AAJA to revamp ELP, promote diversity in newsrooms with grant from Knight Foundation

To develop leaders in digital journalism and improve diversity in newsrooms, AAJA will redesign its signature Executive Leadership Program with $230,000 from the Knight Foundation. Knight funding will allow the AAJA to begin a two-year restructuring of the program using human-centered design, an approach that incorporates feedback from users when developing new ideas, so participants’ …

AAJA Voices deadline approaching

The AAJA mentoring and leadership program Voices is currently accepting applications for students and mentors. Selected participants will take part in a multimedia convention news project that will be held at the annual AAJA convention in San Francisco from August 10-16. Students will have travel and accommodation covered during the program. Voices is now marking …

SPJ Summer Internships!

The Society of Professional Journalists is now accepting applications for summer interns. Check out the application and announcement at the following links. Click to access SPJ-Internship-announcement-2015.pdf Click to access 2015-Summer-SPJ-Internship-application.pdf

New Year’s ‘Ohana Festival 2015 Volunteer Assistance Needed What: The Japanese Cultural Center of Hawai‘i’s New Year Ohana Festival 2015 Date: Sunday, January 11, 2015 Who: Volunteers and Friends of the JCCH Time: 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Volunteer hours: 8:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. and 12:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Place: Japanese Cultural Center …

Hawaii Chapter election results

The votes are in. Your 2015 AAJA Hawaii Chapter officer and board members are as follows:

President: Jason Ubay
VP: Linda Dela Cruz
Treasurer: Stan Lee
Board Member: Sean Ibara
Secretary: Kristen Wong
National Representative: Wes Nakama