Total annual revenue for the Asian American Journalists Association increased from 2011 to 2012 and decreased slightly the following year. Scholarship funding, which the organization provides to students interested in journalism careers, dropped in 2012 and 2013.
About Merinda Valley
Merinda is a recent graduate of Michigan State University with a bachelor’s degree in journalism and Arabic and a specialization in international development. She has held numerous reporting and editing positions at publications including The State News, MLive and the Red Cedar Log, Michigan State University’s award-winning yearbook.Merinda is a co-author of “100 Questions and Answers about Americans” and is currently writing a book about intercultural communication for the MSU Bias Busters series.