The SAJA Reporting Fellowships program is aimed at promoting a rare element in 24/7-news-cycle journalism -- in-depth and follow-up reporting on major events relating to South Asia or South Asians, long after the breaking-news crews have moved on.
SAJA Group was awarded a $15,000 Challenge Grant Fund by The Ford Foundation, the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, the Ethics and Excellence in Journalism Foundation and the McCormick Foundation. Help SAJA match the grant by donating!
This award offers winners the unique opportunity to attend the Wharton Seminars for Business Journalists on a scholarship. Watch for mid-summer deadline for 2009.
Robert Thompson will deliver the opening keynote address. CNN's Zain Verjee will deliver the Awards Banquet keynote. Read about other highlights of the upcoming 2008 SAJA Convention and Job Fair.
Gopal Raju, the founder of India Abroad and a leading South Asian journalist for several decades, will be inducted posthumously into the SAJA Hall of Fame.
SAJAforum asked SAJA's new vice president five questions. Among the questions: What is the state of the SAJA union? Can you outline some of your big plans for the year?
SAJAforum asked SAJA's new president five questions. Among the questions we asked: What is the state of the SAJA union? Can you outline some of your big plans for the year?