SAJA Students

  • Home
  • SAJA Students

SAJA Students This page is dedicated to the student members of the South Asian Journalists Association.

To become a student member for only $20/year click here: http://www.saja.org/membership

Friday, Aug. 20, 7 p.m.: Meet Monica BhideEqual parts storyteller and globe-trotter, Monica Bhide, an award-winning auth...
18/08/2021

Friday, Aug. 20, 7 p.m.: Meet Monica Bhide
Equal parts storyteller and globe-trotter, Monica Bhide, an award-winning author, accomplished literary coach, and educator with over 15 years of experience, transcends countless borders—chronological, geographical, religious, and economical—to inspire her readers. Born in New Delhi, raised in the Middle East, and now residing outside Washington, D.C., she currently serves as a corporate storyteller for one of the world’s leading professional services companies. Her prolific portfolio, enriched by the many places she calls home, channels a distinctly cosmopolitan worldview.
Monica’s words, which have appeared on renowned platforms including The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Christian Science Monitor, Bon Appétit, Food & Wine, and Town & Country,among others, are a collection of culture-driven articles that approach the world food first. Her books, all infused with a signature lyricism, consist of acclaimed cooking compendiums, like 2009’s Modern Spice, brimming with contemporary versions of traditional Indian recipes. Her debut short story collection, The Devil in Us, a clutch of spellbinding tales centered on fate and fortune, earned a spot on Amazon’s bestseller list in 2015, while her more recent novel, Karma and the Art of Butter Chicken, which explores the healing power of food, led NPR’s café in Washington, D.C., to serve up creations inspired by her protagonist chef.

https://columbiauniversity.zoom.us/j/556347241

https://monicabhide.com/meet-monica/

[on Bhide’s The Devil in Us] Monica Bhide’s wonderful, internationally-flavored collection is full of spice and life. The beguiling voice of a true storyteller will lure you out of your self into her intriguing, fictional world. Enjoy! Diana Abu-Jaber Author of Crescent and Bird of Paradise [on ...

06/11/2019
Dateline:DC - NLGJA

Heads up: NLGJA - The Association of LGBTQ Journalists's annual Washington, D.C. fundraiser "Dateline: DC" is next week. This is always a fun night of cocktails and conversations with some of Washington's top journalists. Buy discounted student tickets here: https://www.nlgja.org/datelinedc/

Dateline:DCA National Benefit for NLGJA: The Association of LGBTQ Journalists Dateline:DC will be held November 14 at the Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams DC Signature Store. Each year this evening draws together media industry leaders and some of the most high profile journalists in the nation’s capi...

19/08/2019
The Washington Post accepting applications for 2020 Summer Internship Program

Summer is not even over and The Washington Post is already looking for Summer 2020 Interns! Deadline is October 9, 2019 so hurry up and apply!

The Washington Post is thrilled to be accepting applications for our 2020 Summer Internship Program. Since its inception in 1963, The Post’s internship program has welcomed more than 1,000 student...

18/08/2019
SAJA 2019 Journalism Awards

Deadline approaching! Send in your entries for the SAJA 2019 Journalism Awards by August 25. All info here: http://www.saja.org/saja-2019-awards

Established in honor of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl, who was killed while reporting in Pakistan, this award recognizes outstanding in-depth reporting that exhibits the kind of courage and integrity that Pearl embodied in his work. Apply here.

23/04/2019
SAJA Reporting Fellowship Application

SAJA Reporting Fellowships provides financial resources to freelancers and staff journalists looking to pursue in-depth reporting on South Asia or the South Asian diaspora.

The fellowship is open to freelancers and staff journalists of all mediums who are able to publish their work in North America. SAJA plans to award up to $25,000 to reporting fellows in 2019 to celebrate its 25th anniversary. Anyone with a pitch and a letter of interest from an editor or producer can apply.

The South Asian Journalists Association reporting fellowship provides financial resources to freelancers and staff journalists looking to pursue in-depth reporting on South Asia or the South Asia diaspora. If you have questions about the application, please contact Meena Ganesan at sajareportingfell...

16/03/2019
New Zealand massacre: Journalists divided on how to cover hate

New Zealand massacre: Journalists divided on how to cover hate

Mass shootings have a way of making the theoretical talk about Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube and their role in spreading hate all too real. Thursday brought yet another horrific example of this depressingly frequent phenomenon, when a white supremacist shot and killed 49 people in a mosque in Chris...

16/01/2019

Opportunity alert! The application for Bloomberg's summer journalism diversity program is available now. More details in the post below.

📢 The application for Bloomberg's summer journalism diversity program is available now. Last year's cohort—pictured below— was terrific.

Take part in an intensive, five-day workshop, at either the UNC School of Media and Journalism in North Carolina or the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism. Students will participate in instruction at the campus they choose, as well as visit a Bloomberg newsroom to see how reporters and editors put their journalism skills to work.

UNC Program Dates: May 13-17, 2019
UC Berkeley Program Dates: June 3-7, 2019

Application deadline: January 29, 2019

https://bit.ly/2D9e1Gk

08/12/2018
SAJA: Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas' wedding and The Cut's cut

We're about to get into it y’all. Join us for a conversation (bring your questions too!) about The Cut's recent article on Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas' wedding.

Guests include:
-Aseem Chabra, author of Priyanka Chopra: The Incredible Story of a Global Bollywood Star
-Mallika Rao, a contributor to The Atlantic
-Elizabeth Segran Ph.D., senior staff writer at Fast Company
-Aarti Virani, former SAJA VP, arts and culture writer and contributing editor to Vogue India

The most talked-about wedding since the Royals, Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas' recent nuptials dominated headlines, Tweets and generated several think pieces - but none more controversial than Mariah Smith's take in The Cut. Published this week, the backlash was enough for the online publication to...

12/09/2018

Do you have your tickets yet?

‪We are pleased to announce that CNN’s Senior Congressional Correspondent Manu Raju will deliver the keynote at this year’s SAJA Journalism Awards on Oct. 6 at the National Press Club in Washington D.C. Get your tickets NOW: http://www.saja.org/event-3060425 ‬

08/08/2018
SAJA meet-up at the AAJA 2018 convention

Will you be at AAJA this year? Come hang out with us!

Hello SAJA family, Please stop by to catch up and meet the SAJA attendees who will be in Houston for AAJA. We plan to meet at Biggios, a bar in the hotel.

16/07/2018
SAJA | South Asian Journalists Association - Awards

SAJA is now accepting entries for our 2018 Journalism Awards that recognize excellence in reporting on South Asia and the South Asian diaspora worldwide. This year, SAJA will accept entries for 9 categories, including one category specifically for student journalists.

Deadline to send entries: August 15, 2018

Entries must have been published between January 1 and December 31, 2017. Please scroll to the end for detailed eligibility criteria. We are only accepting work published in U.S. and Canada-based media organizations, and the submission fee is:

Students – USD15

Freelancers – USD25

Organizations – USD75

Past board members who have not served since 2016 are eligible to apply. Please send in your entries by August 15, 2018.

Award winners will be honored in a ceremony on Saturday, October 6, 2018, at the National Press Club in Washington, DC. You can see a list of winners from previous years here and more information about the awards here: http://www.saja.org/awards

http://www.saja.org/

SAJA is now accepting entries for our 2018 Journalism Awards that recognize excellence in reporting on South Asia and the South Asian diaspora worldwide. This year, SAJA will accept entries for 9 categories, including one category specifically for student journalists.

15/06/2018
Up in The Air — Using Drones to Cover Stories

Washington DC: Great panel happening in July via Society of Professional Journalists and Medill - Northwestern University

Up in The Air — Using Drones to Cover Stories

On Monday, July 9, at 6:30 p.m., join the Society of Professional Journalists D.C. Pro Chapter and Northwestern University's Medill Washington program to learn what you need to know to use drones for newsgathering. The panel will feature national experts on using drones to report news stories and questions from the audience are welcome.

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/up-in-the-air-using-drones-to-cover-stories-tickets-47045096149

Up in The Air — Using Drones to Cover Stories On Monday, July 9, at 6:30 p.m., join the Society of Professional Journalists D.C. Pro Chapter and Northwestern University's Medill Washington program to learn what you need to know to use drones for newsgathering. The panel will feature national exper...

05/06/2018

Greetings! If you or someone you know is looking for part-time work (about 10 hours per week) to supplement your other projects, there are two freelance positions open within the NYU School of Law Communications office — one for a multimedia/video specialist and one for a digital content specialist, both based in Greenwich Village. Contact me at [email protected] for more information. Feel free to spread the word.

04/06/2018
UpFront

Freelance gig in Washington DC:
Al Jazeera's UpFront (https://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/upfront/), the weekly international affairs debate show hosted by award-winning British journalist Mehdi Hasan is looking for a researcher who will be based in our Washington, D.C. office.

Please note that this is a *freelance* position with an initial contract from September - December and an option to extend through to June 2019 (hours are generally 9:30-5:30). The person selected for this role will support the two producers as well as Mehdi for our weekly program. We are looking for someone with prior research experience and broad knowledge of international affairs.

Please note that this job *cannot* be done remotely.

If you are interested, please send Producer Elizabeth Walsh your CV and cover letter to [email protected]. We have already begun interviewing applicants and will continue to do so over the next several weeks.

With the thrust and parry of rigorous debate, Mehdi Hasan cuts through the headlines to challenge conventional wisdom, highlight contradictions and uncover double standards.

29/05/2018

Copying and pasting this from a colleague's post:

The Muse is looking for freelance pitches! If you're interested in writing on career or work-related topics, please pitch me!

WHAT TO PITCH: Currently, we're looking for reported features, personal essays (that have takeaways or actionable advice), and experimental "I tried this" articles. In other words, we have a lot of lists and basic career advice on the site and we're looking for pitches that are different from what we already have. My goal is to bring more in-depth reporting and more great storytelling to the site.

Even though we're going beyond our day-to-day style, we're still interested in people who can capture The Muse voice (your fun friend who happens to know more about careers than you do) and spirit (realistic, yet optimistic).

HOW TO PITCH: If you have a specific pitch that you think would be a good fit for The Muse, send an email with the subject line "Freelance article idea: [a few words about your idea here]" to editor[at]themuse[dot]com. Please include your pitch, a couple lines about you, links to 2-3 published clips, and a link to your personal website and/or LinkedIn or Twitter profile.

HOW MUCH WE PAY: Rates will depend on the specific pitch, but we're paying $150 - $300 for most articles under 1,000 words right now.

QUESTIONS? If you have any questions, you can send a note to editor[at]themuse[dot]com with the subject line "Freelance question: [a few words about your question here]."

03/04/2018

South Asian Journalists Association (SAJA)

SAJA is accepting applications for scholarships & internship fund. http://saja.org. Apply Now!

20/01/2018
The World in 2030 | ICFJ - International Center for Journalists

Calling journalism students in the DC/Baltimore area: interested in reporting on the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals? Apply by Feb. 1!

The International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) in partnership with the United Nations Foundation, has designed a special reporting program February 23-25 that will offer 15-20 student reporters an unprecedented opportunity to learn about and report on the UN’s agenda to achieve social and economi...

05/01/2018
JazzHR » Job Listings

http://atlanticmedia.theresumator.com/apply/jobs/details/wOiGdwL3Zw?

Please also note that the application deadline for the July Atlantic Media fellowship, which Quartz participates in, is Jan. 15.

Your responsibilities would include pitching stories and taking daily assignments, as well as working on special projects. There are also opportunities to collaborate with reporters on stories, and to contribute to our app. In addition to reporting and writing skills, the ideal candidate will be wel...

20/09/2017

If you aren't already a SAJA member, we hope you'll become one this week and encourage others to join to support our work.
You don't have to be South Asian to join SAJA.
Student memberships cost just $20!

An anonymous donor has an incentive for us: if SAJA adds more than 25 members by Sept. 25, 2017, ALL members of SAJA will be entered into a raffle. The prize for the raffle? Ten times the number of new members we get!
That means if we sign up 25 new members, the raffle prize will be $250. If we sign up 30, the prize money goes up to $300, and so on. Get the idea?

So why become a SAJA member? Our Vice President Ankita Rao has these very compelling reasons for you:

The Network: This is the largest network of South Asian journalists in the country, which means invaluable access to thousands of people who are working to produce powerful work in many different companies and mediums.
The Support: SAJA offers scholarships and funding to journalists at all stages —students, interns, and professionals. As former and current journalists, we know what it takes thrive in this industry and we invest in our members to make sure that they do.
The Events: From meetups to our annual award ceremonies, SAJA organizes dozens of events every year to ensure that our community dialogue flourishes.
The Coverage: SAJA offers financial support, and professional resources, for journalists covering South Asia and the diaspora. Our SAJA Reporting Fellowship winners have traveled to far-flung places to bring back vibrant, crucial reportage that has impact.
The Change: While our industry has evolved since our inception, journalism is still in dire need of journalists from different backgrounds, with different worldviews and voices. SAJA helps represent and promote diversity in our newsrooms.
The Conversation: SAJA offers a place to go when there's a topic that needs to be discussed and covered, whether it's Islamophobia, an earthquake in Nepal, or a refugee crisis. The confluence of our members, expertise and resources make sure that stories transcend the community.
And if you have any trouble signing up, just email SAJA Secretary Zainab Imam at [email protected].

Other queries? Write to me at [email protected]

Address


Website

http://www.sajaforum.org/

Alerts

Be the first to know and let us send you an email when SAJA Students posts news and promotions. Your email address will not be used for any other purpose, and you can unsubscribe at any time.

Contact The Business

Send a message to SAJA Students:

Videos

ESPN SportsCenter host Kevin Negandhi will emcee our annual Gala on October 5th! Have you bought your tickets yet? #sajagala2013

Shortcuts

  • Address
  • Alerts
  • Contact The Business
  • Videos
  • Claim ownership or report listing

  • Want your business to be the top-listed Media Company?

Share