New York Times video journalist Jigar Mehta elected president, Dow Jones credit markets reporter Anusha Shrivastava chosen as vice president.

Fellows will soon begin work on stories in Nepal, Pakistan, India and Afghanistan.

During this season of giving, please support SAJA with a year-end donation that helps the association with its invaluable work and helps you reduce your 2009 tax burden.

SAJA members re-elected three incumbents and added two newcomers to form SAJA's 2010-2011 board, in an election where nine candidates vied for five open seats.

After the annual meeting, stay to catch up with friends at SAJA's holiday party.

The SAJA annual meeting and election will be held December 8 in NYC. The candidates are (in alphabetical order) Arun A. Aguiar, Ambreen Ali, Sovy Azhath, Dipka Bhambhani, Sandeep Junnarkar, John Laxmi, Ismat Sarah Mangla, Anusha Shrivastava and Tejinder Singh. To read their statements and details about the election, click here.

The South Asian Journalists Association will hold an election for five board seats this year. Those wanting to run for a seat need to send in a candidate statement to sajamember [at] gmail [dot] com by November 9.