In honor of AAJA New York chapter co-founder Jeannie Park, we’re offering grants to chapter members to attend AAJA’s National convention. The grants will cover flights, convention registration and hotel costs for one professional member and one student member. Jeannie has been with the chapter since the beginning, and we are grateful for her continued support and involvement. 2025 Grant application details to come!
In 2024, we awarded 8 emerging journalists (Lena Han, Sara Khan, Kelly Kimball, Hannah Miao, Kathy Ou, Hyunsoo Rim, Leying Tang, Aria Young) to attend the conference in Austin. Check out their stories here. In 2023, we awarded 10 emerging journalists. Check out their stories here. In 2022, 3 emerging journalists receive the support.
About Jeannie Park
Jeannie Park has been an advocate for diversity and racial equity throughout her 22 years as a journalist and now as a nonprofit leader. Her first journalism job was as a copy editor at the English-language Korea Herald in Seoul. Through connections made via the newly formed AAJA in LA, she managed to get an entry-level job at Time Inc., where she spent the next 22 years working at Time, Entertainment Weekly, InStyle and People. As executive editor of the latter two publications, she was one of the highest-ranking Asian Americans in magazines. In 1987, she became the founding president of the AAJA’s New York chapter; she co-chaired two national conventions and served as national secretary and as a long-time facilitator for the Executive Leadership Program. She is currently devoted full-time to non-profits and serves as a board member of the Korean American Community Foundation and the Donors of Color Network, leveraging philanthropy to build power for communities of color. She is a co-founder of the Coalition for a Diverse Harvard, advocating for racial equity in higher education. She can trace all these opportunities back to the friends, experiences and challenges provided to her by AAJA, for which she is eternally grateful.