Announcing the 2019 ELP Class


The Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA) is proud to announce the following members who will be participating in the 24th Executive Leadership Program taking place on April 15-19, 2019 at the ABC News headquarters in New York. To date, more than 500 journalists and media professionals have completed the program since its inception in 1995. The program is open … Continue reading Announcing the 2019 ELP Class

AAJA Announces New Executive Director


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 16, 2020 AAJA 2020 Awards Ceremony & End of Year Celebration Presented by Joie Chen, Pablo Iglesias, Michelle Ye He Lee, and Nicole Dungca WASHINGTON, DC – 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. Watch … Continue reading AAJA Announces New Executive Director

A New Year Message from AAJA President Michelle Lee


The Asian American Journalists Association joins our Asia Chapter (AAJA-Asia) in expressing serious concerns about the arrest of Haze Fan, a Chinese-national working for Bloomberg News in Beijing, and asks for Chinese authorities to be transparent of the charges against Fan and to ensure that her rights to legal assistance are upheld. Fan has been missing … Continue reading A New Year Message from AAJA President Michelle Lee

AAJA Condemns the Conviction of Rappler Co-Founder Maria Ressa on Cyber Libel Charges


The Asian American Journalists Association joins the AAJA-Asia chapter in condemning a Manila court decision to convict Rappler co-founder and executive editor, Maria Ressa, and Reynaldo Santos, former senior writer at Rappler, of cyber libel charges on June 15, 2020. Maria Ressa and Rappler, the news website she co-founded, have been the target of numerous investigations and … Continue reading AAJA Condemns the Conviction of Rappler Co-Founder Maria Ressa on Cyber Libel Charges

Apply to be Voices Program Director for 2019-2020


The Voices program is in search of a Program Director for 2019-2020. Voices serves as a multimedia journalism training fellowship for college and graduate students, as well as a leadership program for mid-career journalists who serve as faculty. The program is a recruiting tool to increase diversity in newsrooms and takes place annually during the week of the AAJA national convention.