Bobby Caina Calvan was named AAJA Member of the Year at the Asian American Journalism Association conference Aug. 26. The award recognized his work as chair of AAJA’s MediaWatch Committee, which monitors newsrooms for fair and accurate coverage of minorities, and lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender communities.
Calvan, who leads the AAJA’s Heartland Diversity Project, has been working with College of Journalism and Mass Communications faculty and students to produce stories involving LGBT communities and communities of color. He is a former national political reporter at the Boston Globe.
http://www.aaja.org/2014-award-winners/
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