It’s the 1st Asian American Journalists Association est. 1981 panel at IRE and NICAR!

“Understanding the impact of Asian American voters in the upcoming election: From data to stories” at #NICAR24

W/ AAJA president Nicole Dungca
The Center for Public Integrity’s Pratheek Rebala
AAPI Data’s Janelle Wong
Pew Research Center’s Mark Hugo Lopez

A Tesla employee who worshipped Musk died in a fiery crash on a road trip in which he relied heavily on Tesla's 'full self-driving' system. Tesla never publicly acknowledged his death and quickly replaced him. His widow says she now feels like 'we were just guinea pigs.'

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grateful that our Smithsonian stories were recognized by USC Annenberg alongside this year’s amazing Selden Ring winners/finalists (and so lovely to be cited w Mary Hudetz 🔎 and the rest of the ProPublica team that delivered such powerful reporting on human remains in museums)

We are ONE WEEK OUT from our exciting Asian American Career Ceilings webinar with Nicole Dungca of The Washington Post and Amy Qin of The New York Times on career ceilings in journalism for Asian Americans. RSVP: bit.ly/AACC21324 #journalism #bambooceiling #AAPI

happy new year to everyone but the person w/ the email [email protected] who is impersonating me and other AAJA folks. if you get an email 'from me' asking if you have free time and trying to get you to cover zelle expenses, report and delete!

my 2024 platform is tocino for all

Update on the stabbing of South Korean opposition leader Lee Jae-myung: The suspect, a 66-year-old man, approached Lee asking for a signature, then stabbed him on the left side of his neck with a knife, per police. Lee is in the ICU after surgery.
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NEW: Fat Leonard - the con man with nine lives - is on his way back to San Diego as part of a prisoner swap with Venezuela.
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The Smithsonian Institution targeted some of the most vulnerable residents of Washington, D.C., many of whom were Black, to amass a collection of brains — largely without consent — according to a stunning investigation by the Washington Post. Despite recent apologies from the…

MENTORING: It's that time of year again for a very special event! The opening of applications for
Asian American Journalists Association est. 1981's Mentor Match program.

(Also Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Winter Solstice and Boxing Day but you don't need to apply for those. Just Mentor Match)

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🇺🇸 Smithsonian Targeted Vulnerable D.C. Residents For Brain Collection

▫Nicole Dungca Claire Healy
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#frontpagestoday #USA The Washington Post

A powerful investigation worth your time

Interviews with former Smithsonian employees show they faced resistance from Natural History Museum anthropologists when seeking to repatriate human remains. wapo.st/3tkSyHr

'The Smithsonian acquired more than 280 brains from around the world. More than a quarter, 74, still held by the Smithsonian were from local people, according to documents reviewed by The Post. Of those, 48 were Black.'

Story from Nicole Dungca & Claire Healy

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