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A Home for Arab & Middle Eastern Journalists
AMEJA is where influence grows. We connect journalists across the world’s leading newsrooms, build community, and reshape coverage of the communities that shaped us.
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Find your people. Build support. Strengthen MENA voices in U.S. media.
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Fresh reporting resources
Practical tips for precise, humane coverage drawn from newsroom experience.
Statements with impact
Clear, principled positions that push the industry toward better standards.
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Celebrating outstanding reporting and elevating work that deepens understanding of Arab, Middle Eastern, North African, and West Asian communities.
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Who we are
Where community becomes influenceAMEJA is a home base for Arab, Middle Eastern, and North African journalists—people who carry tough stories with care and change the rooms they’re in. We trade notes, share contacts, build mentorship pipelines, and raise the standard for how our communities are covered. It’s practical, it’s personal, and it moves the needle. Founded in 2005 • Registered 501(c)(3) in 2006 • Members across leading newsrooms
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Why we need AMEJA
Because changing coverage takes community
For generations, our stories were told about us—not with us. AMEJA flips that script. We connect journalists across the biggest newsrooms, back each other when coverage gets tough, and push for standards that reflect our communities’ reality. That’s how beats get smarter, newsrooms get braver, and audiences get closer to the truth.
- Pipelines that work: mentorship and peer networks that turn talent into bylines.
- Better standards, faster: guides and statements adopted across newsrooms.
- Real-world impact: workshops, panels, and campaigns that move the industry.
