As Asian bettors swell the ranks of the casino VIP, gambling houses are increasingly reflecting the ancient Chinese principles of feng shui in their design, from flourishes of red and gold in color schemes, avoiding exposed lightbulbs to incorporating the ...

Eight years ago, the nation’s minority journalist groups met together in one convention — UNITY — and welcomed a presidential candidate that accepted an invitation to speak: Barack Obama. This election year, there was no UNITY convention. NABJ and NAHJ ...

When Yvonne Leow talks about the reasons why AAJA members should vote for her as president on Thursday at the national convention in Las Vegas, she doesn’t have to worry about losing the election. That’s because there’s no one running ...

The first overseas chapter of the AAJA garnered skepticism when it was first introduced twenty years ago, with only a handful of members. Since then, the AAJA Asia chapter has flourished.

Casino executives on the Las Vegas Strip are bracing for competition with the opening of two new Asian-themed hotels, which they worry will make the fight for Asian-language speaking workers even more challenging.

Asian Americans hail from countries that span across the globe, from the west part of the continent to the east, looping in countries as diverse as China, the Philippines and Pakistan. Though they may not speak the same language and ...

While other kids were following the antics of Bugs Bunny and the Tasmanian Devil, Joie Chen watched Walter Cronkite on the evening news. As an anchor and reporter for CNN, CBS and now Al Jazeera America, Chen was one of ...

Following a difficult decade, the Asian American Journalists Association continues to attract new sponsors that have allowed the organization to balance its budget and expand programming. “There were definitely some funding challenges at the end of the last decade for ...

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 ...

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 ...