AAJA: Driving Diversity

The Michigan Chapter of the Asian American Journalists Association is revved up to host the group's first national convention in Detroit in 2011. Take a ride with us and see what's here ...

National board

National Officers

NATIONAL PRESIDENT

Jeanne Mariani-Belding*
Editorial And Opinion Editor, The Honolulu Advertiser

NATIONAL VICE PRESIDENT FOR BROADCAST

Jam Sardar*
Assistant News Director , WLNS TV 6

NATIONAL VICE PRESIDENT FOR PRINT

Janet H. Cho*
Business Reporter, The Plain Dealer

NATIONAL SECRETARY

Doris Truong*
Deputy Metro Copy Chief (Extras), The Washington Post

NATIONAL TREASURER

Cynthia Wang*
Associate Bureau Chief, Los Angeles, People Magazine

Advisory Board Members

ARIZONA
Abe Kwok*
Director - News Now Center, azcentral/The Arizona Republic

ASIA
Tomoko Hosaka
Reporter, The Associated Press

ATLANTA
Richard Lui
Anchor, CNN

CHICAGO
Ameet Sachdev*
Business Reporter, Chicago Tribune

FLORIDA
Paul Cheung
Deputy Multimedia Presentation Editor, The Miami Herald

HAWAI'I
Stanley Lee
High School Sports Reporter, The Honolulu Advertiser

LOS ANGELES
Caroline Paras
News Design Editor, Los Angeles Times
Leezel Tanglao
Staff Writer, The Press-Enterprise

MICHIGAN
Frank Witsil
Staff Writer, Detroit Free Press

MINNESOTA
Nancy Ngo
Features Reporter, St. Paul Pioneer Press

NEW ENGLAND
Tara Arden-Smith
Principal, AspicioMedia

NEW YORK
Bob Der
Managing Editor, Sports Illustrated Kids
Cheryl Tan*
Fashion Writer, The Wall Street Journal

NORTH CAROLINA
Ellen Sung
Freelance Editor

PHILADELPHIA
Denise Nakano
Anchor/Reporter, NBC10

PORTLAND
Jason Lim
Community Outreach Coordinator, The Asian Reporter Newspaper

SACRAMENTO
Bobby Caina Calvan
Staff Writer, The Sacramento Bee

SAN DIEGO
Don Chareunsy*
Freelance Journalist

SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA
Matt Dunn*
Freelance Television Director
Ellen Lee
Technology Reporter, San Francisco Chronicle

SEATTLE
Sharon Chan*
Staff Reporter, Seattle Times
Athima Chansanchai
Staff Reporter, Seattle Post-Intelligencer

TEXAS
Suzanne Marta
Staff Writer, Dallas Morning News

WASHINGTON D.C.
Sherri Ly
Reporter, WTTG/FOX 5

REPRESENTING AT-LARGE MEMBERS
Lu'isa Mataele
Freelance Media Professional

*Governing Board

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