Asian American Journalists Association Urges Responsible Coverage of Arab Americans.News/Assignment Editors SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 12, 2001 As we cover the horrific events of Sept. 11, the Asian American Journalists Association The Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA) was founded in 1981 by several Asian American journalists who felt a need to support greater participation by Asian Americans in the news media. urges the nation's news media to continue the responsible reporting on our nation's Arab American communities that has marked coverage so far. Our profession has the opportunity and the responsibility to inform the public about the many facets of this national tragedy. At the same time, we can help ensure that the devastating events in New York, Washington D.C. and Pennsylvania do not lead to further injustices against other Americans. Arab Americans, along with all of us, are victims of this attack. Already, there is much concern within Arab American communities in our nation about the backlash that might result from Tuesday's attacks. These fears are fueled by reports that link these attacks to Arab or Islamic terrorists. The Detroit Free Press The Detroit Free Press is the largest daily newspaper in Detroit, Michigan, USA. It is sometimes informally referred to as the "Freep". Some still refer to it locally as "The Friendly" -- a slogan from an ad campaign in the '70s. has put together an excellent guide for journalists titled, "100 Questions and Answers About Arab Americans." The guide is available online at http://www.freep.com/jobspage/arabs/index.htm. The following web sites and published articles can also serve as valuable resources for journalists covering this national tragedy: Arab American Anti-Discrimination Committee -- http://www.adc.org/ Arab American and Chaldean Council -- http://www.arabacc.org/ Arab American Chamber of Commerce -- http://www.arabchamber.org/ Arab American Institute Founded in 1985, the Arab American Institute is a non-profit, membership organization and advocacy group based in Washington D.C. that focuses on the issues and interests of Arab-Americans nationwide. James Zogby, brother of pollster John Zogby, is founder and president of the AAI. : http://www.aaiusa.org/ Arab Film Distribution: http://www.arabfilm.com "Arab -- Americans, Muslims Fear Backlash" by the Associated Press -- http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/national/AP-Attacks-Arabs-and -Muslims.html?searchpv=aponline (Due to the length of this URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. , it may be necessary to copy and paste To copy files from one location to another or to copy text and images from one document to another. All modern operating systems and applications have a copy and paste capability that is typically selected from an Edit menu. See cut and paste and Win Copy between windows. this hyperlink into your Internet browser's URL address field.) "Bay Area Muslims fear reprisals, misplaced mis·place tr.v. mis·placed, mis·plac·ing, mis·plac·es 1. a. To put into a wrong place: misplace punctuation in a sentence. b. blame" by the San Jose Mercury News The San Jose Mercury News is the major daily newspaper in San Jose, California and Silicon Valley. The paper is owned by MediaNews Group. Its headquarters and printing plant are located in North San Jose next to the Nimitz Freeway (Interstate 880). -- http://www0.mercurycenter.com/premium/local/docs/backlash12.htm AAJA is a non-profit membership organization with about 1700 members. Our mission is to encourage Asian Pacific Americans to enter the ranks of journalism; work for fair and accurate coverage of Asian Pacific Americans; and increase the number of Asian Pacific American journalists and news managers in the industry. Our thoughts are with all the victims of the attacks. |
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