The Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA) is proud to announce the recipients of our 2024 awards!

Our Journalism Excellence Awards honor the best journalism by AAJA members in 2024, while our Community Awards aim to celebrate the outstanding contributions of AAJA members, chapters, affinity groups and changemakers who have left a lasting impact on our community over the past year. Community award recipients will be announced at #AAJA24’s gala.

About AAJA Awards

The Asian American Journalists Association has honored excellence in journalism since 1987.

Through our awards, AAJA aims to highlight and amplify journalists and nonfiction storytellers whose work exemplifies our mission for greater AAPI representation and meaningful inclusion in the media industry and in media coverage. AAJA seeks to highlight insightful stories of underrepresented communities and the journalists who work to bring their stories to light. 

AAJA also honors members and organizations who champion the spirit of community through their chapter and affinity group leadership; their diversity, equity and inclusion work; and through their life’s work.

Thank You

A heart-felt thank you to all of our judges who volunteered many hours to review this year’s awards. We are grateful for their efforts and their eyes in recognizing exemplary reporting. Thank you Aditi Sangal, Alex Lim, Allen Peng, Allison Cho, Amanda Chan, Amritha Joseph, Amy Fan, Andrew Peng, Artemis Moshtaghian, Arun Ayyagari, Beimeng Fu, Benjamin Pu, Charmaine Runes, Charu Raman, Cody Hmelar, Daniel Kim, Dian Zhang, Elaine Ramirez, Elly Yu, Emilia David, Giang Nguyen, Hannah Chinn, James Colton, Janice S. Gin, Jin Ding, Jovelle Tamayo, Krystal Hu, Mahira Dayal, Margaret Rhee, Monique Woo, Nataleeya Boss, Nick Swyter, Patricia (Pat) Cuadros, Peter Bhatia, Pu Ying Huang, Ramon Dompor, Raymund Flandez, Roger Cheng, Romy Varghese, Ron Nurwisah, Rwikjit Roy, Sarah Belle Lin, Shanelle Kaul, Shirsho Dasgupta, Sirui Hua, Stefanie Loh, Syma Mohammed, Thomas Mangloña, Ting Fu, Valerie Chen, Victoria Ruan, Vivian Toy, Wanda Lau, Weihua Li, William Diep and Xintian Wang. We couldn’t have done this without you.

We’d also like to acknowledge our volunteer awards committee members who have worked tirelessly to bring these awards to reality: Angus Liu, Anika Varty, Ankita Mukhopadhyay Kumar, Darrell Miho, Meiying Wu, Ringo Chiu, Ron Nurwisah, Shirley Qiu, Yutao Chen, and Zeyi Yang, with support from AAJA HQ staff, Ai Uchida, Andrew Sherry, April Siruno, Nicole Yu and Will Schick and Yi-Shen Loo.

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