{"id":8613,"date":"2018-11-29T16:21:17","date_gmt":"2018-11-29T21:21:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncorv.com\/aaja_wp\/?p=8613"},"modified":"2021-01-14T11:09:25","modified_gmt":"2021-01-14T16:09:25","slug":"november-2018-roundup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncorv.com\/aaja_wp\/2018\/11\/29\/november-2018-roundup\/","title":{"rendered":"Member News: November 2018 Roundup"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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\"saeed_headshot.JPG\"Saeed Ahmed <\/strong>(AAJA-Atlanta<\/a><\/span>) was recently selected to be one of 25 journalists participating in the 2018 Poynter-NABJ Leadership Academy for Diversity in Digital Media. Ahmed conceived, and now leads, the trending team at CNN Digital which produces stories and videos that rank among the top five social performers daily. He also created \u201c5 Things,\u201d CNN\u2019s popular morning newsletter. Born in Bangladesh and raised in the Middle East, Saeed speaks Bengali, Urdu and Hindi; and can read and write Arabic. He has used his language skills to augment CNN\u2019s on-the-scene reporting from South Asia on stories ranging from the Benazir Bhutto assassination to the garment factory disaster in Bangladesh. Outside of work, he enjoys running, cooking, playing in a rock band and drawing cartoons. Follow Saeed on Facebook<\/a><\/span>, on LinkedIn<\/a><\/span> and on Twitter at @saeed_ahmed<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>

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\"hannah_headshot_voices_2018_-_Hannah_Bae.jpg\"Hannah Bae<\/strong> (AAJA-New York<\/a><\/span>) has been selected for an Open City Neighborhoods Fellowship from the Asian American Writers’ Workshop. The Neighborhoods Fellowship is a unique opportunity for emerging Asian American writers to publish narrative nonfiction on the Asian American communities of New York City over the span of six months. During her fellowship, Hannah plans to focus on Asian American academic achievement and controversy over proposed changes to admissions for New York City’s specialized public high schools. Hannah currently serves as the president of AAJA-New York and is an independent journalist passionate about stories on Korean American identity and culture. She is currently at work on a memoir, and her recent publications include the essay \u201cSurvival Mode\u201d in the anthology \u201c(Don\u2019t) Call Me Crazy: 33 Voices Start the Conversation on Mental Health\u201d as well as \u201cThe Monocle Travel Guide to Seoul.” Follow Hannah on Twitter at @hanbae<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>

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\"CorinneChin.jpeg\"Corinne Chin<\/strong> (AAJA-Seattle<\/a><\/span>) was recently selected to be one of 25 journalists participating in the 2018 Poynter-NABJ Leadership Academy for Diversity in Digital Media. Corinne is a video editor for The Seattle Times and the founder of the newsroom\u2019s Diversity & Inclusion Task Force. She is a graduate of the Poynter Leadership Academy for Women in Digital Media and the ASNE Emerging Leaders Institute. Her 2016 body of work with Erika J. Schultz won second place in the Individual Portfolio category of the NPPA\u2019s Best of Photojournalism awards. Before joining The Seattle Times in 2014, Corinne was a freelance video journalist in Washington, D.C.; Nairobi, Kenya; S\u00e3o Paulo, Brazil; and beyond. She earned bachelor\u2019s and master\u2019s degrees from Northwestern University\u2019s Medill School of Journalism, winning a Midwest Emmy for her capstone documentary. Her work has also been recognized by the Radio Television Digital News Association, Online News Association, Society for News Design, Society of Professional Journalists and more. She offers free coaching sessions for women in journalism through Digital Women Leaders<\/a><\/span> and currently serves as chapter president of AAJA Seattle. Follow Corinne on Twitter at @CorinneChin<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>

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Leezel Tanglao (AAJA-New York) has received a non-residential fellowship with the Reynolds Journalism Institute at the University of Missouri, Columbia for the 2019-2020 year. She is developing a tool that will help provide a more objective, actionable and holistic view into how a news story impacts the community. Follow Leezel on Twitter at @leezeltanglao.           Lee … Continue reading Member News: November 2018 Roundup<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"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":[69,72],"class_list":["post-8613","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-news-pr-statements","tag-membership","tag-updates"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ncorv.com\/aaja_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8613","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=8613"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncorv.com\/aaja_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8613\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8618,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncorv.com\/aaja_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8613\/revisions\/8618"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ncorv.com\/aaja_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8613"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncorv.com\/aaja_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8613"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncorv.com\/aaja_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8613"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}