{"id":12653,"date":"2010-07-11T18:40:21","date_gmt":"2010-07-11T22:40:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/?p=12653"},"modified":"2010-07-11T18:53:35","modified_gmt":"2010-07-11T22:53:35","slug":"jet-roi-top-ten-best-of-jq-articles-that-support-our-cause","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2010\/07\/11\/jet-roi-top-ten-best-of-jq-articles-that-support-our-cause\/","title":{"rendered":"JET ROI: Top Ten &#8220;Best of JQ&#8221; Articles That Support Our Cause"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/JQ-LOGO-NEW-FINAL.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-12654\" title=\"JQ LOGO NEW FINAL\" src=\"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/JQ-LOGO-NEW-FINAL-300x250.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/JQ-LOGO-NEW-FINAL-300x250.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/JQ-LOGO-NEW-FINAL.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Wondering how JET alums give back to the community and\u00a0make new connections\u00a0with Japan after their\u00a0work on\u00a0the program\u00a0is over?<\/em>\u00a0<a onclick=\"pageTracker._trackPageview('\/outbound\/article\/jetaany.org');\" href=\"http:\/\/jetaany.org\/magazine\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>JQ Magazine<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0<em>Editor <\/em><a onclick=\"pageTracker._trackPageview('\/outbound\/article\/www.examiner.com');\" href=\"http:\/\/www.examiner.com\/x-46636-NY-Japanese-Culture-Examiner\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><em>Justin Tedaldi<\/em><\/strong><\/a><em><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>(Kobe-shi CIR, 2001-02) has\u00a0compiled a list of ten relevant articles from the past two years\u00a0that\u00a0exemplify the dedication of our members.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2010\/07\/11\/best-of-jq-the-bruce-feiler-interview-may-june-2010\/\" target=\"_blank\">2010 May\/June \u2013 Bruce Feiler interview<\/a><\/strong> (an author who&#8217;s\u00a0probably the biggest \u201cJET celebrity\u201d out there.\u00a0Wrote his first book about his JET experiences) <em><strong>by Justin Tedaldi<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2010\/07\/11\/best-of-jq-bridge-building-with-jet-filmmaker-aaron-woolfolk-januaryfebruary-2010\/\" target=\"_blank\">2010 January\/February \u2013 Aaron Woolfolk interview<\/a> <\/strong>(JET alum, first African American to direct a feature film in Japan) <em><strong>by Lyle Sylvander<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2010\/07\/11\/best-of-jq-peace-corps-calls-out-to-jets-januaryfebruary-2010\/\" target=\"_blank\">2010 January\/February \u2013 Peace Corps profile<\/a> <\/strong>(talks with\u00a0those\u00a0who joined Peace Corps after the positive experience they had on JET) <strong><em>by<\/em> <em>Marea Pariser<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2010\/07\/11\/best-of-jq-the-jet-legacy-lives-on-international-visitor-leadership-program-interpreting-fall-2009\/\" target=\"_blank\">2009 Fall \u2013 International Visitor Leadership Program interpreting<\/a><\/strong> (shows how JETs can become invaluable interpreters to continue grassroots internationalization at home) <em><strong>by Stacy Smith<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2010\/07\/11\/best-of-jq-ambassador-shinichi-nishimiya-diplomat-collaborator-fly-fisher-summer-2009\/\" target=\"_blank\">2008 Summer \u2013 Ambassador Nishimiya interview<\/a><\/strong> (boosts visibility of new Japanese officials to our readers;\u00a0demonstrates\u00a0strong relationships between JETAA chapters and local government) <em><strong>by Anne Koller<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2010\/07\/11\/best-of-jq-the-hikaru-utada-interview-spring-2009\/\" target=\"_blank\">2009 Spring \u2013 Hikaru Utada interview<\/a><\/strong> (probably the\u00a0longest English-language interview with Utada out there. It was even <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.goo.ne.jp\/unconsciousnessdiary\/e\/4d9036c5e08ffc696df93a458253d0d8\" target=\"_blank\">translated into Japanese<\/a> by a resourceful\u00a0fan) <em><strong>by Justin Tedaldi<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2010\/07\/11\/best-of-jq-jetaany-hosts-its-first-author-showcase-spring-2009\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>2009 Spring \u2013<\/strong> <strong>JETAANY Author Showcase<\/strong><\/a> (names four notable JET alum authors and also stands as a unique event organized by\u00a0JETAANY) <em><strong>by Gina Anderson and Justin Tedaldi<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2010\/07\/11\/best-of-jq-springtime-for-sakurai-spring-2009\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>2009 Spring \u2013<\/strong>\u00a0<\/a><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2010\/07\/11\/best-of-jq-springtime-for-sakurai-spring-2009\/\" target=\"_blank\">President Sakurai of <strong>Japan Society <\/strong>interview<\/a> <\/strong>(this piece examines JET&#8217;s relationship with non-profit cultural centers and \u00a0is included in Japan Society media kits) <em><strong>by Justin Tedaldi<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2010\/07\/11\/best-of-jq-all-politics-is-local-a-discussion-with-inuyama-city-councilman-anthony-bianchi-fall-2008\/#more-12543\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>2008 Fall \u2013<\/strong> <strong>Anthony Bianchi interview<\/strong><\/a> (JET done good in Japan) <em><strong>by Michael Glazer<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2010\/07\/11\/best-of-jq-pride-of-the-yankees-far-east-edition-summer-2008\/#more-12536\" target=\"_blank\">2008 Summer \u2013 George Rose interview<\/a> <\/strong>(JET done good at home) <em><strong>by Stacy Smith<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Comments are welcome. Spread the word!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wondering how JET alums give back to the community and\u00a0make new connections\u00a0with Japan after their\u00a0work on\u00a0the program\u00a0is over?\u00a0JQ Magazine\u00a0Editor Justin Tedaldi\u00a0(Kobe-shi CIR, 2001-02) has\u00a0compiled a list of ten relevant articles from the past two years\u00a0that\u00a0exemplify the dedication of our members. 2010 May\/June \u2013 Bruce Feiler interview (an author who&#8217;s\u00a0probably the biggest \u201cJET celebrity\u201d out there.\u00a0Wrote [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4,291,282],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12653","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articlejournalism","category-jq-magazine","category-jet-roi"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pkZ7m-3i5","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12653","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12653"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12653\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12661,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12653\/revisions\/12661"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12653"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12653"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12653"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}