Proud members/partners with the Society of Professional Journalists.

Founded in 1999, NAAJA is a network of professional journalists of American Arab heritage working in the mainstream American news media and Arab American ethnic media. We are proud to include several networking chapters in the United States and also NAAJA-Palestine, the local Chapter for Palestinian Journalists.

We seek to network with all American Arab journalists of Middle East background, or those professionals who work in the American Arab ethnic media or mainstream American media with ties to American Arab journalism training. We are a non-political, professional organizations. We do not engage in political debate, but we do know how difficult it is in the post-Sept. 11, 2001 America to be "American Arab." We discuss and explore those issues among other mainstream journalism issues.

We adhere to the Society of Professional Journalists Code of Ethics. We are partners with the SPJ and coordinate the SPJ American Arab Journalism Section and the al-Sahafiyeen Blog. (If you are a NAAJA and SPJ member, we encourage you to participate in the al-Sahifiyeen Blog.) We also network with many other Arab American journalism organizations and professionals. We welcome your participation.

Take the first steps to strengthen your Arab American professional journalism voice by:

1) submitting news items for posting on the NAAJA Blog (Go there?)
2) submit your digital photo and short bio for inclusion on our "Who We Are" Page, and
3) join the SPJ and the new SPJ-Arab Journalism Section. THE SPJ is an official partner with NAAJA.
4) join the NAAJA-US discussion list on Yahoo Groups

NAAJA offers many benefits

- Networking with other American Arab Journalists
- A NAAJA-Leadership Discussion list to address manjor issues across the country
- Conferences, partnerships and networking to help you become a more professional journalist
- Resources for American Arab journalists and non-Arab journalists to help better cover the American Arab community and the Middle East
- Monitors the growth and challenges of the American Arab news media (print, broadcast and online)

For more information, to coordinate events, or to network, email us at:rayhanania@comcast.net

Or, write to:

NAAJA,
PO Box 2127,
Orland Park, IL 60462
eFax: 708-575-9078

What you will find on the NAAJA Web Site:

We have linked to a national events page where you can find information about Arab American community events, and other event calendars from across the nation. We include our NAAJA events on that page for review. We want to hear from all our members and any Arab American journalist. Our goal is to network everyone together to improve professionalism through communications, which is our profession.

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