Asian American Journalists Association

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Asian American Journalists Association

Abbreviation	AAJA
Formation	1981; 43 years ago (1981)
Founded at	Los Angeles, California
Type	Nonprofit organization
Purpose	Professional association
Headquarters	San Francisco, California
Membership	2,000
President	Nicole Dungca
Executive Director	Naomi Tacuyan Underwood
Website	aaja.org

The Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA) is a 501(c)3 nonprofit educational and professional organization based in San Francisco, California with more than 1,500 members and 21 chapters across the United States and Asia. The current president is Washington Post reporter Nicole Dungca.^[1] The executive director is Naomi Tacuyan Underwood.^[2]

The organization's goals are:

• To provide a means of association and support among Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) journalists, and to advance AAPI journalists as news managers and media executives.
• To provide encouragement, information, advice and scholarship assistance to AAPI students who aspire to professional journalism careers.
• To provide to the AAPI community an awareness of news media and an understanding of how to gain fair access.
• To research and point out when news media organizations stray from accuracy and fairness in the coverage of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders and AAPI issues.

The organization is open to anyone who works in media and identifies as Asian American or is an ally.^{[citation needed]} AAJA's diverse membership includes broadcast anchors, print reporters, editors, producers, videographers, columnists, photojournalists, freelancers, academics, professors, students as well as those who work in film and online media. The membership also consists of many associates in business and public relations sectors. Close to one-third of AAJA's members are students.^{[citation needed]}