The South Asian Journalists Association has come a long way in the 20 years since its founding.
At its inception, SAJA had only 18 members. Today, the organization's members can be found leading newsrooms across the continent. SAJA boasts active chapters in New York, Washington, DC, San Francisco, Boston, Chicago, Atlanta, Los Angeles, and Toronto.
Two decades after its birth, SAJA now connects and serves more than a thousand journalists at news outlets big and small and has awarded more than $200,000 in journalism scholarships and reporting fellowships.
This year, as SAJA celebrates its 20th anniversary, members old and new are invited to take part in a one-of-a-kind journalism convention that promises to examine the issues that matter the most to working journalists both in and out of the South Asian diaspora.
Join us for a day of discussion, debate, and networking at the 2014 SAJA@20 convention on Saturday, October 11th in New York, followed by a special evening awards ceremony and reception.
Samhita Mukhopadhyay
former editor of Feministing
@TheSamhita
Jyothi Natarajan
managing editor at the Asian American Writers Workshop
@cupofjyo
Habiba Nosheen
journalist and filmmaker, 60 Minutes
@HabibaNosheen
Madhulika Sikka
executive editor at NPR News
@madhulikasikka
S. Mitra Kalita
ideas editor at Quartz
@mitrakalita
Amna Nawaz
editor at NBC Asian America
@Nawazistan
Sadanand Dhume
resident fellow at American Enterprise Institute and Wall Street Journal columnist
@dhume
Wajahat Ali
co-host of Al Jazeera America's "The Stream" @WajahatAli
Samip Mallick
co-founder and executive director of the South Asian American Digital Archives
@SAADAonline
Samir Rao
co-founder and vice-president of operations at OZY
Elizabeth Segran
writer at The Atlantic, Foreign Affairs, The Nation, Foreign Policy, and FastCompany; author of "The River Speaks"
@LizSegran
Devi Nampiaparampil
journalist and assistant professor of rehabilitation medicine at NYU School of Medicine
SAJA members: $20
Non-SAJA members: $70
All SAJA@20 attendees are encouraged to become a SAJA member for only $40/year.
Click here to join SAJA
Schedule
9:30am
Morning Keynote Address: Matthew Rosenberg, New York Times foreign correspondent covering Afghanistan
10am-11am
10am-11am
When Journalism Meets Advocacy
Not all journalism organizations are purely news operations. Three journalists in the nonprofit world discuss the intersection advocacy work and journalism and how a leader of an organization that straddles those roles approaches and balances their work.
Rohan Kamicheril, editor at Words Without Borders
Jyothi Natarajan, managing editor at Asian American Writers Workshop
Samita Mukhopadhyay, former editor of Feministing"
Minority is the New Majority: Integrating Diversity in the Newsroom
Does creating a special platform for multicultural coverage exempt a media outlet's main newsroom from having to figure out how to actually be diverse?
Madhulika Sikka, Executive Editor for NPR News
Amna Nawaz, editor at NBC Asian America
Mitra Kalita, Ideas editor at Quartz
11am-12pm
11am - 2pm
1 pm - 2 pm
2 pm - 3 pm
2pm - 3pm
Operation Start-Up
How do you make sure your digital start-up stands-out-- and survives-- in the fast-moving world of online news? Start-up leaders weigh in on the joys and challenges of building a new media outlet in the digital era.
Samir Rao, co-founder and vice-president of operations at OZY
Ryan E. Galloway, Managing Editor of Contently
Nilay Patel, editor-in-chief and founder of The Verge
JOB FAIR
The Road Less Taken: Unconventional Paths to Journalism
Not all journalism career paths are linear. Journalists who started out in other fields discuss the mid-career transitions that brought them into the world of media-- and share their tips on breaking into the industry.
Wajahat Ali, co-host of “The Stream” on Al Jazeera America
Elizabeth Segran, contributing writer at Fast Company, Foreign Affairs and The Atlantic
Devi Nampiaparampil, physician, researcher and professor at NYU School of Medicine
Preserving South Asian History
It's not always enough to report the latest news-- it's also important to preserve and document fast-fading history. How curators and historians are building multi-media and cross-platform journalistic archives for South Asian history.
Masum Momaya, curator at the Smithsonian Institution
Samip Mallick, director of the South Asian American Digital Archives
Navina Haidar, curator of Islamic art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Of Democracy and Disorder: Covering The South Asian Political Landscape
A close-up look at the tumultuous transitions underway across South Asia-- from Pakistan to Afghanistan, and India to Sri Lanka.
Habiba Nosheen, journalist and award-winning filmmaker behind "Outlawed in Pakistan"
Sadanand Dhume, resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and columnist at the Wall Street Journal
5pm
SAJA 2014 Awards Reception
Presented by Sree Sreenivasan, chief digital officer at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, with a keynote address by Subrata De, vice president of Multi-Platform Newsgathering at ABC News
