AAJA-DC news is the newsletter for the Washington DC-Baltimore chapter of the Asian American Journalists Association. The chapter organizes events throughout the Virginia-DC-Maryland area to provide members professional, social, cultural and networking opportunities. AAJA is a national non-profit association founded in 1981 with a three-fold mission: To encourage Asian Pacific Americans to enter the ranks of journalism; To work for fair and accurate coverage of Asian Pacific Americans; To increase the number of Asian Pacific American journalists and news managers in the industry.