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Membership Categories:

Full Member (full or parttime reporter, editor or journalist with a newspaper, radio or TV station)

Communications Member (anyone in the field of public relations or communications)

Student member (full or parttime students)

Literary Writer (poets, authors, writers, freelance, fulltime for non-journalism media)

Associate (all other writing categories, and non-Arab)

For more information, to coordinate events or to network, please email:

Or write to

NAAJA
PO Box 2127
Orland Park, IL 60462

eFax: 708-575-9078

Join the NAAJA-US Discussion list and share your achievements in journalism, network with other journalists and discuss professional journalism issues as they relate to American Arabs.
CLICK HERE to join.
(NOTE: Join NAAJA first below. Then, join the mailing list. Please include your full name, full mailing address, telephone, your Arab heritage, email and bio in fulltime, freelance or student journalism.)

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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How to Launch a Chapter | Join NAAJA (it's free)

NAAJA-US Guidelines/Membership Application/Chapter Launch

• NAAJA is a professional organization for journalists in print, broadcast and online media who are of Arab heritage. Membership also includes individuals working in professional communications and also students of media and communications.
  
• NAAJA does not charge a membership fee, however there is a membership fee required to join AAJA and receive their full benefits.
  
• Our goals are to bring professional journalists from the Middle East together and to create a networking environment free of politics that helps members meet, promote and help each other professionally.
  
• We abide by the SPJ Code of Ethics.
  
• We encourage "members" to organize chapters in their cities and take control of their activities. We wish to network with ALL Arab and Middle East Journalism organizations, but our focus is journalists from the Arab World and of Arab heritage or who work for American Arab publications.
  
• We host journalism and writing contests, such as the Mehdi Courage in Journalism Awards; sponsor regional conferences and seminars; and, provide a journalism scholarship for students of Middle Eastern heritage who are entering their first year of journalism school.
  
• We're not here to boss you around. We are here to help you build your professional journalism career.
  
• We are NOT a political advocacy organization, except in the context of advocating professional journalism conduct by the mainstream media and by the American Arab ethnic media. While we address political issues, we do so only in the context of professional Journalism. Our members are Arab or of Arab heritage or married to individuals of Arab heritage or work at American Arab publications and media.
  
• We strive to help American Arab journalists become more professional. We work to engage American Arabs to insure that their journalism product is in harmony with the fundamentals of professional journalism. We strive to be journalists, not activists or advocates for a cause. We seek to insure that our written product is consistent with professional journalism and we endeavor to avoid becoming advocates for "popular causes" in our community. We are not activists for political issues, but journalists for accuracy, fairness. balance, and principle.

Submit Your Application for membership (it's free):

MEMBERSHIP SUBMISSION FORM:

Once you are accepted, you can also join the NAAJA-Yahoo Group Discussion List ... we will also add your name and bio-brief to our Who We Are Page ... (IMPORTANT: After you complete and send the form, it will say it can't go through to the web page. The information has been sent but to get back to the NAAJA-US.com web page, use the BACK BUTTON. Sorry for any inconvenience.)

Your Name
Journalism Category
Media Name
Media Type
Street
City, State, Zip
Details on your Journalism background (and indicate your Arab heritage)
Your email
Your telephone
Your web page
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The email will be sent but it will take you to an error page when it is done. We're trying to fix this, but rest assured your form will be sent and received. Sorry for any inconvenience.

How to Launch a NAAJA Chapter

Check to see if you have a NAAJA Chapter in your city. Chapters must be approaved by the national committee which consists of the national coordinator and coordinators of the chapters.

Bring together at least 5 (or more) journalists or writers or communicators or students studying any of these field who are of Arab heritage and conduct an initial meeting.

Select a chapter coordinator (or elect a President, Secretary or Treasurer). (Chapters are encouraged to grow their membership during their first year and should have elections by the beginning of the second year. Elections should be held annually for the three offices mentioned.

Send us the contact information and you are ready to go.

Attend our journalism conferences to network with other American Arab journalists and share your experiences and oyur ideas.