Weds. Jan. 30, 2008: Discover new cuisine with fellow AAJA-NYers!

Join us for AAJA-NY’s 5th Food Findings, an Asian dining adventure/member mixer for AAJA members. (Feel free to bring a colleague or friend interested in joining AAJA.)

 

The January Food Findings will take place at Bombay Talkie, an Indian restaurant in Chelsea. See New York mag’s review: http://nymag.com/listings/restaurant/bombay-talkie/

 

When: Wednesday, Jan. 30 at 7:30 p.m.

 

Where: Bombay Talkie, 189 Ninth Ave., near 22nd St. in Manhattan (nearest stop; C,E at 23rd St.); has a full bar.

 

RSVP: Email Thailan Pham at thailan.pham@gmail.com ASAP (or by Friday, Feb. 25) with “RSVP Food Findings” on the subject line.

 

Send general comments, restaurant suggestions and feedback about Food Findings to Thailan or Raymund Flandez at raymund.flandez@gmail.com.

 

Co-hosted by Thailan Pham and Raymund Flandez. 

Thurs., Jan. 17, 2008: FREE Multimedia Workshops!

A group of leading online journalism gurus — some of whom happen to be Asian-American — will help you get a head-start on your competition and keep up with the changing media landscape.

 

When: Thurs., Jan. 17th, 6 – 9:30 p.m.

 

Where: The Time Life Building at 1271 6th Ave., the 30th floor conference room.

 

6 – 6:45: Welcome and reception.

 

6:45 – 7:45: Panel discussion. “New Media Journalism & You” — a look at how journalism is changing, where the jobs are and what you need to know. Panelists to be announced.

 

7:45 – 9:30: Two parallel workshops (choose one that night):

 

Session A. “Multimedia Storytelling @ NYTimes.com” — a workshop that takes you into the NYT website and shows you how multimedia storytelling is done.

INSTRUCTOR: Andrew Devigal, multimedia editor, The New York Times.

 

Session B. “Using Web 2.0 Tools in Journalism 1.0″ — a workshop to shows you how to use various Web 2.0, social networking, social bookmarking, interactive mapping tools to find sources, improve your stories, etc.

INSTRUCTOR: Sree Sreenivasan, professor, Columbia Journalism School and WNBC technology reporter.

 

LIMITED TO 30 PEOPLE.

 

Please RSVP: cheryl.tan@wsj.com

 

Cost: FREE to AAJA members!

Sun., Jan. 13, 2008: AAJA-NY leadership meeting

Help the AAJA-NY board lead the chapter!

Please RSVP: cqchoi@sciwriter.us

When: Sunday, January 13 @ 12 noon

Where: 160 West End Avenue, No. 27-S, New York, NY 10023