"AAJA In Memoriam" Video Debuts at Convention

A commemorative video that recognizes Asian American journalists who have passed away debuted during the Gala Scholarship and Awards Banquet at the 19th Annual AAJA National Convention in Miami.

AAJA misses endowment goal; focus switches to individual donors

AAJA missed its deadline of raising $2 million for an endowment fund, garnering a little more than half the amount after three years of fundraising. The decline in media companies’ donations is prompting AAJA to shift its focus to individual donors.

Overscheduled journalists feel the burnout

A journalist by day. A volunteer by night — and weekends. So much for free time. It has become the typical lament for overburdened minority journalists on the verge of burnout.

AAJA looks to alter programs, services to boost sagging membership

AAJA membership has steadily dropped each successive year after peaking during the 2004 Unity Convention, a decline attributed by some officials to job losses in the industry in recent years.

Banquet speaker is a New York newsroom leader

Convention organizers have tapped someone they call a true AAJA success story to speak at Saturday night’s scholarship and awards banquet.

10,000 expected at next year’s Unity convention in Chicago

More than 10,000 minority journalists — and perhaps television personality Oprah Winfrey – are expected to attend the Unity convention in Chicago next summer.

Bloggers: Unruly and unchecked, or wave of the future?

Josh Wolf spent 226 days in prison for refusing to turn over video of a protest rally in San Francisco. Industry professionals are debating whether he and other bloggers deserve the title, respect and credibility of journalists.

Online journalism enters the 3-D virtual world

The virtual world is becoming a reality for journalists, who are reporting on press conferences and the 2008 presidential convention for online digital Web sites.

Designer Julian Chang reveals what’s hot for fall

Celebrated designer Julian Chang opens up on his inspiration and why thinner isn’t necessarily better

Diet makes up in cachet what it lacks in carbs

Tight muscles. Bikinis. Bare skin. Sweat. Gyms and dyed hair. This is Miami’s South Beach, where even the mannequins flaunt double-D cups. Counting calories is such a way of life in South Beach that a diet was named after it.