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The Unlimited Subject Matter category recognizes professional journalistsfor their work based on the material submitted and the Asian American/PacificIslander Issues category recognizes coverage of AAPI issues. AAJA will presentthe awards on Friday, July 25 during its gala scholarship and awards banquetat the Hyatt Regency Chicago, as part of the 2008 UNITY: Journalists of ColorConvention.

GRAPHICS - UNLIMITED SUBJECT MATTER Belinda P. Long, senior graphics reporter, South Florida Sun-Sentinel, "Expanding The Panama Canal" ONLINE - AAPI ISSUES Statesman Journal, "Beyond Barbed Wire" ONLINE - UNLIMITED SUBJECT MATTER Vanessa Hua, reporter, Frontline/WORLD, "South Korea, Everyone's a Journalist" PHOTOGRAPHY - AAPI ISSUES Chiaki Kawajiri, photojournalist, The Baltimore Sun, "Scars of the Heart" PHOTOGRAPHY - UNLIMITED SUBJECT MATTER Kuni Takahashi, staff photographer, Chicago Tribune, "Hidden Poverty in Illinois" PRINT - AAPI ISSUES Laura Yuen, reporter, St. Paul Pioneer Press, "Lure of the Land" PRINT - UNLIMITED SUBJECT MATTER Geeta Anand, staff reporter, The Wall Street Journal, "The Edge of Medicine" RADIO - AAPI ISSUES Lenora Chu, reporter, PRI's The World, WGBH Radio and Margo Melnicove, editor, PRI's The World, WGBH Radio, "Asian-Americans and Gambling" RADIO - UNLIMITED SUBJECT MATTER Ann S. Kim, Reporter, reporter, PRI's The World, WGBH Radio and Patrick Cox, editor, PRI's The World, WGBH Radio, "Inside North Korea: a Personal Memoir" TELEVISION - AAPI ISSUES Bill Kubota, producer, KDN Films, "Most Honorable Son" TELEVISION - UNLIMITED SUBJECT MATTER Darren C. Lyn, bureau reporter, ESPN, "Delaware vs. Delaware State" About AAJA

The Asian American Journalists Association is a non-profit professionaland educational organization with approximately 2,000 members today. Foundedin 1981, AAJA has been at the forefront of change in the journalism industry.AAJA's mission is to encourage Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPIs)to enter the ranks of journalism, to work for fair and accurate coverage ofAAPIs, and to increase the number of AAPI journalists and news managers in theindustry. AAJA is an alliance partner in UNITY Journalists of Color, alongwith the Native American Journalists Association, National Association ofHispanic Journalists, and National Association of Black Journalists.

For more information about the AAJA national awards winners or AAJA, visithttp://www.aaja.org/features/articles/2008_07_02_01/ or http://www.aaja.org.

SOURCE Asian American Journalists Association