AAJA-Asia VP of Hong Kong, Ramy Inocencio, is featured on AAJA.org for Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month. Ramy is our dear leader for the second annual media conference with AAJA-Asia and JMSC-HKU. 

I am getting excited for the 2012 AAJA-JMSC media conference this Saturday May 12 at the University of Hong Kong. Over 15 AAJA members traveled across Asia to attend the conference. 

This is the second media conference organized by the Asia chapter of Asian American Journalists Association and HKU’s Journalism & Media Studies Center. I help put together a social media panel which featured CNN’s Kristie Lu Stout, Hong Kong-based social media consultant Jay Oatway and Knight Center for Digital Media Entreprenuership’s Dan Gillmor to discuss the best practices for journalists to use social media in 2012. I also invited the director of Asia’s first social media lab, James She, to talk about the science behind social media. 

We will have a session on mobile journalism and a hands-on interactive editing demonstration on Instagram. 

The full program can be found here. 

We have a great line-up of speakers for the conference. How often do you get to attend a journalism conference in Hong Kong? Here is your chance! It’s not too late to register. Register before Thursday May 10 for the discounted rate at HK$300 for general public and HK$100 for students. Register now.

Track the conversations online with the conference hashtag #AAJA12

My new sounds:

I just found my excuse to go back to New York in 2013!!!!!

aajaonline:

March 28, 2012

SAN FRANCISCO — The Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA) is pleased to announce the selection of AAJA’s New York chapter as the 2013 host for the 1,400-member organization’s national convention.

“On behalf of the New York chapter, we are delighted and proud to host…

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I am promoting one of my favorite activities in Hong Kong - Instagram Photo Walks. I belong to this Instagram meetup group (#InstaMeet) where we do photo walks once a month. We are celebrating the tenth photo walk since our group was established ten months ago. Don’t know what Instagram is? It’s a photo sharing social media mobile app that uses the principles of Twitter. Currently this app is only available on Apple’s iOS devices but it’s coming to Android soon! Here is the text about the photo walk, any questions, feel free to ask me! I am involved behind-the-scenes of this group. 

I welcome any photo lovers whether you use Instagram or not to join us! Especially if you are visiting Hong Kong!

Poster created by Tyson Wheatly. Text by Riley Edwards and Tyson Wheatly. Chinese translation by Boo Lau and Vanessa Edwards.

“HK InstaYay 第十次的聚會將會在1月15日（星期日）於石澳舉行。

當日的行程會分成兩部份，我們會由筲箕灣地鐵站集合，一同乘搭9號巴士到歌連臣角道，開始我們遠足的行程。我們會攀過龍脊山步行至石澳村，沿途風景幽美，龍脊山更曾被《時代雜誌（亞洲版）》選為「全亞洲最佳市區遠足點」，全程大約三小時。

如有部份人未能參加遠足的行程，可以於下午三時到筲箕灣地鐵站集合，直接乘搭9號巴士到石澳，會合其他遠足的InstaYayers。

屆時我們會到石澳泳灘作隨影及享用晚膳。

這次活動是由HK InstaYay 的三位創辦人再次籌辦的，他們已經準備了一連串的驚喜送給大家，希望大家積極參與，一同慶祝HK InstaYay X! 

集合時間及地點：

參加遠足的朋友，請於下午12時正到筲箕灣地鐵站A3出口集合。（召集人：Tyson, @twheat）

未能參加遠足的朋友，請於下午3時正到筲箕灣地鐵站A3出口集合。（召集人：Pete, @furkidsinhk）

溫馨提示：請遠足的朋友帶備足夠的飲用水及禦寒衣物，穿著適合遠足的衣著。當然要帶備照相機啦！

不論你是用iPhone或是用其他相機拍照的Instagram用戶，都無任歡迎。

如有興趣參加的朋友，請與我們今次活動的召集人聯絡，或於以下留言，並請註明會否參與遠足活動。

熱切期待你的參與 :D

Announcing the details for the tenth Hong Kong Instayay - a monthly Instameet and photowalk - which is happening Sunday, Jan 15 from noon! 

For adventurous people, @twheat will take us on a hike along the spectacular Dragon’s Back to enjoy some of best views Hong Kong has to offer as we make our way to Shek O village.

For the less adventurous, @furkidsinhk will take you there by bus. But we hope most of you will join the hike!

Once we’re all there, we will walk along the beach and grab dinner. 

Your hosts for this event are the original founders - @furkidsinhk @rig_ and @twheat. Please join us as we celebrate our milestone #hkinstayay10.

Fun, friends, and incredible views await you along HK’s best urban trail. And we are planning a few surprises. You don’t want to miss this! 

Please note, this is a 5 to 6 hour event. The hike will likely take 3 hours (slowly walking), we will have a group dinner (optional) around 4pm and walk around Shek O and along the beach too. 

Two start times:

Hikers meet at 12pm.

Shau Kei Wan MTR station (Island Line), exit A3. 

Once we have everyone, we will take bus #9 to Cape Collinson and the start of the trail. 

Non-Hikers meet at 3pm.

Shau Kei Wan MTR station, exit A3

That group will take bus #9 all the way to Shek O.

Important things to bring:

• Appropriate shoes for trails 
• A hat
• Warm clothing (sweater, jacket)
• Water 
• Camera! 

Everyone is welcome. Please leave a comment below if you plan to come or contact one of the founders, and tell us of you are hiking or not. We look forward to seeing you at HK Instayay 10 - Dragon’s Back to Shek O.”

Pato’s (@patomotown) version of Ordinary People at Underground Atlanta

Morris Brown College Marching Band at Downtown Atlanta

Check out this post by my friend John Chew about Social Media Week Hong Kong.