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By Admin1 (admin) (pool-151-196-239-147.balt.east.verizon.net - 151.196.239.147) on Tuesday, August 17, 2004 - 10:58 am: Edit Post

Mei-Ling Hopgood, Washington reporter, Dayton Daily News wins Asian American Journalists Award for "Casualties of Peace"

Mei-Ling Hopgood, Washington reporter, Dayton Daily News wins Asian American Journalists Award for Casualties of Peace

Mei-Ling Hopgood, Washington reporter, Dayton Daily News wins Asian American Journalists Award for "Casualties of Peace"

WASHINGTON, Aug. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- The Asian American Journalists Association recognized general excellence in news coverage of Asian American issues, and the outstanding work of several of its members, during the UNITY 2004 Convention August 4-8 in Washington, D.C. AAJA received approximately 80 entries nominating print, broadcast, photo, graphics and new media journalists for the 2004 National Awards. The category of Unlimited Subject Matter recognizes Asian American professional journalists and AAJA members. The category of Asian American Issues recognizes professional journalists covering the Asian American community. These awards demonstrate the ability of journalists -- Asian American and otherwise -- to cover the news with authority, sensitivity, insight and an eye toward diversity.

At its Gala Scholarship and Awards Banquet on August 6, AAJA honored the following journalists for their work during 2004:

TELEVISION -- UNLIMITED SUBJECT MATTER: James D. Wang, producer, ABC News' "Primetime" "Full House" (Claire Weinraub, producer; Diane Sawyer, correspondent; Jessica Velmans, senior producer; David Doss, executive producer)

TELEVISION -- ASIAN AMERICAN ISSUES: Marie E. Nelson, producer, ABC News' "Nightline" "Casualties of War" (George Griffin, co-producer; Judy Muller, correspondent; Eric Wray, editor; Bob Brant, Al Lopez and Ben McCoy, camera; Rene Greblo, Hg Ng, Steve Lederer, audio)

PHOTO -- UNLIMITED SUBJECT MATTER: Michael Yamashita, photographer, National Geographic "DMZ -- Korea's Dangerous Divide"

RADIO -- ASIAN AMERICAN ISSUES: Richard L. Paul, producer, Soundprint Productions "Trapped on the Wrong Side of History" (Moira Rankin, executive producer)

RADIO -- UNLIMITED SUBJECT MATTER: Sydnie A. Kohara, "Pacific Time" reporter, KQED Public Radio "Larry Ching's Last Hurrah"

PRINT -- ASIAN AMERICAN ISSUES: Teresa Watanabe, staff writer, Los Angeles Times "Deja vu"

PRINT -- UNLIMITED SUBJECT MATTER: Mei-Ling Hopgood, Washington reporter, Dayton Daily News "Casualties of Peace" (series co-authored with Russell Carollo, reporter)

Awards were also presented to honor outstanding AAJA members for their contributions to the organization this year. The Chapter of the Year award went to two chapters this year: San Diego, which hosted last year's AAJA national convention and the Washington, D.C. chapter, which helped launch the Washington Correspondents survey. Chapter President of the Year award went posthumously to Ted Shen of the Chicago chapter for his passionate guidance and commitment to both student and professional programming, and the Member of the Year Award went to Keith Kamisugi for generously volunteering his time and efforts to promote and coordinate AAJA events in the media. The ELP Outstanding Leadership Award was presented to Fred Katayama of the New York Chapter, whose career reflects outstanding achievements leadership and a demonstrated commitment to the advancement of Asian Americans in the newsroom.

About AAJA The Asian American Journalists Association is a national, non-profit educational association based in San Francisco that has more than 2,100 members. It was founded to encourage young Asian Pacific Americans to enter the ranks of journalism, to work for fair and accurate coverage of Asian Pacific Americans, to increase the number of Asian Pacific Americans and news managers in the industry. For more information, visit http://www.aaja.org.





When this story was prepared, this was the front page of PCOL magazine:

This Month's Issue: August 2004 This Month's Issue: August 2004
Teresa Heinz Kerry celebrates the Peace Corps Volunteer as one of the best faces America has ever projected in a speech to the Democratic Convention. The National Review disagreed and said that Heinz's celebration of the PCV was "truly offensive." What's your opinion and who can come up with the funniest caption for our Current Events Funny?

Exclusive: Director Vasquez speaks out in an op-ed published exclusively on the web by Peace Corps Online saying the Dayton Daily News' portrayal of Peace Corps "doesn't jibe with facts."

In other news, the NPCA makes the case for improving governance and explains the challenges facing the organization, RPCV Bob Shaconis says Peace Corps has been a "sacred cow", RPCV Shaun McNally picks up support for his Aug 10 primary and has a plan to win in Connecticut, and the movie "Open Water" based on the negligent deaths of two RPCVs in Australia opens August 6. Op-ed's by RPCVs: Cops of the World is not a good goal and Peace Corps must emphasize community development.





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By joseph,jedenasty (217.26.84.76) on Wednesday, June 28, 2006 - 4:12 am: Edit Post

mae-ling
how long has it been,what a great surprise to find an article by you.contact me thru email so we can catch up ok id love to talk to ya.im sgt serving in iraq with the 101st so email is all i got for now.
p.s.do you still talk to chris & shell
joesph.jedenasty@us.army.mil


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