Apply for the AAJA Seattle Founder’s Scholarship! (Deadline June 3)
Are you a student who wants to go to the 2009 AAJA National Convention in Boston? We have one convention registration available for students. If you are a student member, please apply for the AAJA Seattle Founder’s Scholarship by June 3.
2009 Northwest Journalists of Color scholarship reception
This year’s NJC scholarship reception will be held at 6 p.m., Tuesday, June 9, at KING 5 News’ headquarters at 333 Dexter Ave. N. There is parking in lots on Dexter and Harrison and metered street parking. There are several Metro buses that stop nearby as well. Mark your calendars and RSVP to aajaseattle@gmail.com with […]
Vu Nguyen, 1975-2009
Vu Nguyen died Friday night five days after suffering a heart attack. The 34-year-old Long Beach resident had been married for just six months. Nguyen, who developed a passion for journalism in high school and contributed to the OC Weekly while attending Cal State Fullerton, was a reporter for The Seattle Times, Yakima Herald-Republic, Orange […]
Farewell, P-I
By Athima Chansanchai Athima Chansanchai was a reporter with the Seattle Post-Intelligencer until the newspaper published its last edition March 17, 2009. She is currently working on freelance and consulting assignments. She is a graduate of AAJA’s Executive Leadership Program and serves as a representative of the AAJA Seattle Chapter on the National Advisory Board. […]
AAJA Seattle, SABJ issue joint statement on the P-I
JOINT STATEMENT FROM SEATTLE ASSOCIATION OF BLACK JOURNALISTS AND ASIAN AMERICAN JOURNALISTS ASSOCIATION – SEATTLE CHAPTER published Tuesday, March 17, 2009 The boards of the Seattle Association of Black Journalists (SABJ) and the Seattle chapter of the Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA) express great sadness over The Seattle Post-Intelligencer’s demise after more than 145 years. […]
AAJA Seattle reaches out to Seattle P-I staff
The Seattle chapter of the Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA) is ramping up its outreach to journalists at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, which Hearst Corp. plans to stop publishing this month. The chapter’s leadership wants to support all journalists during these hard economic times for our profession. The chapter welcomes your suggestions. To date, your chapter […]