The Asian American Journalists Association is a national, nonprofit educational and professional association that owes its founding in 1981 to the vision of a small group of Los Angeles journalists. To promote fair and accurate coverage of Asian Pacific Americans. To increase the number of Asian Pacific American journalists and news managers in the industry. AAJA-L.A. is part of a national organization with chapters throughout the country. D.C. San Diego recently reactivated its chapter.
Members span the globe from Paris to Bangladesh.
As the founding AAJA Chapter, we celebrate our 20th anniversary with our signature scholarship fundraising event. Come play, participate and meet leading Asian journalists and community leaders. The largest annual West Coast job fair for professional and student journalists of color, the Journalism Opportunities Conference is sponsored by AAJA-L.A., the California Chicano News Media Assn.