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Japan Film Festival continues through Sunday

San Francisco’s Japan Film Festival continues through Sunday

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Alumni Q&A: Meet Maria Hechanova from 2009 VOICES

The 2009 Asian American Journalists Association VOICES Program in Boston helped shape Maria Hechanova’s journalism career today. Learn more about KOLD-TV’s resident reporter since her VOICES experience. Name: Maria Hechanova VOICES Year and Role: 2009 student, Boston Current Position: Reporter ...

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Vegan-friendly food more accessible in San Francisco, Boston-based columnist says

When I stepped onto Market Street, more than 3,000 miles from home, aromas reminiscent of my mother’s kitchen immediately greeted me. I inhaled the familiar scents of slightly sour, fermented dosa batter and spicy potato filling as I took in ...

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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 ...

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“Fresh Off the Boat” gives U.S. a leading Asian family, 20 years after “All-American Girl”

The entire middle school lunchroom is watching as a black boy calls a Taiwanese boy a dreaded slur in the pilot episode of “Fresh Off the Boat.” In a moment that becomes the climax to 12-year-old Eddie Huang’s terrible first ...

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Why Democracy isn’t for everyone, at least in Singapore

When Singapore’s founding prime minister Lee Kuan Yew died this March, questions rang out across the globe. Was this the end of an era?  More specifically, as an international student from neighboring Malaysia watching from abroad, I wondered: Would it ...

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Sharon Chan named journalism initiatives director of Seattle Times

Sharon Chan, a past president of AAJA, has been named director of journalism initiatives at The Seattle Times to help expand storytelling, commentary and community engagement. As the landscape of journalism shifts, with revenue coming in from the web and ...

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Proposed governance restructure would add new elected offices

AAJA will have four vice presidents under a proposed restructure of its national governance system. If approved, the proposal would replace the vice presidents of print and broadcast with a vice president of public affairs and a vice president of ...

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Cheung faces a write-in challenge for AAJA presidency

AAJA President Paul Cheung’s once-uncontested race for president picked up a challenger this week as the national convention got underway. Longtime AAJA member and award-winning photographer Corky Lee is spearheading an effort to make former vice president for print Janet ...

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I’m from Wisconsin. Really.

People ask me how to pronounce my name all the time. It’s almost a daily occurrence and entirely understandable. My name is not phonetic nor is it common in the suburban Midwestern town where I grew up (it’s pronounced twee-lawn, ...

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