Submitted by the AAJA Photojournalists Affinity Group. Charis Hill is a disability activist advocating for the COVID-19 vaccine rollout to be prioritized for high risk people under 65. Photo by Salgu Wissmath, a recent graduate from Ohio University and Voices alumni, for the San Francisco Chronicle. Salgu captures the identity of people in the LGBTQ community through their lens. Find more of their work here.

AAJA calls on Condé Nast to ensure its commitment to Asian American and Pacific Islander communities and employees In light of the controversy over past tweets of the incoming Teen Vogue editor in chief, AAJA and our Young Professionals Network call on Condé Nast to publicly, forcefully and concretely show its commitment to fair, accurate and comprehensive coverage of Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) communities, and to ensure a safe and inclusive workplace for its AAPI employees. Read the full statement here.

AAJA-Asia Calls for Myanmar Authorities to Release Detained Journalists AAJA and its Asia Chapter (AAJA-Asia) call on Myanmar authorities to release all journalists detained for reporting on anti-coup demonstrations and to drop all charges against them immediately. Read the full statement here.

AAJA Philly encourages local news organizations to include more AAPIs in pandemic coverage As the Philadelphia region nears the one-year anniversary of the first local COVID-19 cases and shutdowns, and amid escalating anti-Asian racism nationwide, AAJA-Philly is encouraging news organizations to cover the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) communities. Read the full statement here.

Happy Lunar New Year from AAJA-SF President Cecilia Lei In normal times, right around Lunar New Year, we’d likely be gathered together in San Francisco Chinatown for our annual spring banquet, toasting to the Year of the Ox, shaking hands and passing dishes back and forth. We wish this is how we could’ve kicked off the new year and introduce ourselves—your new AAJA-SF Bay Area board—to all of you. Read Cecilia's full message here.

Continue to send us your ideas on what you'd like to see at this year's convention by April 5. Submit pitches here.

📓 Resources

March 12 Tohoku Earthquake 10 Year Anniversary, presented by the Japanese American Museum of San Jose, featuring AAJA-PAG's Darrell Miho. Register here.

ICYMI: Pacific Islander Journalism Task Force's first panel was hosted on March 1. Watch the recording here.

The Information Equity Database from the Online News Association's resources center helps journalists engage communities that are typically under- or misrepresented in their reporting. Find it here.

Audio journalists? Follow the SoundPath, a new digital training platform from the Association of Independents in Radio (AIR). Find it here.

Tiny News Collective wants to allow anyone to create a newsroom. It provides tools, resources and commonwealth of knowledge to help people build sustainable news organizations that reflect and serve their communities. Check it out here.

KQED published an analysis and recommendations following their examination of diversity, inclusion and equity in its operations. Read its findings here.

Ianne Salvosa, co-editor-in-chief of her high school paper, writes about how anti-Asian hate crimes might make anti-racism into a trend. Read the piece here.

The Commonwealth Club's webinar, "Addressing Anti-Asian Violence" recap, written by AAJA-SF board member Sarah Belle Lin. Read the thread here.

📅 Upcoming AAJA Events

Join AAJA and Think Public Media to discover career paths in radio, television, podcasting and digital media. Think Public Media is the most well-known outlet focused on public interest and mission-driven reporting in the country, focusing on stories that impact Americans in their day-to-day lives. During this meet and greet, learn about producer, on-air, and other newsroom opportunities with public media’s family (NPR, PBS Newshour, and more). This virtual reception has information and opportunities for folks at all levels of their careers who are looking to make a difference. Register here.

Town Hall on Teen Vogue Join Yung AAJA in a space for discussing and exploring this topic as a community. Register here.

The Guide to Korea's Justice System Connect with Korean law experts who will present tips and resources on how to process legal cases when reporting Register here.

March 15 | AAJA-HQ

AAJA Scholarship Info Session Get an inside look at the scholarship process from past scholarship winners, AAJA staff, and one of our generous donors. The session is perfect for students, parents, and educators. Register here.

The spring stress buster with Dr. Noel Ramirez AAJA-Philly is hosting an event for members to discuss strategies for managing pandemic-level workloads, preserving mental health & avoiding burnout. Find out more information here.

AAPIs Under Attack If you’ve been affected by the ongoing racism or having to cover it in your work, join fellow journalists & AAJA members who can relate to what you’re going through in this moment of heightened anti-Asian violence for an off-the-record conversation facilitated by journalists turned licensed therapists. Register for the March 17 session here and the March 21 session here.

Yung AAJA Networking Event Join our younger AAJA members as they engage in a night of round-robin networking and forge new connections! Register here.

Embrace Cultural Confidence, a series of three mental health workshops customized for AAPI journalists that focuses on mindfulness, identity, and resilience. ICYMI: The first session is available to rewatch here (if you'd like to view it email jessicax@aaja.org for the password). Or, register for an upcoming session here.

AAJA-NY Book Club with Richard Lui, moderated by Euny Hong AAJA-NY presents its fourth book club with broadcast journalist and author of Enough About Me Richard Lui, moderated by Euny Hong, a journalist and thrice-published author.

AAJA Founders Forum Five of AAJA's six founders discuss how and why they started AAJA, challenges in building the organization into a national network and thoughts on where AAJA and Asian American journalism might go next. It will be moderated by David Ono of ABC7.

Celebrate your achievements with us-- tag @aaja or let us know on Slack. 

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