August 2011
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CORRECT SPELLING, PLEASE
To survive in a small market, applicants for the shoestring budget of news broadcast operations, sticking to fundamentals should never go out of style.
Jam Sadar, TV news director for WLNS, a CBS affiliate in Lansing, Michigan, during a lecture on “Surviving Small Market” said Thursday the first thing job seekers should do to get his attention is to spell his name correctly.
“If the applicant...
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Day 2: Thursday, Aug 11 - Highlights
Some bullet points for today’s sessions:
There are many options in social media when choosing platforms to communicate your story/message, but just because they’re out there, available and most times free, it is also important to consider what NOT to use.
Video Resumes - Emailing a link when applying for open positions are a faster avenue vs sending in a DVD; 3 stories are good...
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“Working Abroad in Asia or Middle East”
Today’s workshop “Working Abroad in Asia or Middle East” hosted very experienced international reporters covering topics ranging from foreign affairs to business/finance. Overall, my impression was that, if you are an American trained with journalism skills, the door is pretty much open to you. Familiarity with local culture and language skill is a must but totally attainable. Business and finance...
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Be Interactive
I thought Robert Hernandez, one of the presenters for the “Choosing the Best Platform for Your Story” used an interesting tool (TypeWith.me) to get the workshop attendees (or at least the ones who had laptops or smartphones with them) to participate in the presentation. Maybe TypeWith.me has been used at other conferences or used by different groups to collaborate on a single document,...
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What's Next?
From the blog of Analisa Nazareno, analisawrites.wordpress.com/
It’s a question that many people are asking at the Asian American Journalists Association conference this year. What’s next? For newspapers? For myself? That was the question I was set on exploring today. And it seems, many others were asking that question, as well.
I started off chatting with Joe Grimm, recruiter extraordinaire,...
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AAJAers Treated to An Arab American Flavor
It was a culinary learning experience for me to be treated to a finger food courses last Wednesday night at the Adonis Restaurant by the Arab American National Museum in suburban Dearborn, Michigan.
Take the hummus dipped in chickpeas or the tabouli with parley, both favorite delicacies from Iraq. Or the falafel, the national dish in the Middle East.
It was the first time that I had baptism of...
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Multimedia Galore
“All right stop, collaborate and listen.”
- Vanilla Ice, “Ice, Ice Baby.”
Those lyrics, quoted by AAJA presenter/USC Annenberg assistant professor Robert Hernandez, on Thursday, pretty much sums up the great lessons I learned today at “The Future of Journalism: Going Mobile” and “Choosing the Best Platform for Your Story.”
The panelists offered a...
Vincent Chin
Who killed Vincent Chin ? The answer is obvious. However, there are something more than the simply answer. Today I find more in the Retrospect event. It is time to struggle civil right for Asian Americans. Vincent Chin is not the first journalist murdered , and it may not be the last one. We should remember it, and encourage more to fight for justice. As a Chinese student studying in the U.S,...
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Future of Journalism
Thursday: Seems fitting that I attend the session on “The Future of Journalism: Going Mobile.” Eye-opening discussion on where the industry is headed. Forget on-line newspapers, we will soon be getting our news via APPs on our mobile phones. Most telling was panelist Harry Lin’s comment: “IT is not the NEW media any more. Lin, who is exxecutive-in-residence with IDEAL LAB...
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Detroit or Bust!
Arrived Wednesday just in time to make the Opening Reception. Awesome Community Group! Was great to see so many familiar faces, but can’t help but reflect on the changes in our industry. Thanks to the Ford Foundation and AAJA, I hope to catch up with the NEW MEDIA. Ironically as i was channel surving back at the hotel, I caught CNN’s coverage of “Social Netwroking and the...
Workshop summary: Life After News?
What’s next for journalists after the newsroom?
This was a valuable and informative workshop helmed by Ling Woo Lio, the director of the Fred Korematsu Institute for Civil Rights; Laura Varon Brown, director of communications for the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Michigan; Katherine Lewis, a freelance writer; and Jennifer Quong Chung, the broadcast communication manager for the Toyota Video Production...
Fellowship of the Blog
First off, much thanks to the Ford Foundation. This year’s AAJA convention falls during a pivotal career point for many and attendance would probably have been in jeopardy if not for the generosity of the Ford fellowships.
Let me introduce myself. My name is Cary Chow, temporary news reporter with KGTV in San Diego and freelance contributor for ESPN.com. I’ve been in the industry for nine years....
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Beyond "Poverty Porn." Some thoughts...
I sat in on an interesting panel today called “Beyond Poverty Porn”. Both Gautham Nagesh, a Tech & Telecom Policy Reporter at The Hill, and Latoya Peterson, a digital media consultant who has worked with brands like NPR and Wikipedia, proved to be fascinating panelists as they shared their journalism experiences and gave some great tips on how to stay true to what is really happening on the...
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Mobile News: Getting News Now and On-the-Go
Today I attended two workshops on digital journalism: the first, about tools for mobile news, the second, on watchdog journalism, which will come in a later post. In “The Future of Journalism: Going Mobile,” the presenters emphasized tablets similar to the iPad. “The only game in town is the iPad,” said Paul Niwa. He sought to dispel the enigma of programming and codes,...
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Landing
Detroit is the first city my family lived in when we immigrated to the States. I was three years old. It’s been strange to follow Detroit in the news over the past few years and hear stories about depression and crime. For my family, our year in this city was one of the happiest of our lives. It was our first glimpse of America. Everything was new and on the upward rise.
I...
Facing future
I know the “the” appears to be missing from the headline, but that’s on purpose as a tribute to one of my favorite musicians, the late great Israel Kamaka‘awiwo‘ole.
More than a year after losing my job as a sports reporter with the now-defunct Honolulu Advertiser, I am still “facing future” at every waking moment. Today I attended two workshops specifically with the...
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Visual Storytelling ll
This workshop covered the importance of telling a compelling story with the right equipment. One of the cameras that were on dislay was the Go Pro camera–a water proof camera about the size of a cellphone that records in HD.
With visual media constantly developing, holding the interest of your audience could be accomplished with these critical key points.
Read, research and be resourceful
Put...
Another reminder: include your name somewhere on...
Folks. Here’s another quick reminder to sign your blog posts with your name. I’ve been doing it for most of y’all so far. (Delane Cleveland gets a gold star for doing it correctly.) Thanks!
— Theodore Kim | @TheoTypes
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Watchdog
Recently left the very informative seminar on watchdog journalism. My own experience with in-depth investigation is still limited, so I had a pretty basic question about a pretty basic scenario: You get a phone call from somebody with a tip. What’s the best first step for figuring out if it’s worth pursuing? One answer given: Find out if it’s documented. Ask the caller for...
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Tips and tools
Two concrete and useful tips I picked up at the “Choosing the Best Platform for Your Story” seminar:
1. Robert Hernandez of the Seattle Times has created a site where he rounded up all his favorite applications for news and graphics. You can find it at www.bit.ly/techandtools ..it’s amazing.
2. Nancy Andrews of the Detroit Free Press recommends the Apple Store’s...
