Posts & Presentations
Vice President of Online Media and board member:
Asian American Journalists Association, L.A. Chapter, 2012-2013
Region 2 director: Society of News Design, 2010-2013
Assistant Art Director & Mentor: Unity Journalists for Color student publication. Every four years the Asian American Journalists Association, the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association, the National Association of Hispanic Journalists and the Native American Journalists Association unite for a mega-conference in 2012
Art Director: Voices with Asian American Journalists Association, 2009-2011
Region 2 director: East Coast Metro division of the Society of News Design, 2008
Board member
UNITY Visual Task Force, 2008
Student critique panel: SND Student Program, Boston, 2007
Participant: AAJA Executive Leadership Program Advanced Session, Miami, 2007
Representative: San Jose Mercury News Guild Representatives Assembly 2007
Board member: Learning Newsroom project steering committee, 2006
Speaking Engagements
Oct. 10, 2012: SND-Cleveland Board Meeting, Cleveland Plain-Dealer, "5 Simple Steps for Building Your Team";
March 25, 2012: CommWeek 2012 Speaker, California State University, Fullerton, College of Communications, "Power of Teamwork"
March 2011: California State University, Long Beach, Department of Journalism & Mass Communications, "Collaboration and Good Design"
November 2010: Chapman University, School of Journalism & Mass Communications, "Basics of Good Design"
September 2007: SND Quick Course, The Fresno Bee, “Collaboration is the
Key To Pages That Pop”
August 2007: AAJA convention in Miami, "Power of Teamwork"
March 2007: San Francisco State University, Graduate School of Journalism, "Fundamentals of Effective Design"
Contest Judging
Best of Collegiate Design: Judge, College Media Association, Colorado State University, Features and Front Page Design categories, June 2012
WAN-INFRA Asia Media Awards: Judge, photojournalism category,
February 2012
SND 21st Best of Newspaper Design Creative Competition: Facilitator, February 2010
Landmark Community Newspapers Inc.: Judge, Best Page Design, Landmark Community Newspapers Inc., Editorial Contest February 2008
SND 18th Best of Newspaper Design Creative Competition: Facilitator, February 2007