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Call for prints for AAJA Silent Auction

Dear AAJA photojournalists,

Can you donate 1-2 photos that are 11×14 size prints for the AAJA Silent Photo Auction in Los Angeles in August. 100 per cent of proceeds go to photo scholarships.

Every year about $5,000 to $8,000 is raised every year from these Silent Photo Auctions that go directly into the pockets of future student photojournalists.

The deadline for submission is Tuesday, June 1.

Printing & Mailing Instruction:
1. Actual image size 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.
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 cardboards are suggested to keep print(s) from bending. Large mailing tube don’t seem to work that well. Smaller mailing tubes work out best.
7. Please send your print(s) to:
Expedi Printing
ATTN: Corky Lee
1300 Metropolitan Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11237

Print sold for personal use only. No reproduction rights are granted or should be assumed.

New York freelance photographer, Corky Lee will be our curator for the auction and photo exhibit. For questions, you can contact Corky at: corky@expedi.com

Thank you for helping out future Asian American photojournalists.

Paul Sakuma
AAJA Photo
psakuma@aol.com
www.aajaphoto.org
facebook: @aajaphoto

Early registration for 2010 Convention ends Friday (April 16)

Dear AAJA photographers, photo students, photo editors,

1. Early registration for the national convention ends on Friday, April 16. After that date, registration will go up between $10 to $75. See chart below.

2. We’re hoping to get a big photo group together for a free dinner cruise on Thursday during the convention. See details below.

3. Please let me know if you are planning to come to the AAJA convention. There are several plans catered just for the AAJA photo community during the convention.

  • Multimedia Workshop
  • PhotoShootOut
  • Photo Silent Auction
  • Japanese American Museum tour with Stan Honda
  • Japanese lunch – off site
  • Dim Sum lunch – off site
  • Vancouver Olympics photography
  • Haiti Earthquake

More info on convention:
www.aajaphoto.org
www.aaja.org
Facebook: AAJA Photo

THURSDAY, AUGUST 5 | STAY TUNED FOR DETAILS

Going to the Los Angeles convention? The Port of Long Beach, one of the busiest and most scenic seaports in the world, would like to welcome AAJA Convention attendees with a complimentary cruise of the Long Beach Harbor and dinner. The two-hour tour will offer a unique glimpse into global trade and the port that handles nearly a quarter of all containers moving through West Coast ports. Enjoy the beautiful Long Beach skyline, see the historic Queen Mary and soak in the Southern California summer. Transportation will be provided from and to the convention hotel. The Port of Long Beach is generously donating this cruise but we hope that you will consider a suggested donation of $20 per person which will go towards AAJA-Los Angeles scholarships and programs. The cruise is only available to the first 100 people who RSVP by July 16. All others will be put on a waiting list and will be notified if there are cancellations.

  • RSVP: yi@polb.com with subject line: “AAJA/Long Beach Cruise”
  • Make checks payable to: “AAJA” with memo: “Long Beach Cruise”
  • Mail to: Daniel Yi, Port of Long Beach, 925 Harbor Plaza,Long Beach, CA 90802
  • Donations will be returned in the event of a cancellation.

Call for prints, time is short and prints are needed

Dear AAJA photojournalist,

We only received a few prints for the AAJA Silent Photo Auction. We can still accept your 11×14 print(s). Please help out AAJA student photojournalists.

Please mail asap to Corky Lee:
Expedi Printing
ATTN: Corky Lee
1300 Metropolitian Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11237

More info on convention and auction: www.aajaphoto.org

On behalf of AAJA thanks.

Paul Sakuma
psakuma@aol.com
www.aajaphoto.org
Facebook: AAJA photo
Twitter: @aajaphoto

Discounted registration ends June 19th for convention, photo scheduled revealed

Dear AAJA photographers,
Early registration for the AAJA convention ends June 19.  http://www.aaja.org/…ConvRegForm_ER09_6.pdf
If you are interested in sharing a room at the hotel, there is an electronic bulletin board. http://www.aaja.org/programs/convention2009boston/hotel
Here is the updated schedule for the photography portion of the AAJA convention in Boston. All photography meetings in Waterfront II room, except where noted.https://www.aajaphoto.org/
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Monday, August 10 thru Saturday, August 15:
Student Project, Bernadette Tuazon, Associated Press New York photo editor, btuazon@ap.org
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Wednesday, August 12:

1pm to 4pm: Photography Meetings
Photography and Multimedia ShootOut Meeting http://www.aaja.org/programs/convention2009boston/photoshootout
Matt Lee, Boston Globe photographer, mjlee@globe.com
Susan Choi, Boston freelance photographer, susanchoi@datasign.com
Vino Wong, Atlanta Constitution Journal photographer, vwong@ajc.com
Silent Photo Auction planning meeting
Corky Lee, New York freelance kzhou181@gmail.com, corky@expedi.com
One-On-One Photo Critiques – photo students bring in your work and meet one-on-one with photographers and photo editors during convention. Bring portfolio of at least 20 photos/multimedia project/resume.
Kii Sato, Associated Press Ohio photo editor, ksato@ap.org
Greg Yamamoto, Honolulu Advertiser photographer, gyamamoto@gmail.com
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Thursday, August 13:

One-On-One Photo Critiques – photo students bring in your work and meet one-on-one with photographers and photo editors during convention. Bring portfolio of at least 20 photos/multimedia project/resume – all day

Kii Sato, Associated Press Ohio photo editor, ksato@ap.org
Greg Yamamoto, Honolulu Advertiser photographer, gyamamoto@gmail.com
This will be an all-day workshop on “Multimedia For the Visual Journalist”. Three award-winning multimedia journalists will teach this workshop. Please bring your laptop. Having  either Final Cut Pro or Final Cut Express, Soundslides, Audacity is a plus. There will be 10 Olympus digital audio recorders available. Internet will be available in room. (note: this is different than the OnLine or Multimedia group sessions. This is geared to still photographers only)
Dai Sugano, (moderator) San Jose Mercury News senior photographer, daisugano@gmail.com
Andrew DeVigal, New York Times multimedia, andrew.devigal@gmail.com
Ben De La Cruz, Washington Post multimedia, bendelacruz@mac.com, bendelacruz@me.com

10:15am – 11:45am
Title: Self Promotion
Summary: Now that you have your stories and content and ready to show it to the world, how do you do that on the cheap. This session will expose you to the best web tools out there to get you started. Do you use a blog tool? How to best embed video and slide shows? How do you get a Web site and promote it?

1:45pm – 2:30pm
Title: Shooting video and Final Cut Pro/Express editing
Shooting tips – New gears – Show videos  – FCP and FCE Beginners to Intermediate. Getting the best of audio for your piece.

3:30pm – 5pm
Title: Final Cut Pro advanced
Using filters and stuff. Magic bullet Looks etc.. watch short films.

noon to 1:30pm:
Authors Showcase

Commonwealth Complex Room
Rick Rocamora, Oakland documentary photographer, rbrocamora@gmail.com
7:30pm
Photography Dinner off site – TBA (James Yee, Susan Choi, Matt Lee moderator)

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Friday, August 14:

10:15am – 11:45am
Three photography students will have their photo portfolio critiqued by a panel of photo editors and photographers (names TBA). Panelists and students will be picked a few weeks before the convention.
Kii Sato, Associated Press Ohio photo editor, ksato@ap.org
Greg Yamamoto, Honolulu Advertiser photographer, gyamamoto@gmail.com

1:45pm – 2:30pm
International Photography
Chang Lee, New York Times photographer, changlee@nytimes.com
Rick Rocamora, Oakland documentary photographer, rbrocamora@gmail.com
Chang Lee, New York Times staff photographer. Lee will show his work from Beijing at the Olympics. He has also traveled to China working on environmental issues. Tsunami in Sri Lanka. Earthquake in Indonesia. Wars in both Afghanistan and Iraq.

Rick Rocamora, documentary photographer from Oakland. Rocamora has photographed heavily in his native Philippines. He also has documented El Salvador and South Africa. He was working on projects about immigrants and civil liberties including Japanese Americans who were incarcerated during WWII, Muslim-American after 9-11, and Filipino Diaspora. He has finished a book on Filipino veterans, “Second-Class Veterans”.

3pm – Photoshootout deadline http://www.aaja.org/programs/convention2009boston/photoshootout
Matt Lee, Boston Globe mjlee@globe.com; Susan Choi susanchoi@datasign.com Vino Wong vwong@ajc.com, Kii Sato ksato@ap.org; Greg Yamamotogyamamoto@gmail.com
3:30pm – 5pm
Campaign ‘08
The 2008 presidential campaign was the longest and most ground-breaking in history. See the campaign through the eyes of photographers who traveled with the candidates on planes and buses, from coast-to-coast, for weeks and months up to election day. See and hear the inside stories on the candidates and the media pack that followed them.

Stan Honda (moderator), Agence France-Presse- New York stanhonda@netzero.net, stan.honda@afp.com
Panelists: Charles Dharapak, Associated Press- Washington cdharapak@ap.org, apdharapak@yahoo.com
Brian Snyder- Reuters- Boston
Kim Chapin- Boston Globe photo editor kimchapin@aol.com

5:30pm – 8pm
Silent Photo Auction
Corky Lee, freelance New York, kzhou181@gmail.com, corky@expedi.com
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Saturday, August 15:
Photography Land & Sea Tour of Boston (Susan Choi, James Yee, Matt Lee moderator)
Photography Luncheon (Susan Choi, James Yee, Matt Lee moderator)
Gala scholarship and awards ceremony – honoring photographer Corky Lee.  http://www.aaja.org/features/articles/2009_05_20_01
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More info,
Paul Sakuma
AAJA Photo
psakuma@aol.com
Facebook: aaja photo
Twitter: aajaphoto

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

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