May 2011
10 posts
Late night w author @CherylTan88 & #AAJA Seattle...
A VIP reception with author and AAJA member Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan
When: Friday, June 10, 9:30 p.m. to 11:30 p.m.
Location: The Leschi home of Terry Tazioli, host of TVW’s “Author Hour”
Cost: $25 for AAJA members, $40 for the public
Buy tickets at: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/178923
We’ll be eating late-night snacks with Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan at a VIP reception...
#AAJA President @DorisTruong celebrates... →
doristruong:
I had just stepped off a plane in D.C. early this morning when I received a text from Sharon Chan: “Dorothy released.” To know that my friend Dorothy Parvaz, who hadn’t been heard from since April 29, was safe was such a relief.
The Asian American Journalists Association was among the…
RSVP now for free pizza, beer and napkin...
You’re invited to Hacks/Hackers Seattle Brainstrom 2011 on Thursday for free pizza, beer and a napkin sketchathon! I am co-organizing this event and it would be great to see you there.
Hacks/Hackers Seattle Brainstorm 2011
Thursday, May 19 Beer and Pizza at 7 p.m. News and Innovation Demos at 7:30 p.m. Napkin Sketchathon at 8 p.m.
Location: Groundwire in downtown Seattle, 1402 Third Ave,...
Laura Ling Joins Calls to #FreeDorothy via #AAJA... →
doristruong:
Laura Ling, who was detained in North Korea while reporting with Euna Lee and who was the keynote speaker at the 2010 Asian American Journalists Association convention, has written the following letter to call attention to Dorothy Parvaz, whom we haven’t heard from since April 29.
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This is good. Tips on how to email busy people.... →
This is astute advice for how to email super busy people — the executive editor, a hiring manager, the CEO, the AAJA president and other people who get a hailstorm of email.
I don’t think it applies to journalists fielding pitches from PR people. Personally, I like to see full press releases at the bottom of emails if it’s a story pitch.
I got this link from someone I follow on...
Roxana Saberi Calls for Dorothy Parvaz's Freedom... →
doristruong:
Roxana, a captive in Iran for several months in 2009, was among detained journalists for whom the Asian American Journalists Association has advocated. Now, Roxana seeks the release of Dorothy Parvaz, who has been in Syria since April 29.
May 8, 2011
Ambassador Imad Moustapha…
“We ask the Federal Government could there not have been another name used in...”
– the Native American Journalists Association on why “Geronimo” was an inept code name for Osama bin Laden. (via doristruong)
Syrian government confirms it is detaining...
This just in from AAJA President Doris Truong.
doristruong:
Our friend and colleague is being detained in Syria, the government has confirmed to her employer, Al Jazeera.
Efforts to #FreeDorothy continue. You can help by joining the Facebook campaign.
#AAJA calls on Syrian govt to end silence about...
Here is the open letter from AAJA to the Syrian embassy calling on the Syrian government to end its silence on missing journalist Dorothy Parvaz. Hooray for AAJA President Doris Truong and AAJA Seattle Chapter President Sanjay Bhatt.
I met Dorothy when she worked briefly at The Seattle Times and we remained friends as she moved on to the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, the Nieman fellowship and then...
