Early registration rates for Boston convention extended to June 19

Dear AAJA Photojournalists,

Still not sure about coming to AAJA convention in Boston?

Registration:
Early registration rates for the convention have been extended to June 19. The rates are $225 for members, $350 for non-members, $100 for student members and $165 for student non-members. To register for the convention, go to the national AAJA website at www.aaja.org.

Roommates:
If you are looking for roommate, there is a bulletin board on the AAJA web site once you register for the convention.

Photography schedule at convention:
See www.AAJAphoto.org or “aaja photo” on Facebook or latest info on Twitter @aajaphoto

Photo Silent Auction donation:
See separate email

More info,
Paul Sakuma
AAJA photo
psakuma@aol.com

Call for prints for National and SF Bay Scholarships

Dear AAJA photographers,

Need your 11×14 photos to help fund national and San Francisco Bay Area photography scholarships. Need just two 11×14 prints to national and two 11×14 prints for SF. All proceeds go directly into photography scholarships. Money from your one 11×14 can go from about $50 to $500 – directly into the pocket of Asian American student photojournalist.

(See below on how money raised last year helped AAJA photo student scholarship)

Both deadlines: June 6

National:
Expedi Printing
ATTN: Corky Lee
1300 Metropolitian Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11237

San Francisco AAJA Chapter:
Oanh Ha
1585 Schallenberger Road
San Jose, CA 95131

More info,
www.aajaphoto.org
Facebook: aaja photo
Twitter: @aajaphoto

HOWARD HSU – Howard is the recipient of the Willie Kee (SF Bay Area photographer) Memorial Scholarship, which honors the best in broadcast journalism, video editting and photojournalism. Howard graduates from UC Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism this year. He plans to continue work on a photography essay on how gentrification in Oakland affects Chinatown and on an international project on the exotic wildlife trade in Southeast Asia and China. His work on the exotic wildlife trade in Burma was published on the PBS Frontline/World website. His scholarship is $2,000.

Thanks for helping out future photojournalists

Paul Sakuma
psakuma@aol.com

Call for prints for AAJA Silent Photo Auction

Dear AAJA Photojournalists,
 
With the success of last year’s AAJA photography auction, we have shown that together we can make a difference. This year AAJA needs more than ever your support in sustaining it’s programs through this economic time.
 
Please consider donating one or two 11″ x 14″ prints to make this happen. It will go towards the AAJA Silent Photo Auction this coming August in Boston.
 
The deadline for submission is Monday, June 1st.
 
Please note: when selecting your print to consider what someone would purchase. Generally celebrity or great feature photos sell well.
 
Mailing & Print Instructions:
1. Print (IMAGE) must be exactly 10.5 x 13.5 inches. Anything larger than this dimension will need to be cut to fit the frame size. Selected prints will be matted in 16” x 20” frame.
2. Please sign your autograph on the lower right corner of image with a silver metallic pen in dark areas and a black pen in lighter areas. The signature should be 1/2 inch above bottom of print and 1/2″ from right side of the print.
3. Include basic caption information of when and where you took the photo and description of photo on separate paper.
4. Enclose your name, affiliation, address, phone number and email address.
5. Do not send CD or email photo.
6. When mailing and packaging, corrugated card boards are suggested to keep print(s) from bending.  last year some photographers mailed in tubes available at the post office, additional packing materials are available.
 
Please send your print(s) to:
Expedi Printing
ATTN: Corky Lee
1300 Metropolitian Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11237
 
If you already framed your photograph, please ship directly by May 15 to:
Michael Quan 
55 Wallace Street 
Somerville, MA 02144
 
Print sold for personal use only. No reproduction rights are granted or should be assumed. AAJA will email you the final selling price after the auction.
 
New York freelance photographer Corky Lee will be curator for the auction and photo exhibit.
 
Thanks for your continuous help and support in our future Asian American photojournalists scholarship program. Your donation is greatly appreciated!
 
Deadline: Monday, June 1st
 
More info,
Corky Lee
AAJA Auction Photo Curator
corky@expedi.com
646 208-6249
 
Paul Sakuma
AAJA Photo
psakuma@aol.com
www.aajaphoto.org
Facebook: aaja photo
Twitter: @aajaphoto

Nominations sought for AAJA Awards in Photography, Online and TV

Dear AAJA Photographers,
You are invited to submit nominations for the Asian American Journalists Association National Journalism Awards in Photography, Online and Television. There are two categories: Unlimited subject material. Also Asian American Pacific Islander subject material.
 
Entries are FREE for current 2009 AAJA members and $100 per entry for non-members. Winners will be notified in advance of the AAJA National Convention held August 12-15, 2009 in Boston, MA. Awards will be presented at the AAJA Gala Scholarship and Awards Banquet on Saturday, August 15 at the Boston Seaport Hotel. The entrant need not be present to win.
 
 
 
All entries must be received by April 24, 2009.
 
More info,
Albert Lee
Professional Programs Coordinator
Asian American Journalists Association
AlbertL@aaja.org
www.aaja.org
 
Early registration (for professionals $225) deadline is Friday, April 17. After that date, registration (for professionals $300) will be $75 more. Then after June 19, registration (for professionals $375) will be $75 more.
 
Paul Sakuma
AAJA Photo
facebook: aaja photo

Early registration deadline for Boston convention is April 17

Dear AAJA Photographers,

If you are attending the AAJA National Convention in Boston this August, the early registration deadline is April 17.

Pre-registration is $225 and $100 for students.

More info on photography/multimedia workshops at the convention: www.aajaphoto.org or on Facebook: AAJA Photo

After April 17, registration is $300 and $150 for students.

Convention registration: http://www.aaja.org/programs/convention2009boston/registration

more info,
Paul Sakuma
AAJA Photo
psakuma@aol.com

AAJA photogs 2009 Boston convention schedule

AAJA photographers/photo editors/photo students will have our own photo room at the AAJA National Convention in Boston in August:

Wednesday:
 Photo planner meeting 1pm to 4pm (moderator Paul Sakuma/Corky Lee)
PhotoShootOut meeting 1pm to 4pm.

Thursday:
 Job Fair 9am to 6pm
All-day Multimedia Workshop for the Visual Journalist (note: this is different than the OnLine or Multimedia group sessions. This is geared to still photographers only). (Dai Sugano moderator)
Would include:
Training on Final Cut Express for the Web Part I (Dai Sugano moderator)
Training on Soundslides for the Web (Nhat Meyer moderator)
Training on Video for the Web (Sachiko Cunningham moderator)
All day photo exhibit in room. (Corky Lee, Karen moderator)
Photography Dinner (James Yee, Susan Choi, Matt Lee moderator)

Friday:
 Jobs Fair – 9am to 6pm
Olympic Photography (Nhat Meyer moderator)
Election Photography (Stan Honda moderator)
All day photo exhibit in room (Corky Lee moderator)
Training on Final Cut Express for the Web Part II (Dai Sugano moderator)
Photography Auction (Corky Lee, Karen moderator) – reception at 5:30pm to 8:30pm
PhotoshootOut deadline

Saturday:
 Live Student Critiques (Matt Lee moderator)
Photography Tour of Boston (Susan Choi, James Yee, Matt Lee moderator)
Photography Luncheon (Susan Choi, James Yee, Matt Lee moderator)
7pm to 9pm Gala Banquet

Convention News Project

Just as newsrooms across the country are adjusting to operate with smaller staffing and new technology, the Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA) has redesigned its convention project to simulate the convergence newsroom of today. This innovative program will provide multimedia training opportunities to students and professionals at the 2009 AAJA National Convention.

AAJA’s National Convention will be held Aug. 12-15, 2009 at the Seaport Hotel and Seaport World Trade Center in Boston. The Convention News Project team arrives Aug. 10 and departs Aug. 16.

Applications will be made available in January, as AAJA conducts national outreach to identify 12 students and 12 professionals. They will work as a team over seven days on-site to cover the convention this summer as “mojo” (mobile journalism) reporters in audio and video, web/print designers, photographers, multimedia producers, and copy editors.

From the applications, 20 of the most promising students will be selected as finalists and given the opportunity for building skills and developing their portfolios. They will participate in pre-convention training that will include interactive online courses in interviewing, multimedia, ethics, and an option of visual and audio techniques. They will also be given pre-convention assignments covering issues related to the journalism industry today and/or the Asian American/Pacific Islander community. Of those students, 12 will be selected to cover convention, with travel and hotel accommodations provided.

Professionals are being selected based on their ability to mentor and teach, as well as their experience in news editing, production and design. For some, this will also be an opportunity for direct experience with mojo reporting.

AAJA’s Convention News Project team will cover the latest news about journalists, the state and future of the industry, and how the newsroom changes affect the community. Their works will be featured and updated around the clock on the convention website and in magazine-style publications to be distributed to convention attendees.

The 2009 Convention News Project director is Marian Liu, a Seattle Times reporter who practices mobile journalism.

For more information about sponsoring AAJA’s Convention News Project, contact Janice Lee, AAJA deputy executive director, atJaniceL@aaja.org. For more information about national opportunities for students, contact Nao Vang, AAJA student programs coordinator, at programs@aaja.org.

Please download and complete application. Click here. (http://www.aaja.org/programs/for_students/journalism_trainings/)

Thank you for your time and commitment to diversity in our newsrooms and in news coverage.

Regards,
Nao Vang
Student Programs Coordinator
Asian American Journalists Association
415-346-2051 x102

AAJA member Dai Sugano wins Emmy Award

San Jose Mercury News photographer/multimedia editor Dai Sugano won an national Emmy Award on Monday for his video of mobile home residents in Sunnyvale, beating out competitors from PBS and Web sites of the New York Times and Los Angeles Times.
 
“Uprooted,” which looks at displacement of a group of mobile home residents in Sunnyvale, won for his approaches to news and documentary programming in the documentary category.
 
Sugano was the photojournalists and multimedia producer; Richard Koci Hernandez, former Mercury News deputy director of multimedia photography, and Geri Migielicz, director of photographer, were the executive producers; and Julie Patel was the reporter.
 
“I was stunned,” Sugano said. “It’s a great honor to win for this new way of storytelling, and I hope to serve the community even better with this new approach.”
 
Monday’s 29th Annual News and Documentary Emmy Awards were announced by the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. The awards were presented at the Frederick P. Rose Hall in Time Warner Center in New York City.
 
You can video Sugano’s Emmy-winning multimedia piece at: www.mercurynews.com/emmys
 
Story by Sandra Gonzales, Mercury News
 
More info,
Dai Sugano
Mercury News

Unity 2008 Survey

Dear AAJA Visual Journalists,
 
During the Unity 2008 Chicago conference, the members of the Visual Task Force (VTF), comprised of visual journalists from all four organizations, met to discuss the future of all four individual conferences. It was decided that in order for each of the four organizations to have the programming and workshops needed to forge into journalism’s new path, we would need to combine our efforts and expertise to make each of the four conferences better.
 
To aid in the effort to bring relevant and necessary training to AAJA’s conference in Boston from August 12-15, we need to know what are the needs and desires of our membership. Therefore, we have put together a survey to help us focus our programming and planning.
 
Please help the VTF committee plan for a fantastic 2009 conference season by filling out this survey so I can take the information to the next VTF meeting in September, where it will be presented to the committee and the process will begin to make the needs and desires of our membership a reality.
 
Local Boston photographers Susan Choi, Matt Lee and Michael Quan are working on local ideas for the VTF. Corky Lee is working on the Photo Exhibit and Photo Silent Auction. Dai Sugano is working on multimedia ideas. I’m working on getting thousands of dollars in prizes for the Photo/Multimedia ShootOut. Michelle Le is working on the Student Project. Baron Sekiya is working on web site info. James Yee and Marilynn Yee are working on party ideas. 
 
If you are interested in helping out, let me know.  Thank you for your feedback,
 
Paul Sakuma
Photographer, Associated Press
AAJA Visual Task Force chair
psakuma@aol.com
www.aajaphoto.org
www.unityphoto.org
 
 
Survey:
 
Mark 1-5 for your interests in these areas of training/programming? One is the least amount of interest, five is the most interested.
 
Photojournalism
1-2-3-4-5
 
Multimedia (slide shows w/audio)
1-2-3-4-5
 
Video training (Final Cut Pro, Avid, etc.)
1-2-3-4-5
 
Audio training (Audacity, Garage Band, etc.)
1-2-3-4-5
 
Web design (Dream weaver, InDesign, etc.)
1-2-3-4-5
 
Portfolio critiques (personal one-on-one and live critiques)
1-2-3-4-5
 
Guest speakers (What speakers/topics would you like to hear?)
1-2-3-4-5
 
Photography/Multimedia ShootOut
1-2-3-4-5
 
Social event (dinner, dim sum, boat ride, etc.)
1-2-3-4-5
 
Photo gallery/photo auction
1-2-3-4-5
 
What area of journalism do you work/go to school in? (choose one)
Reporter
Radio
Photo
Web
TV
 
Do you feel a need to know any or all of the above skills?
Yes/no
Does your place of work provide training opportunities? 
Yes/no
 
If not, would the AAJA conference be the only opportunity you would have for training?
Yes/no
 
Do you plan to attend the AAJA convention from August 12-15 in Boston?
Yes/No
 
Would any of the above programming being available affect your decision to attend the conference?
No
Yes
I would come anyhow
I won’t come anyhow
 
Would you volunteer for the Visual Task Force?
At the conference
During the planning
In a specific way? (web help, speaking, in another way?)
 
If you have specific feedback or suggestions, we would like to hear them.
 
Please email me your survey.  Put “VTF Boston” in the subject line. You can also mail in survey.
 
Paul Sakuma
Associated Press Photographer
AAJA Photo
psakuma@aol.com
www.aajaphoto.org
www.unityphoto.org
3486 Murdoch Ct.
Palo Alto, CA 94306