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3 | Thank you for agreeing to volunteer your time to help the support of AAJA Oral History Project. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
4 | Parameters - Start with those who date back the farthest? - Gender and racial diversity | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Interview Name | Brief Background/Why You Picked them? | Location | JCamp Mentor? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | Abe Kwok | Arizona chapter president/former scholarship winner/national VP for print/VOICES director | Arizona | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | Natasha Chen | CNN Correspondent | Atlanta | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | Sanjay Gupta | CNN Chief Medical Correspondent | Atlanta | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | Al Young | former Washington DC chapter president/ nation’s first Asian American sportswriter at a metro daily news | Boston | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | Michael Quan | former New England chapter president who was active with photographers affinity group | Boston | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | Tom Huang | former Texas chapter president and VOICES director | Dallas | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | Gil Asakawa | fomer Denver chapter president | Denver | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | Doris Truong | 2011-2012 - national president | Florida | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | Bobby Calvan | National Board Member, AP reporter | Florida | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | Sabrina Salas Matanane | Managing Director of KUAM News on Guam / also has worked with AAJA on a project | Guam | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | Catherine Cruz | Host at Hawaii Public Radio | Hawaii | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | Craig Gima | former Hawaii chapter president | Hawaii | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | Bill Sing | 1981-1987 national president/founder of AAJA/Lifetime Achievement Award | Los Angeles | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | David Kishiyama | part of founders of AAJA - originally at LA Times | Los Angeles | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | Dinah Eng | 1995-1996 national president/founded ELP | Los Angeles | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | Dwight Chuman | part of founders of AAJA - originally at Rafu Shimpo | Los Angeles | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | Suzanne Kai | Director of Like a Rolling Stone, former reporter KRON. KCBS, KTVU, | Los Angeles | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | Frank Kwan | part of founders of AAJA - originally at NBC4 | Los Angeles | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
24 | Henry Fuhrmann | National board member/LA chapter representative/former AME for LA Times | Los Angeles | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
25 | Janice Min | Contributing Editor, TIME; Formerly ran The Hollywood Reporter, People, etc. | Los Angeles | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
26 | Jeff Yang | Founder of A Magazine | Los Angeles | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
27 | Jinah Kim | Founder of first AAJA Student chapter | Los Angeles | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
28 | Laura Ling | Previous convention keynote speaker | Los Angeles | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
29 | David Ono | Anchor at KABC, AAJA-LA board member | Los Angeles | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
30 | Nancy Yoshihara | part of founders of AAJA - originally at LA Times | Los Angeles | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
31 | Teresa Watanabe | LA chapter president | Los Angeles | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
32 | Tricia Toyota | part of founders of AAJA - originally KCBS | Los Angeles | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
33 | Lisa Ling | Host, "This Is Life" on CNN | Los Angeles | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
34 | Paul Cheung | 2013-2016 - national president | Miami, Florida | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
35 | Neal Justin | Minnesota chapter leader who co-founded JCamp | Minneapolis | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
36 | Connie Chung | trailbalzing broadcaster | Montana? | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
37 | Alex Wagner | Leading broadcaster and writer for the Atlantic, who writes of today's time for an "Asian Spring" | New York City | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
38 | CeFaan Kim | current broadcaster leading the way with covering Anti Asian hate crimes | New York City | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
39 | Dion Lim | current broadcaster leading the way with covering Anti Asian hate crimes | San Francisco | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
40 | Henry Moritsugu | Newsday, long time AAJA | New York City | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
41 | Jean Tsien | leading documentarian, Oscar nominee, and Exec Producer of PBS' Asian Americans | New York City | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
42 | Jeanie Park | founding New York chapter president/top editor at People Magazine/ELP trainer | New York City | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
43 | Lai Ling Jew | Diversity Exec at CBS News; NBC News's only female embedded journalist going into Iraq War | New York City | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
44 | Mae Cheng | 2003-2004 - national president | New York City | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
45 | Sharon Pian Chan | 2009-2010 - national president | New York City | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
46 | Ti-Hua Chang | founding president for Detrioit chapter, which is now Michigan | New York City | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
47 | Weija Jiang | covering the Trump era | New York City | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
48 | Philip Yam | Former AAJA-NY President, former managing editor Scientic American | New York City | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
49 | Ann Curry | Former convention speaker | New York City Area (CT) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
50 | Richard Lui | NBC News anchor and author | New York City | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
51 | Rene Astudillo | 1998-2008 executive director | Philippines | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
52 | Amy Wang | Portland chapter president & founding Philadelphia chapter president | Portland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
53 | Victor Panichkul-Ackermann | 2001-2002 - national president | Portland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
54 | David Ng | Current Executive Editor of the Providence Journal | Providence, Rhode Island | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
55 | Kathy Chow | 2009-2018 executive director | Sacramento | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
56 | Lonnie Wong | Sacramento chapter co-founder/local TV icon reporter/part of UNITY planning committees/national student broadcast projects | Sacramento | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
57 | Sandra N Michioku | 1996-1997? executive director | Sacramento | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
58 | Sandy Louey | Sacramento chapter president/former scholarship winner/national bd rep/founding student convention project/active since 1988 | Sacramento | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
59 | Chris Chow | Former reporter KPIX | San Francisco | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
60 | Dianne Fukami | Producer, Former Assistant News Director KPIX | San Francisco | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
61 | Glenn and Karen Sugihara | Not journalists, but behind-the-scenes heroes (if our criteria allow). | San Francisco | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
62 | Lloyd LaCuesta | 1987-1990 national president/first nationally elected president/part of national presidents who helped launch UNITY: Journalists of Color | San Francisco | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
63 | Yvonne Leow | 2017-2018 - national president | San Francisco | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
64 | Frank Abe | documentary work around No-No Boys during WWII, co-founder of Seattle chapter | Seattle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
65 | Lori Matsukawa | iconic TV anchor, co-founder Seattle chapter | Seattle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
66 | Naomi Ishisaka | Op-ed on social / racial justice | Seattle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
67 | Victoria Lim | former Florida chapter president who helped to co-lead Sports Task Force affinity group | Southern California | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
68 | Catalina Camia | 1999-2000 national president/former scholarship winner/UNITY president 1999 | Washington DC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
69 | Michelle Ye Hee Lee | 2019-present - national president | Washington DC / Tokyo in a few months | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
70 | Allen Cheng | former Portland chapter president who founded Asia chapter | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
71 | Benjamin Seto | 1997-1998 national president | Portland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
72 | Ching-Ching Ni | LA Times reporter in Shanghai and Beijing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
73 | David Louie | 1991-1992 national president/former Bay Area chapter president part of first contested AAJA president | San Francisco | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
74 | Diane Yen-Mei Wong | 1987-1992 executive director during first decade as HQ moved to SF/organization became national | Seattle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
75 | Dickson Louie | Early member and treasurer in L.A. chapter; great source of lore (he knew and knows everyone) | San Francisco | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
76 | Elaine Woo | One of first members, longtime LA Times reporter, witness to early events | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
77 | Esther Wu | 2005-2006 - national president/part of members helped found Texas chapter | Dallas | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
78 | Evelyn Hsu | 1993-1994 national president/now with Maynard Institute | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
79 | Helen Zia | former New York chapter president who now author and activist on Asian American issues | Oakland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
80 | James Dao | Metro Editor of the New York Times | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
81 | Jeanne Mariani-Belding | 2007-2008 - national president | Bay Area | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
82 | Joie Chen | Helped found/serve as Atlanta chapter as part of run-up to first Unity in 1994 | former San Diego chapter president who started Project Zinger at SF State, laying ground for MediaWatch/Ford Foundation/Renaissance Journalism founder | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
83 | Jon Funabiki | San Francisco | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
84 | Karen Seriguchi | 1986-1987 executive director | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
85 | Linda Yu | founded Chicago chapter w/ late David Ibata/former VP for broadcast | Chicago | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
86 | Lisa A. Chung | 1992-1994 executive director/former Bay Area chapter president | San Francisco | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
87 | Mei-Mei Chan | Washington, D.C. founding chapter president/former national VP for print who went to lead Gannett newsrooms | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
88 | Toan Lam in SF now SAC | He has done trainings for AAJA | San Francisco | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
89 | Valerie Chow-Bush | 1992-1994 executive director/former scholarship winner/now leads Renaissance Journalism | San Francisco | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
90 | Wendy Tokuda | Bay Area founding president & local TV icon | San Francisco | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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92 | Susan Almazol | San Francisco Examiner reporter 1968, first Asian American woman newspaper reporter in San Francisco Bay Area | San Jose | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
93 | Emil Guillermo | first Asian American national radio news host - All Things Considered at NPR, first Filipino American reporter in Bay Area at KRON-TV | Ripon, CA | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
94 | William G. Wong | first Asian American newspaper reporter in Bay Area at SF Chronicle, 1966; first Asian American reporter at Wall Street Journal, author of Yellow Journalist, Dispatches From Asian America; | Oakland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
95 | K.W. Lee | AAJA Lifetime Achievement Awardee (?), first Korean American newspaper reporter in U.S. (Kingsport Times-News, Tennessee, 1957); broke Chol Soo Lee story that led to exoneration of Korean wrongly convicted of a Chinatown gang murder; editor of Korea Times during post-Rodney King riots in south-central Los Angeles; | Sacramento | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
96 | Vic Lee | 50-year reporting career started at the NY Times in 1970 and moved into broadcasting at KRON and KGO-TV (ABC), winning multiple Emmy and AAJA awards; retired in 2020; | San Francisco | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
97 | Curtiss Kim | first Asian American radio reporter (KNBR) in San Francisco Bay Area; fought racial discrimination by NBC; broke story of Harvey Milk-George Moscone city hall assassinations; started in 197? | San Francisco | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
98 | Ben Fong-Torres | first senior editor and Asian American writer at Rolling Stone Magazine | San Francisco | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
99 | Emiko Omori | first woman TV news camerawoman/filmmaker in northern California at KQED Newsroom, 1968; national Emmy winner for "Rabbit In The Moon" (PBS) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
100 | Ken Kashiwahara | ABC News Vietnam War correspondent, first Asian American anchor of network weekend news; First Asian radio & TV reporter and anchor on KHVH Hawaii, KABC Reporter-Anchor 1971, Covered the Fall of Saigon, Covered the Assassination of Philippine Leader Benigno Aquino; (past AAJA awardee?) | San Francisco |