3 Facts About Your AAJA National Officer Candidates

AAJA members have three candidates to choose from for three different offices.

Yes, that means each candidate is running unopposed. AAJA members can cast their votes through noon Friday, though, and writing in candidates is still an option. Results will be announced Saturday night at the convention gala banquet.

Here are some tidbits about each candidate vying to lead AAJA in 2016-17: 

AAJA Senior Vice President Candidate: Michelle Lee

1. Michelle Ye Hee Lee is a reporter for The Fact Checker at The Washington Post.
2. She was named a finalist for local reporting in the 2012 contest for the Livingston Awards for Young Journalists.
3. The Guamanian graduated from Emory University in Atlanta.

AAJA Vice President of Journalism Programs Candidate: Yvonne Leow

1. Yvonne Leow is a Knight Fellow at Stanford University.
2. She is a proud alumna of the University of California – Los Angeles.
3. Leow was an adjunct professor at Arizona State University’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication.

AAJA Secretary Candidate: Nicole Dungca

1. Nicole Dungca is the transportation reporter for The Boston Globe.
2. Previously, she worked at The Oregonian.
3. Dungca has covered the coasts: she’s written for The Providence Journal and The Times-Picayune in New Orleans.

Only current full and student AAJA members can vote. If you have questions or problems, contact the national office at justins@aaja.org.