News
July 18,
2008: Congratulations to Leo John and Shirley Min, our two new vice
presidents.
July 3, 2008: We are sad to announce the departure of
Peggy Lim, our community liaison. Peggy is leaving the News &
Observer to pursue a new career path. She is joining a Chapel
Hill company called Splash! Language Immersion that helps school
districts in North Carolina set up language immersion programs
and wants to expand into Chinese. We wish her all the best in
her new endeavor but are truly sad to see her leave.
Peggy was a founding member of the North Carolina chapter and
has worked tirelessly to educate community leaders about working
with the media. She became engrained in the Asian American
community in our area and was an important link between the
media organizations here and those community groups. We are sure
that she will be missed by those groups as well as by our
members.
June 19, 2008: We are delighted to announce that Prashant
Nair, a graduate student at UNC-Chapel Hill and student member
of AAJA-NC, has been selected for a summer science writing
internship in Boston with the Harvard Medical School.
The internship is at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, a
teaching affiliate of Harvard Medical School in Boston. It
involves reporting, writing and editing stories for Dana-Farber
magazines and newsletters, as well as putting together
multimedia pieces online. The stories range in topic from basic
cancer research through clinical care through patient health
management and related issues. Prashant will complete the
internship in August.
June 18, 2008: We regretfully announce the departure of
our remaining chapter vice president, Meiling Arounnarath.
Meiling is leaving The News & Observer to return home to Atlanta
and pursue other career options.
We wish her the best of luck but will miss her great enthusiasm
for our chapter and bright smile. Meiling was the ultimate
social chair and a motivating force behind our chapter since it
was founded.
May 22, 2008: We are deeply saddened to announce the departure of co-vice president Pailin Wedel, who is leaving both The News & Observer and our chapter board to return home to Thailand. Pailin was a founding member of AAJA-NC and has served on its board since the chapter's inception in 2005. She is a talented photojournalist, and we will miss her enthusiasm and dedication. For the remainder of the year, Meiling Arounnarath will serve as the chapter's sole vice president.
May 15, 2008: Chapter president Sue Stock is headed to Washington, D.C., to speak about journalism at the Summer 2008 Chips Quinn Scholars orientation. CQS is a program from the Freedom Forum that helps journalim students with diverse backgrounds obtain and complete internships. To date, there have been more than 1,100 Chips Quinn Scholars, including Stock, who was a scholar in the Summer 2000 class. You can learn more about the program here.
May 12, 2008: Congratulations to chapter member Ilin Chen, who has moved to News 14's Raleigh studio as the weekday morning reporter. Prior to beginning her new job, Chen worked in News 14's Fayetteville newsroom for almost three years.
February 2008: We are pleased to announce that chapter co-vice president Meiling Arounnarath will attend Camp AAJA at The Poynter Institute for Media Studies in St. Petersburg, Fla.
July 2006: National AAJA has recognized North Carolina chapter member Takaaki Iwabu. A photographer at The News & Observer, Iwabu won in the Asian American Issues
category for "The Second Chapter." You can view his award-winning photo and the other winning photos here
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