Welcome to the Minnesota chapter of the Asian American Journalists Association.

Find information about our board, mission, programs, internships, grants and how you can get involved.

Contact us at aajamn@gmail.com or by visiting the AAJA-MN board page. Thanks for visiting!  

AAJA-MN Chapter News

Congratulations to Hailey Lee, who was named Minnesota's top high school journalism senior by the Al Neuharth Free Spirit Awards.

Founded in 1999, the awards, named after Freedom Forum and USA Today founder Al Neuharth, recognizes the nation's most outstanding high school journalism students who have demonstrated "an abundance of free spirit."

She will receive a $1,000 scholarship and a trip to Washington, DC to attend a journalism conference. Lee, a senior at Edina Senior High School and a 2009 member of J-Camp in Boston, writes for her school paper and other local ethnic media publications. She hopes to pursue a career in broadcast journalism.

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Congratulations to Susanna Song, reporter for KSTP-TV and AAJA-MN's chapter vice president, who has been named a 2010 Korea-U.S. Journalists Exchange Fellow.

She will attend the exchange program with six other journalists from across the country March 28 to April 1.


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Congratulations to chapter president Thomas Lee, who recently joined MedCity News as its new Minnesota Bureau Chief.

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AAJA-MN held a Media Access Workshop on Sept. 16 at the Rondo Public Library in St. Paul. Click on this link for video of the workshop. (Thanks to the Asian American Press for the videos)

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Minnesota Spotlight Award Winners

NEWS

First place: Student candidate lied about past
Reporter: Briana Bierschbach, The Minnesota Daily
Comments: “The story demonstrated some initiative and enterprise.” “It’s clear that she did some digging into his background.”

Second place: A mosque under fire
Reporter: Ibrahim Hirsi, The Minnesota Daily 
Comments: “It’s an important story for the student audience that doesn’t necessarily tune into these issues. It’s relevant and local. It’s not just a rehash of previous stories. It goes beyond what’s already out there.”

Third place: Fee increase to fund wind energy
Reporter: Katie Broadwell, The Aquin
Comments: “I thought it was a great topic that a lot of students would be interested in. It’s got great quotes.” “The story has a good mix of voices.”

FEATURES

First place: Radio K turns 15
Reporter: Keith Hovis, The Minnesota Daily
Comments: “The writer found people who had connections to the station. The story was a real nice way to remind people that you shouldn’t take things for granted.” “Well researched and well written.”

Second place: Indomitable hope guides entrepreneur
Reporter: Alex Ebert, The Minnesota Daily
Comments: “Well written. Good color and detail. It had sort of the 24 hours sort of thing. An engaging format.” “It put you right there. You got a real sense of the guy.

Third place: Local brewery booms as others fall
Reporter: Josh Katzenstein, The Minnesota Daily

Comments: “It’s an engaging treatment of the subject. And it’s about BEER!!!!” “It’s organized well. It wasn’t flowery. Information was relevant. We could have run it (in the Star Tribune).”

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Thanks to everyone who helped make Taste a success! The event raised $5,000 for internships and grants.

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Check out the Snapshot feature on Allie Shah. Shah is a reporter for the Star Tribune.


 

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