Programs

AAJA Broadcast Mentor Program

The AAJA Broadcast Mentor Program offers members in broadcast journalism the opportunity to mentor or to seek a mentor within AAJA's membership.

Executive Leadership Program

Take charge of your career! AAJA's Executive Leadership Program offers the opportunity for mid-career journalists to explore the challenges that face them as Asian Americans in the media, and learn leadership skills to help them face those challenges and move forward in their careers.

The Men of AAJA: DVD Showcase

AAJA has made a commitment to promote Asian American broadcast men as part of the organization's mission to diversify newsrooms and the airwaves. The "Men of AAJA: DVD Showcase" catalogues Asian American male television reporters, anchors, weathercasters and sportscasters. Copies of the DVD are available through the AAJA National Office.

Fellowships

AAJA supports and encourages the advancement of mid-career journalists in the newsroom. In our aim to further these goals, we offer the following fellowships to provide our members the opportunity to attend career-building programs. Click here to learn more about these fellowship programs:

• AAJA Fellowship
• AAJA/Poynter Institute Fellowship
• AAJA/Newspaper Association of America Fellowship for ELP
• AAJA Business Fellowship

E-Classes

AAJA co-sponsors classes offered online in partnership with organizations such as The Poynter Institute and Cox. Learn more

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J Camp

A one-of-a-kind student campus that brings together a multicultural group of high school students to sharpen their journalism skills, learn how their cultural values impact their professional development and work together in a unique learning environment. Learn more

Internships

AAJA Internships provide opportunities and grants to students pursuing journalism careers. AAJA currently offers the Stanford Chen Internship Grant, New Media Internship Grant and AAJA Internship Grant for Print, Online, or Broadcast interns who have already secured an internship and need additional support. AAJA and its partners also provide openings for AAJA applicants in several internship programs: Siani Lee Broadcast Internship at KYW-TV, Associated Press Internship, NPR Internship for Radio and the Sports Journalism Internship. Learn more

Scholarships

Every year AAJA offers scholarships to outstanding undergraduate and graduate students who are interested in pursuing careers in print, broadcast or photo journalism. AAJA currently awards The National AAJA General Scholarship, The AAJA-S.I. Newhouse Scholarship, The Mary Moy Quan Ing Memorial Scholarship, and The Minoru Yasui Memorial Scholarship for Broadcast. Learn more

Convention Student Projects

Each year at the AAJA National Convention, students selected through a competitive process are given the opportunity to get hands-on experience in producing a daily newspaper, radio and television newscasts and designing and managing a website. Students work under the supervision of professional journalists as reporters, anchors, editors, designers, photographers, and producers. Learn more

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Camp AAJA

Camp AAJA is a three-day program that provides chapter leaders the skills to build themselves, their team, their chapter and their local networks and coalitions. The program is designed to hone participants' leadership skills and provide a venue to discuss effective national and local strategies to help achieve the organization's goals.