AAJA ANNOUNCES SPECIAL TERM APPOINTMENTS OF NATIONAL OFFICERS FOR 2019-2020 TERM
Nicole Dungca works as a reporter on The Boston Globe’s projects and investigations team. She joined the Globe’s newsroom in 2014 to write about transportation. She previously covered education and breaking news at The Oregonian, and has also written for The Providence Journal and The Times-Picayune in New Orleans. She currently serves as AAJA’s Vice President of Communications.
Shirley Qiu is the audience engagement strategist at the American Press Institute and the co-director of AAJA Women & Non-Binary Voices. Previously, she worked as the Features Producer at The Seattle Times, where she managed online engagement efforts for the Features section and the Sunday magazine. She also previously served as the AAJA-Seattle chapter secretary and national advisory board representative. She graduated from the University of Washington in 2015 with a double degree in journalism and international studies.AAJA 2020-2021 NATIONAL OFFICERS-ELECT
AAJA SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT-ELECT: NICOLE DUNGCA
Nicole Dungca works as a reporter on The Boston Globe’s projects and investigations team. She joined the Globe’s newsroom in 2014 to write about transportation. She previously covered education and breaking news at The Oregonian, and has also written for The Providence Journal and The Times-Picayune in New Orleans. She currently serves as AAJA’s Vice President of Communications.
Excerpt from Nicole’s candidate statement:
“At every step in my career, AAJA has been a constant. I’ve been a chapter president, national board representative, secretary, and vice president of communications – and the skills I’ve learned in each post will help me make AAJA even stronger. As senior vice president, I want to further energize the chapters and the affinity groups that are so important to our members.”
Click here to view Nicole’s complete candidate statement.
AAJA VICE PRESIDENT OF JOURNALISM PROGRAMS-ELECT: KRIS VERA-PHILLIPS
Kris Vera-Phillipsis an Emmy Award-winning news producer with more than 14 years experience in broadcast journalism. She recently worked as the senior news producer at KPBS News, San Diego’s PBS and NPR station. Beyond the newsroom, Kris serves as a governing board member for the Asian American Journalists Association, representing at-large members. Before public media, Kris produced news shows and specials for CBS and NBC in the San Francisco Bay Area. Beyond the newsroom, Kris helps train and mentor college student journalists with AAJA Voices and NPR’s Next Generation Radio Fellowship. She also served as a mentor for high school journalists with PBS NewsHour’s Student Reporting Labs Academy.
Excerpt from Kris’ candidate statement:
“AAJA supported me at all points of my journalism career. I started off as a news producer in Topeka, Kansas, where I was the only Asian American journalist in the newsroom. Through the AAJA mentorship program and networking events with local chapters, I found friends, colleagues and allies…I want to continue that tradition of support and empowerment with AAJA. I know I can do that as the next AAJA Vice President of Journalism Programs.”
Click here to view Kris’ complete candidate statement.
AAJA VICE PRESIDENT OF COMMUNICATIONS-ELECT: SHIRLEY QIU
Shirley Qiu is the audience engagement strategist at the American Press Institute and the co-director of AAJA Women & Non-Binary Voices. Previously, she worked as the Features Producer at The Seattle Times, where she managed online engagement efforts for the Features section and the Sunday magazine. She also previously served as the AAJA-Seattle chapter secretary and national advisory board representative. She graduated from the University of Washington in 2015 with a double degree in journalism and international studies.
Excerpt from Shirley’s candidate statement:
“I’ll never forget the generosity I’ve received, particularly in those early days [after having just joined], from AAJA members — often people I’d never met before. But that seems to be the ethos of AAJA: helping each other out, lifting each other up, eating and laughing together, sharing our triumphs and struggles together. It feels rare to be a part of such genuine camaraderie in a professional association. I’d like to help carry on this tradition by serving as AAJA’s VP of Communications.”
Click here to view Shirley’s complete candidate statement.
For questions related to this election, please contact AAJA Vice President of Civic Engagement Pia Sarkar at piasarkar@gmail.com.
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