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Lifetime Achievement Award: Lori Matsukawa
Lori Matsukawa is the 2005 recipient of AAJA's Lifetime Achievement Award,
which recognizes an Asian American who has demonstrated courage and commitment
to the principles of journalism over the course of a life 's work. Suzanne Ahn Award for Civil
Rights and Social Justice for Asian Americans.

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The award winners were selected from among more than 100 entries from
across the United States and Canada.

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Special Recognition Award: Skip Rhodes
Skip Rhodes is the 2005 recipient of AAJA 's Special Recognition Award,
which honors an individual -- Asian or non-Asian, journalist or non -journalist
-- who has helped to advance AAJA's goals.

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The Broun award is named for the union 's founder and first president, and
includes a plaque and $5,000 cash prize.
May 3 also marks World Press Freedom Day, and the Herbert Block Freedom
Award, also with a $5,000 prize, will be presented to the International
Federation of Journalists Safety Fund for its determination to safeguard
journalists around the globe, especially those reporting from war zones and
other dangerous sites." From 1984 to 1990, she also co-hosted "Celebrate the Differences," a
weekly KING 5 minority affairs program . Suzanne Ahn Award
for Civil Rights and Social Justice," said the judges.
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Shahar Smooha, a
student journalist at Columbia University, will be recognized for her account
of her journey to Jordan to vote in the first democratic election for the
Iraqi Parliament. SAN FRANCISCO, At its national convention next
month in Minneapolis-St. Suzanne Ahn Award: Ray Rivera
Ray Rivera is the 2005 recipient of AAJA's Dr.

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WASHINGTON, Matt Lait and Scott Glover have been
awarded the 2005 Heywood Broun Award for their extensive reporting on a 20 -
year-old murder case that resulted in even the prosecutor testifying as to his
doubts about the defendant's guilt.
Judging the broadcast entries were Washington, D. Halper, a student at the A."

The Newspaper Guild-CWA represents 35,000 journalists and newspaper
workers in the U.
AAJA will present the awards at a gala scholarship and awards banquet on
Aug. 17-20.
Matsukawa is a founding member of AAJA's Seattle Chapter and served as
chapter president and co -chaired the 1991 national convention in Seattle.
"Mr. The award comes with a $5,000
prize . Ahn, a Korean American who was
raised in Arkansas and Texas. She rose to become a successful physician ,
neurologist and inventor.

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ABC News correspondent Sonya
Crawford and ABC News anchor/correspondent Hari Sreenivasan will emcee the
event, held as part of AAJA's annual convention Aug.
Rhodes is President of Skip Rhodes + Associates, LLC, a consulting firm in
strategic corporate and non-profit philanthropic organizational and community
activities. Today, AAJA encourages young Asian Americans and Pacific
Islanders to enter the ranks of journalism, to work for fair and accurate
coverage of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, and to increase the number
of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders and news managers in the industry.

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It is awarded annually by The
Newspaper Guild-CWA and will be presented this year on May 3 at the union's
Freedom Award Fund dinner in Washington, D.
Two reporters at Knight Ridder's Washington Bureau were recognized with
the Broun award for distinction for their examination of how the U. They will receive a $1,000 prize. Sarah A.

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In the broadcast division, Sasha Asianian and Mike Edgerly of American
Radio Works and Minnesota Public Radio received the award of distinction for
their reporting on an environmental hazard in Minnesota resulting from the
widespread presence of 3M's former "Scotchguard" chemicals.
Since 1990, Grimm has been newsroom recruiter and staff development
coordinator at the Detroit Free Press, where he coordinates staff selection
efforts, training and education for newsroom staffers and the summer
internship program.

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Rhodes has. AAJA and journalism
are better off because of Joe Grimm.

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The two Los Angeles Times reporters wrote "A Case of Doubt" following nine
months of research, dozens of interviews , a review of thousands of pages of
police and court records, and even a re-enactment of the murder scene that
disproved key prosecution claims.
Heywood Broun was the most prominent founder of the American Newspaper
Guild in 1934, a crusading columnist who believed individual journalists have
the power to cause social change. He has provided unstinting
support to AAJA, helping it fulfill its myriad goals, asking for nothing.

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"Every year, for more than 15 years, Skip Rhodes has enthusiastically
helped AAJA to do that and much, much more in fulfilling its mission. He has done so especially with journalists of color,"
said the judges. Although she achieved a position of wealth and
privilege, Dr.org .

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Department of Veterans Affairs has assisted American soldiers returning home
from the war in Iraq. Rhodes' efforts on behalf of his company, Chevron Corp."
Grimm, who joined the Free Press in 1983, is also an advisory board member
for Michigan's Council of Asian Pacific Americans and on the advisory board to
the Great Lakes Books series at Wayne State University Press.

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Matsukawa, a co-anchor with NBC-affiliate KING 5 in Seattle, first joined
the station in 1983 as a reporter and co-anchor for a news show called "Top
Story.
"Beyond her professional achievements, what really stood out was her
continuing support and dedication to the advancement of Asian American
journalists," said award judges. For five years in
Seattle, Rivera also covered higher education and federal courts.

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Rhodes, a former Piedmont, Calif .
In 2001, he was awarded a special citation for investigative reporting
from the National Education Association for special education coverage.

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Barr award also will be presented at the May 3 event,
recognizing a college and high school student for achievements in journalism,
with scholarship awards of $1,500 and $500, respectively. The Communications Workers of
America represents more than 700,000 workers in media and information
technology, telecommunications, printing and publishing , public employment,
health care, higher education, airlines and manufacturing.
Currently a staff writer for the Washington Post, Ray Rivera was a
military affairs reporter for the Seattle Times when he wrote "Suspicion in
the Ranks," a nine-part investigative series chronicling the origins and
collapse of the spy case against Chaplain James Yee.
It is to Rivera's great credit that he never gave up on this story.

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Leadership in Diversity Award: Joe Grimm
Joe Grimm is the 2005 recipient of AAJA's Leadership in Diversity Award,
which honors an individual or corporation that has made strides in promoting
and demonstrating diversity in the news media industry. James Yee reflect the intent and mission of the Dr.

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Judges said their work combined
indefatigable reporting with graceful writing that produced an almost seamless
narrative about a wrongly incarcerated man.

Asian American Journalists Association to Honor Lori Matsukawa Skip Rhodes Joe Grimm and Ray Rivera at 2005 National Convention

"Joe 's contributions go far beyond those of a recruiter.

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In a package of stories titled "Discharged and Dishonored," Chris Adams
and Alison Young uncovered the many ways that American Iraqi war veterans have
been shortchanged or abandoned by the government that is supposed to care for
them, the panel of Broun judges determined. Paul, the Asian American Journalists Association will
present four of its prestigious national awards to Lori Matsukawa of Seattle's
KING 5, former Chevron Corporation executive Skip Rhodes, Detroit Free Press
newsroom recruiter Joe Grimm and Washington Post staff writer Ray Rivera. He and
reporter Janet Tu led the Times' investigative coverage of the Roman Catholic
sexual-abuse scandal."
The award is named in honor of the late Dr.

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The David S., Canada and Puerto Rico. He was with the Chevron Corporation for 46 years, where he was
Manager, Corporate Community Involvement, from 1986 to 2005, responsible for
the company's charitable contributions and community programs. "(His) involvement has
meant that more than $340,000 in scholarship money was awarded by the San
Francisco Bay Area chapter and the national organization.
"And when the Michigan chapter (of AAJA) hosted the forum 'Remembering
Vincent Chin: A Conversation About Civil Rights and Journalism' this spring as
a special fundraiser for the AAJA Endowment Fund, Joe lend his support loud
and clear: He signed on as one of the financial sponsors."

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"Ray Rivera's skillful and determined pursuit of the charges against Army
Capt.

Links related to Journalism as a profession.

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Los Angeles Times Reporters Win Top Honor in 2005 TNG-CWA Broun Awards

She has made it her mission to build a
culture of diversity in newsrooms by mentoring hundreds of young Asian
American journalists. He has
also worked at The Salt Lake Tribune and at two newspapers in his native New
Mexico, where he got his start as a sports reporter and editor. Yee, and in
so doing, opened to readers the true nature of this talented young chaplain.

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Dreyfoos School of
the Arts in Florida, won for her reporting on the West Palm Beach school
system's efforts to block access to websites on gay human rights and abortion.

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companies, and even more remarkably , few individuals, have shown the steady
and unflagging support of AAJA that Mr.
"At a time when many people have lost trust in the media, Rivera is to be
commended for his extensive research over a seven-month period, presentation
of different perspectives, and adherence to the policy of including no
information in the series based on a single unnamed source.

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"Matsukawa is clearly a leader whose
influence and actions inspire change. mayor and city councilmember, is a past
president and current member of the Board of Governors of the Commonwealth
Club of California, current member of World Affairs Council of Northern
California Board and a former chair and member of the Board of Directors for
the Council on Foundations in Washington, D. In 1997, he launched
the JobsPage , a journalism career Web site and then in 2000 directed the
creation of a resource guide called "100 Questions and Answers About Arab
Americans.
"(Joe) has been not only a tireless champion of bringing into the
profession journalists with talent or promise, but also of elevating their
game once they're there. "Detail by painstaking
detail, Rivera revealed the government's flawed case against Capt. By illuminating
the conflicts and tensions that are shaping post-9/11 America, Ray Rivera
tells an important, timely story that continues to remain relevant. Ahn devoted her life to promoting civil rights and social
justice for all Americans, especially women and Asian Americans.

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They also receive
a $1,000 prize.
This year's Broun judges were broadcast journalist Neil MacDonald, CBC;
retired syndicated columnist William Raspberry; editor Rem Rieder, American
Journalism Review; and columnist Connie Schultz, Cleveland Plain Dealer, with
the panel chaired by retired TNG-CWA vice president Larry Hatfield.
Matsukawa's professional awards include ARBY Awards in 1987, 1989, 1992,
1996 and 2000, given by the Academy of Religious Broadcasting; a Society of
Professional Journalists award for Economic Reporting in 1989; and the
"American Scene Award," from the local chapter of the National Academy of
Television Arts + Sciences in 1986.C. When
ASNE said last year it would look to cut job fairs and the student newspaper
at its convention because of hard economic times, Joe was among the first to
sound the alarms about the dangerous effects that would have on newsroom
diversity .

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The award was first presented for work done
in 1941 and is given annually in recognition of "individual journalistic
achievement by members of the working media, particularly if it helps right a
wrong or correct an injustice. 19 at the Hyatt Regency Minneapolis. In 1993, he established Detroit as the first city in the
nation with an annual Minorities in Newspapers Jobs Fair.aaja.

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S., has helped
AAJA nurture the next generation of journalists while expanding the ability of
AAJA to sustain a growing array of projects and services for its members and
for the communities they cover," said the judges .

About AAJA
Founded in 1981, the Asian American Journalists Association is a national ,
non-profit educational association based in San Francisco that has more than
2,300 members.

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