2025 AAJA Awards Judging Interest Form
The Asian American Journalists Association is recruiting judges for the AAJA Journalism Excellence Awards. A diverse set of experienced journalists and editors will be appointed to review the entries and select the finalists and winners.

What are the AAJA Awards?

The Asian American Journalists Association has honored excellence in journalism since 1987. Through our awards,  AAJA celebrates members who have produced the best journalism and non-fiction storytelling of the previous year, including stories that would have gone untold without their cultural competence. The Awards advance our mission for greater AAPI representation in news and deeper, more accurate coverage of AAPIs and other underrepresented communities. 

You will:
  • Have opportunities to review the most outstanding journalism produced byAAJA members in the past year.
  • Help advance diversity in newsrooms and ensure fair and accurate coverage of communities of color.
Requirements:
  • You don’t need to be a full-time journalist or editor, but you must have a passion for and professional experience in journalism.
  • Attend a judging training. 
  • Complying with the Awards schedule and time commitment; a few hours is a reasonable estimate. 
  • Screeners’ time commitment will vary depending on the number of entries in their category while final judges will evaluate only the top 10 finalists. 
  • Screeners and final round judges will have a few weeks each (screening round in February, final judging in February/March) to complete evaluations.
  • Judges must participate in a review call for each category they are judging.
  • Agree to the Awards Conflict of Interest Policy and abide by the AAJA Code of Conduct. 
If you are interested in judging for AAJA Awards, please fill out the required information in the form. 

Questions? Contact Awards Committee at awards@aaja.org

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First Name *
Last Name *
AAJA Membership Email *
Phone Number *
Location (City, State) *
Current Organization/News Outlet *
If not applicable, please describe (e.g. freelance)
Title/Role  *
If not applicable, please describe (e.g. freelance)
AAJA Chapter
Years Experience
Select the Affinity Groups you are a part of
Select the judging roles you're interested in *
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Select all the awards categories you would potentially be interested in judging
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We will not assign you all of the categories you select; this will help us understand preferences/areas of expertise when we finalize judging assignments.
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