><li><em>Chapter of the Year<\/em>:\u00a0AAJA-LA<\/li><li><em>ELP Outstanding Leadership Award<\/em>: Maria Mercader<\/li><li><em>Lifetime Achievement Award<\/em>: Vic Lee<\/li><li><em>Leadership In Diversity Award<\/em>:\u00a0Journalists of Color Slack Admin Team<\/li><\/ul><p><strong>AAJA thanks the 2020 award judges (listed below), as well as the nominees who submitted entries for award categories.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><ul><li><em>Written Journalism:<\/em>\u00a0Esther Gim, Kellie Hwang, Stephanie Lin, Josh DuLac, Marian Liu<\/li><li><em>Student Journalism:\u00a0<\/em>Ben Bartenstein, Neal Justin, Alyssa Jeong Perry, Arelis Hernandez, Julia M. Chan<\/li><li><em>TV\/Online Journalism:\u00a0<\/em>E. Samantha Cheng, Chris Casquejo, Carolyn Hong, Shawn Chitnis<\/li><li><em>Radio\/Audio Journalism:<\/em>\u00a0Allen Peng, Lee Uehara, Phil Nacionales<\/li><li><em>Multimedia Journalism:\u00a0<\/em>Thomas Oide, Darrell Miho, Dolly Li<\/li><li><em>ELP Outstanding Leadership:\u00a0Tom Huang, Emma Carew Grovum, Josh DuLac\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/li><\/ul><p><strong>AAJA thanks the National Board of Directors (listed below), for selecting member award recipients.<\/strong><\/p><ul><li><em>President:\u00a0<\/em>Michelle Lee<\/li><li><em>Senior Vice President:\u00a0<\/em>Nicole Dungca<\/li><li><em>Vice President of Journalism Programs:\u00a0<\/em>Kris Vera-Phillips<\/li><li><em>Vice President of Civic Engagement:\u00a0<\/em>Pia Sarkar (2019-2020 term); Julia B. Chan (VP elect 2021-2022)<\/li><li><em>Vice President of Finance:\u00a0<\/em>Ted Han (2019-2020 term); Jin Ding (VP elect 2021-2022)<\/li><li><em>Vice President of Communications:\u00a0<\/em>Shirley Qiu<\/li><li><em>Small\/Medium Chapter Representatives:\u00a0<\/em>Bobby Caina Calvan, Bethany Ao<\/li><li><em>Large Chapter Representative:\u00a0<\/em>Henry Fuhrmann<\/li><li><em>At-Large Chapter Representatives:\u00a0<\/em>Elizabeth Yuan, Yuri Nagano<\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\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>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 16, 2020 AAJA 2020 Awards Ceremony &amp; End of Year Celebration Presented by Joie Chen, Pablo Iglesias, Michelle Ye He Lee, and Nicole Dungca WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 The Asian American Journalists Association announced the 2020 awards recipients in its first-ever virtual celebration on Friday, December 11, 2020 at 8 p.m. ET.&nbsp;Watch &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncorv.com\/aaja_wp\/2020\/12\/16\/aaja-presents-2020-awards-ceremony-end-of-year-celebration\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">AAJA Presents 2020 Awards Ceremony &#038; End of Year Celebration<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7942,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"give_campaign_id":0,"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"bgseo_title":"","bgseo_description":"","bgseo_robots_index":"index","bgseo_robots_follow":"follow","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[51,46],"tags":[135,66],"class_list":["post-7939","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-pr-statements","category-press-release-statements","tag-awards","tag-update"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.ncorv.com\/aaja_wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/AAJA_Awards_Logo.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ncorv.com\/aaja_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7939","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ncorv.com\/aaja_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ncorv.com\/aaja_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncorv.com\/aaja_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncorv.com\/aaja_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7939"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncorv.com\/aaja_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7939\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7946,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncorv.com\/aaja_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7939\/revisions\/7946"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncorv.com\/aaja_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7942"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ncorv.com\/aaja_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7939"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncorv.com\/aaja_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7939"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncorv.com\/aaja_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7939"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}