Oakland, CA, USA
$500 - $1500 / Day
Jun’s 13 years in journalism have taken her from reporting on Alaska Natives’ opposition to oil drilling in the Arctic National Wilidlife Refuge, to the fight against the U.S. military expansion in Guam and Okinawa. She’s interviewed Chinese-American grocers who live along the Mississippi Delta, and covered the resistance against Monsanto’s use of herbicides in Puerto Rico. And she spent over 5 years on filming the documentary Futbolistas 4 Life, about youth from undocumented families in East Oakland and a student-led fight for a safe place to play in response to the violent deaths of their classmates. Jun has worked on documentaries that have premiered at SXSW and broadcasted on ESPN and MSNBC. Her work can also be seen in the Washington Post, the Associated Press and KQED. She joined AJ+ three months before the Al Jazeera channel officially launched in 2014, back when they were one of a few news organizations experimenting with video for social media. Her AJ+ team Untold America won three Regional Emmy Awards, and Futbolistas 4 Life was an official selection of the San Francisco International Film Festival. She’s a '19 Online News Association Women’s Leadership Accelerator fellow and a jury judge for the International Documentary Association awards. She’s a former SFFILM House resident and BAVC National MediaMaker fellow. Her work has also been supported by Women in Film, Glassbreaker Films, the Berkeley Film Foundation and other funders. Jun grew up in Oakland, California and Kobe, Japan, has also lived in Los Angeles, Cork, Ireland and along the Mississippi River in Northern Illinois, and has traveled to over 20 countries across Asia, Latin America, Europe and North Africa.
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The U.S. territory of Guam has a unique history as one of the longest-running colonies in history. How did it get this way? Full series can be seen here: ajplus.co/guamterritory
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Iranian-American AJ+ Producer Yara Elmjouie takes us to meet his parents and reflects on his own experience growing up as a second-generation Iranian-American. Entire series can be found here: ajplus.co/iranianamericans
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Dena Takruri gets rare access inside Monsanto's Puerto Rico operation, where they get huge tax breaks to test and grow GMO seeds. Meanwhile, thousands of plaintiffs across the U.S. are suing the corporation, claiming that its weedkiller Roundup has caused cancer. In Puerto Rico, locals are blaming Monsanto for getting them sick.
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