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A testimonial from Harper's Magazine

"With the help of SAJA, I was able to find a freelance journalist for a specific project in India in a matter of hours. In addition to this, I now have a list of freelance contacts in India for future reference. All of the journalists who responded to my request have excellent and diverse qualifications. SAJA has helped me tremendously."

Michelle Mounts
Harper's Magazine, New York, Nov. 2004

Ask SAJA

Have a question about South Asia, South Asians in the United States, the media in South Asia or the US ethnic press? Let SAJA help you find the answers you're looking for!  

Send us your question and it will be forwarded to a select group of SAJA members who are standing by to provide accurate, timely information. And, if they do not know the answers themselves, they certainly know where to look it up or whom to refer you to (isn't that the sign of a good journalist anyway?)...

The e-mail address: saja [at] columbia [dot] edu

If you're on deadline, you can also try calling 212-854-5979.

Meanwhile, have you visited the SAJA Stylebook for Covering South Asia and the South Asian Diaspora? You might just find answers to what you are looking for there. Keyword: might!

Also see our Freelance Forum - to find freelancers in South Asian & North America and our Reporting Tips section.

This page offers resources for improving coverage of South Asians.

Nonprofits: Getting Your News in the News

Tips for nonprofits looking to get more media exposure. Public relations is not a focus of SAJA, but we're interested in improving communications between community groups and the media.

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U.S. Media in South Asia

A listing of full-time correspondents and producers for North American media outlets in South Asia. Most U.S. correspondents cover the Subcontinent from their stations in New Delhi, unless otherwise specified. Business publications are increasingly posting people in Mumbai as well.

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SAJA South Asia Self-Study Guide

This guide is intended to help journalists better understand South Asia. This is a work in progress - please send comments, corrections, additions to our editor: saja[at]columbia.edu (subject line="self-study guide"). Last updated: March 11, 2002.

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SAJA Stylebook for Covering South Asia & the South Asian Diaspora

The Stylebook we've assembled here is not so much a reference work as it is as a reminder--a reminder to journalists that covering the disparate South Asian communities challenges us to take our reporting and editing skills a step further.

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Source List: Experts for Journalists

A source list for reporters to use when covering topics related to South Asians.

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Hurricane Katrina Resources

In the last week of August 2005, Hurricane Katrina became the worst natural disaster in U.S. history. What South Asians are doing to help + story ideas. Compiled by Sreenath Sreenivasan and S. Mitra Kalita, with input from around the globe.

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