Welcome to the official website of AAJA-NC!
The North Carolina chapter of the Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA) organization started in 2005. The chapter is part of a national 501(c)3 that operates as a nonprofit educational and professional organization with more than 1,600 members across the United States and Asia.
Our mission is four-fold:
The North Carolina chapter includes a statewide membership, from Charlotte to the coast.
We endeavor to help professional journalists and students further their careers and excel in their fields. We also hope to be a bridge between the growing Asian community and the news media in North Carolina.
This site includes information about our activities, plans and achievements. Please check back often for updates.
Our mission is four-fold:
- To provide a means of association and support among Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) journalists, and to advance AAPI journalists as news managers and media executives.
- To provide encouragement, information, advice and scholarship assistance to AAPI students who aspire to professional journalism careers.
- To provide to the AAPI community an awareness of news media and an understanding of how to gain fair access.
- To research and point out when news media organizations stray from accuracy and fairness in the coverage of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders and AAPI issues.
The North Carolina chapter includes a statewide membership, from Charlotte to the coast.
We endeavor to help professional journalists and students further their careers and excel in their fields. We also hope to be a bridge between the growing Asian community and the news media in North Carolina.
This site includes information about our activities, plans and achievements. Please check back often for updates.
Welcome to AAJA-NC's newest members:
SOUGATA MUKHERJEE (pictured) is the editor of the Triangle Business Journal, one of top financial newspapers in the country, according to the country's largest business journalism organization, the Society of American Business Editors and Writers. Mukherjee has been at the helm of TBJ for the past 11 years. Before that, Mukherjee was the Washington Bureau Chief for American City Business Journals, TBJ's parent company which owns 40 business journals across the country. Mukherjee has won numerous national awards — from the comprehensive analysis of the nation's outdated bankruptcy laws to exposing securities fraud by brokerage firms on Wall Street.
TASNIM SHAMMA recently moved to Charlotte and is working at WFAE 90.7 FM. Shamma was part of AAJA-DC during her fellowship at NPR this past year.
TASNIM SHAMMA recently moved to Charlotte and is working at WFAE 90.7 FM. Shamma was part of AAJA-DC during her fellowship at NPR this past year.
Thank you AAJA-NC supporters
Our Founders' Fund continues to build, with the latest gift of support coming from Triangle Business Journal Editor SOUGATA MUKHERJEE, who gave a personal donation to the chapter.
Mukherjee was one of the many who originally supported the chapter when it formed in 2005 and wanted to help again now that the group has grown to the point where it wants to offer more student programs and professional member training.
The chapter would like to thank two other recent donors for their support of AAJA-NC’s efforts:
Mukherjee was one of the many who originally supported the chapter when it formed in 2005 and wanted to help again now that the group has grown to the point where it wants to offer more student programs and professional member training.
The chapter would like to thank two other recent donors for their support of AAJA-NC’s efforts:
- CAPITOL BROADCASTING COMPANY
- and ROBERT E. CLARK AND ASSOCIATES
Chapter discusses AAJA issues with National President Doris Truong
As part of her pledge to visit every AAJA chapter during her time as the national group's president, Doris Truong visited North Carolina in early July.
Over lunch, we shared ideas for member programs, training and fundraising. Truong, a homepage editor for The Washington Post, and chapter board members also met during her trip and went over development strategies.
It was great having Truong with us, and we can only hope the fried green tomatoes were up to par!
Over lunch, we shared ideas for member programs, training and fundraising. Truong, a homepage editor for The Washington Post, and chapter board members also met during her trip and went over development strategies.
It was great having Truong with us, and we can only hope the fried green tomatoes were up to par!
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