V3 Digital Media Conference presented by AAJA-LA

By Kristen Taketa V3con’s next featured early registrant is music blogger Nelson Wong. He manages his own blog about Asian Americans in the entertainment industry, called AARisings, which had its origins in 1990. Nelson is a past V3con attendee and is returning to the conference for another weekend of reconnecting with old friends and meeting new ones. Here’s more about this early-bird...

By Kristen Taketa V3con early birds Frances Kai-Hwa and Hao Hao Wang are connected by more than just blood relations: They also share a fervent love for Asian American media. The mother and daughter, who spend dinner time chatting about the latest Asian American media news, were also attendees at V3con 2012 and together were among the first to sign up to return to V3con this year. Frances...

By Mariecar Mendoza Award-winning Los Angeles chef Roy Choi is slated to be honored with V3con's "Vision" Award for being at the forefront of the upscale food truck phenomenon, driven by innovative use of social media. The Korean-born chef is among the founding members of Kogi Korean BBQ To-Go @kogibbq, which dishes out flavorful fusions of Korean and Mexican food throughout the streets of...

By Irene Marie Cruz Richard Lui, an MSNBC and NBC News anchor, will be the recipient of a "Vision" Award at this year’s V3con. He'll receive the award during the V3con Opening Awards Reception,  June 14 at the Pacific Asia Museum. Lui has previously reported for CNN, covering stories in regions ranging from Europe to Asia and domestically. Some of his reports have included...

By Sonali Kohli Digital media buffs will once again fill the Japanese American National Museum for the second annual V3con this year, as the museum returns to host the conference for the second year in a row. The museum, at the heart of Downtown Los Angeles’ Little Tokyo, also hosted the first V3con in 2012, along with the National Center for the Preservation of Democracy. V3con...

By Sonali Kohli The V3con Opening Night Awards Reception will return to the Pacific Asia Museum in Pasadena on Friday, June 14. The museum will host a night of music, entertainment and awards to kick off the conference. More than 200 people filled the Pacific Asia Museum’s open-air courtyard for V3con’s first reception on Aug. 24, 2012, with scores of attendees tweeting about the live...

  By Kristen Taketa First Coca-Cola, now Verizon: One more sponsor is coming back to V3con for another weekend of blogging and digital media. Verizon, which also supported last year’s V3con and AAJA-LA’s past two Trivia Bowls, is returning as a gold sponsor for V3con 2013. Verizon officials wanted to work with V3con again because the conference’s goal to educate...

By Kristen Taketa The Coca-Cola Company has signed on as V3con’s first sponsor for this year, making its mark as a key donor for the two-year-old conference. Its officials will help fund the event with a silver sponsorship, along with providing all non-alcoholic beverages for the gathering in June. AAJA-LA organizers say they appreciate the company’s continued support over the past...

The V3 Digital Media Conference (V3con) is back for another year of engaging digital media-related programing, and conference goers can take advantage of early bird registration now. Folks can register at http://v3con.com/registration/ for the early bird rate until March 31. V3con will be held Saturday, June 15, 2013 at the Japanese American National Museum in Little Tokyo, in downtown Los...

Do you have something to say or a skill to teach others? Got an idea for a great discussion? Apply to be a panelist at V3Con. We're looking for speakers to be a part of 2013 V3Con (Vision. Visibility. Voice.) to be a part of an ever-growing conference that teaches skills and evokes discussion around Asian American and Pacific Islanders in digital and social media, journalism, blogging and...

After a lengthy battle with leukemia, Janet Liang passed away on September 12, 2012. V3con audiences learned about Liang’s plight on the panel For the Health of It, where her best friend, LiAnn Ishizuka was a panelist. V3con attendees were also able to participate in the Team Janet Bone Marrow Registry drive on-site on the day of the conference. Liang was diagnosed with leukemia in 2009...

For nonprofits, the use of social media strategy is still in development.. Facebook, Twitter, and Tumblr — these social-networking powerhouses are commonly linked to reckless teens, crazed in their addictions to their online lives and the personas they assume over the internet.  Despite the stigma, however, social media sites are being used productively to promote nonprofit...