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AAJA Conference
Student and Mentors
 Saeedeh Jamshidi
Mentor: Susan Leem, Production Assistant, Minnesota Public Radio
Saeedeh was born in Tehran where she received a bachelor's degree in Economics, and was a reporter for 7 years for a national metropolitan newspaper, specializing in women's issues. She emigrated to the U.S. in November 1999, and got a bachelor's in journalism from the University of Washington. She is now freelancing for Free Speech Radio News, and writing for local newspapers.
Her story:
This year, in the light of the negative public image of Hmong people, the St. Paul Hmong Art Festival gives Hmong visual artists an opportunity to create a bridge between new and more established Hmong immigrants and mainstream (non-Hmong) culture.
 Alice Dugan
Mentor: Henrik Meng, Freelance Producer, San Francisco, CA
Alice moved here from the Philippines 5 years ago at age 18. She lives 45 minutes away from Cleveland, OH. She is studying for a degree in Media Production at the University of Akron. Dream job: movie producer of dramas, documentaries, and education TV shows.
Despite deviating from their parents' hopes that they follow more conventional careers, Filipino DJs are enjoying a rising popularity in the Minneapolis area.
 Eric Shih
Mentor: Stephanie Loleng, Freelance Reporter, KALW-FM and Pacific Time at KQED, San Francisco
Eric is an associate producer at CBC Radio in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada. He graduated from the British Columbia Institute of Technology in Vancouver in Broadcast Journalism. He also has degrees in Earth Science. He has yet to do a story on geography or geology.
A recent report shows Asian Americans are underrepresented in broadcast newsrooms. And there are even fewer of them in management. We'll take a look at if...and why that's a concern.
 Kolet Buenavides
Mentor: Wilma Consul, Associate Producer, NPR's Morning Edition
The commentary will focus on how a rich girl from the Philippines, a third-world country, with maids at her beck and call, ended up working at McDonald's and selling vacuums door-to-door in America.
Sae Komura
Mentor: Ann Alquist, News Director, KFAI Radio
Sae was born and raised in Osaka, Japan, and loved learning English. On January 17, 1997, when a major earthquake hit the neighboring city of her hometown, she knew she wanted to be a broadcast journalist. Sae went to Temple University in Philadelphia, worked as a reporter at member station WRTI-FM 90.1, and was an Summer 2005 NPR intern.
My story focusses on new arrivals of Hmong youth who have been targeted for recruitment by Twin Cities gang members. The report will explore how long-established Hmong social service agencies and providers are trying to prevent entrance to these gangs.
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Listen to Saedeeh's story
