Anna Hitchens, cofounder of Koliyan. Video still from Cory Popp. When Anna Hitchens read an article about her Cambodian dessert company that featured an offensive headline, she decided to take that opportunity to share more about her family's history. In March, Philadelphia food blog Phoodie,info published a post about Koliyan, Hitchens' dessert company, headlined “Lunch Break: Pol Pot Stickers Edition.” In response, … Continue reading “Stand up and share”: Koliyan cofounder responds to Phoodie’s “Pol Pot Stickers” blog post
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The AAJA National Convention in Washington, D.C., from August 13 to 16 this year will be a wonderful opportunity to network with other journalists from around the country, to participate in panel discussions with seasoned journalists, and to attend a career fair and résumé critique sessions. For the fifth year in a row, AAJA-Philadelphia will … Continue reading Scholarship Lead: John Curley Scholarships
Come to our first chapter meeting of the year. We are delighted to have a guest speaker: Helen Gym, board member of Asian Americans United, who will speak to us about a new report, A Community of Contrasts: Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders in the Northeast, which includes statistics about Asian Americans in … Continue reading Sat. Feb. 22: Chapter Meeting w/ Guest Speaker!
Stephen Jiwanmall is an anchor/video reporter for three suburban Philadelphia newspapers: Bucks County Courier Times, The Intelligencer, and Burlington County Times. He will soon be the anchor of the "Burlington County Times Update," a hyperlocal daily newscast online for Burlington County. This past summer, he participated in the Voices program at the AAJA National Convention, … Continue reading Member Monday: Stephen Jiwanmall
Editors listen at AAJA-Philly's First Pitch event. It could have been a scene out of a freelancer's nightmare. Instead of pitching a story via email, freelancers were pitching to an entire panel of editors -- and an audience. That was the setup at the Asian American Journalists Association Philly chapter's First Pitch, a master class … Continue reading Here’s how to pitch me a story: 5 Philadelphia editors explain
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