Congratulations to AAJA-Philly board member Yowei Shaw, a freelance radio producer, who had a debut story on "This American Life" air recently. Yowei researched, reported and produced the story about an Eritrean journalist living in Sweden who got a tip about refugees being held hostage in the Sinai and the journalist's efforts to save them. … Continue reading Member Spotlight: Yowei Shaw’s Debut Story on “This American Life”
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Jennifer is a rising Wharton senior at the University of Pennsylvania. She is the current CEO and executive editor of the Daily Pennsylvanian, Penn's independent student daily newspaper. In her spare time, she likes falling in love with Philadelphia and will indulge in a print magazine or an old-fashioned novel every now and then. Jennifer will be in New York City this summer … Continue reading Member Monday: Jennifer Sun
Steve Bien-Aimé is a second-year Ph.D. student at Penn State University with research interests in race and gender portrayals in news and sports. He was a former treasurer and national board rep for AAJA-Philly. In his journalism career, Steve worked at The News Journal in Delaware starting as a news copy editor, and later writing a business column and serving as … Continue reading Member Monday: Steve Bien-Aimé
AAJA Philly’s student outreach coordinator is Rikki N. Massand, who reports on business, politics, education, and the achievements of minorities for US1 Publishing in Princeton, NJ. In 2012, Rikki authored a chapter on social media marketing for the book “Sports Publicity: A Practical Approach.” Previously he served as editor of US1's West Windsor-Plainsboro News. Rikki has written for amNew York, Little India, Asianweek, Hyphen, … Continue reading Member Monday: Rikki Massand
Congratulations to the winners of AAJA-Philadelphia's scholarship, the Vijaya L. Balaji Scholarship -- Anna Pan, a University of Pennsylvania junior, and Camisha D. Brown, a Penn State freshman. In the scholarship's inaugural year, the AAJA-Philly board and scholarship donor, Murali Balaji, decided to award the scholarship to two students because we had two strong leading candidates. Anna, who is an AAJA-Philly … Continue reading Anna Pan and Camisha Brown, Vijaya L. Balaji Scholarship Winners!
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