{"id":8490,"date":"2019-03-01T16:42:31","date_gmt":"2019-03-01T21:42:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncorv.com\/aaja_wp\/?p=8490"},"modified":"2021-01-14T11:06:49","modified_gmt":"2021-01-14T16:06:49","slug":"february-2019-roundup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncorv.com\/aaja_wp\/2019\/03\/01\/february-2019-roundup\/","title":{"rendered":"Member News: February 2019 Roundup"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"8490\" class=\"elementor elementor-8490\">\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\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12 col-xs-12 col-sm-12\">\n<div class=\"headline\" style=\"margin-bottom: 15px; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.93); font-family: 'PT Serif', 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\">\n<h1 style=\"color: #2e0000; font-family: Oswald, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; text-transform: uppercase; line-height: 1.1; font-size: 2.57143em;\"><p style=\"color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.93); font-family: &quot;PT Serif&quot;, &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-transform: none;\"><strong><br class=\"Apple-interchange-newline\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.nationbuilder.com\/aaja\/pages\/4676\/attachments\/original\/1551476072\/BillChurchphoto-0916_%282%29.jpg?1551476072\" alt=\"BillChurchphoto-0916_(2).jpg\" width=\"165\" height=\"165\" style=\"margin: 10px; float: left;\">Bill Church&nbsp;<\/strong>(<span style=\"color: rgb(153, 51, 0);\"><a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aaja.org\/florida\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: rgb(153, 51, 0); outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;\">AAJA-Florida<\/a><\/span>)&nbsp;added the role of Editor-in-Chief of the Austin American-Statesman to his current position as Senior Vice President of News for GateHouse Media. Previously he served as Executive Editor of the Sarasota Herald-Tribune, which won the 2016 Pulitzer Prize in Investigative Reporting. He was 2016-17 president of the Associated Press Media Editors, a 2016 Knight Visiting Nieman Fellow at Harvard and a two-time Pulitzer jurist. He is a longtime member of the Asian American Journalists Association and a recipient of the national Robert G. McGruder Diversity Leadership Award. Follow Bill on Twitter at&nbsp;<span style=\"color: rgb(153, 51, 0);\"><a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BillChurchMedia\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: rgb(153, 51, 0); outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;\">@BillChurchMedia<\/a><\/span>.<strong><br><\/strong><\/p><p style=\"color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.93); font-family: &quot;PT Serif&quot;, &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-transform: none;\">&nbsp;<\/p><p style=\"color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.93); font-family: &quot;PT Serif&quot;, &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-transform: none;\">&nbsp;<\/p><p style=\"color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.93); font-family: &quot;PT Serif&quot;, &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-transform: none;\">&nbsp;<\/p><p style=\"color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.93); font-family: &quot;PT Serif&quot;, &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-transform: none;\">&nbsp;<\/p><p style=\"color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.93); font-family: &quot;PT Serif&quot;, &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-transform: none;\"><strong><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.nationbuilder.com\/aaja\/pages\/4676\/attachments\/original\/1551476084\/LOhB_W.jpg?1551476084\" alt=\"LOhB_W.jpg\" width=\"165\" height=\"183\" style=\"margin: 10px; float: left;\">Leslie Hsu Oh<\/strong>&nbsp;(<span style=\"color: rgb(153, 51, 0);\"><a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aaja.org\/at_large\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: rgb(153, 51, 0); outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;\">AAJA-At Large<\/a><\/span>) has received two&nbsp;gold medals, two silver medals, and an honorable mention in the 2018 NATJA Travel Media Awards Competition. \u201cThe Couple in Trouble\u201d published in Outside Magazine won gold in the the Destination Travel online category. \u201cA Guilt-Free Day on the Slopes: One adventurous family\u2019s guide to the latest in ecofriendly snowboarding gear\u201d originally published in Sierra Magazine won gold in the Eco, Environmental or Volunteer Travel category. \u201cThe Couple in Trouble\u201d published in Outside Magazine won silver in the Health and Wellness Travel category. \u201cSnags\u201d originally published in Panorama Journal of Intelligent Travel won silver in the Cultural Travel online category, as well as Honorable Mention in the Long-Form Narrative category. Follow Leslie on Twitter at&nbsp;<span style=\"color: rgb(153, 51, 0);\"><a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lesliehsuoh\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: rgb(153, 51, 0); outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;\">@lesliehsuoh<\/a><\/span>.<\/p><p style=\"color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.93); font-family: &quot;PT Serif&quot;, &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-transform: none;\">&nbsp;<\/p><p style=\"color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.93); font-family: &quot;PT Serif&quot;, &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-transform: none;\">&nbsp;<\/p><p style=\"color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.93); font-family: &quot;PT Serif&quot;, &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-transform: none;\">&nbsp;<\/p><p style=\"color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.93); font-family: &quot;PT Serif&quot;, &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-transform: none;\">&nbsp;<\/p><p style=\"color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.93); font-family: &quot;PT Serif&quot;, &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-transform: none;\"><em><span style=\"color: rgb(153, 51, 0);\"><a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/1NYCRqReTFfFPhl1_XmfmJz0WvAyombZ86TLEZoBNUj4\/viewform\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: rgb(153, 51, 0); outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;\">Submit your own member news<\/a><\/span>&nbsp;for inclusion in the next update.<\/em><\/p><\/h1><\/div><div id=\"content\" style=\"color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.93); font-family: 'PT Serif', 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\"><div id=\"intro\" class=\"intro\" style=\"margin-bottom: 30px;\"><div class=\"blog__content\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/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>MEET THE STAFF FOR 2019 Voices has selected its 2019 staff for the upcoming AAJA National Convention in Atlanta, GA from July 31-August 4. These journalists will volunteer their time to mentor, edit and coach Voices student participants in the months prior to the convention, as well as alongside the students on site. The mission &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncorv.com\/aaja_wp\/2019\/03\/01\/february-2019-roundup\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Member News: February 2019 Roundup<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8495,"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":[42,51],"tags":[149,72],"class_list":["post-8490","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-news-pr-statements","tag-memebership","tag-updates"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.ncorv.com\/aaja_wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/february.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ncorv.com\/aaja_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8490","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=8490"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncorv.com\/aaja_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8490\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8496,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncorv.com\/aaja_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8490\/revisions\/8496"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncorv.com\/aaja_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8495"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ncorv.com\/aaja_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8490"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncorv.com\/aaja_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8490"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncorv.com\/aaja_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8490"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}