Tag Archives: newspapers
From Newsprint to New Media: The Evolving Role of Nikkei Newspapers
From newsprint to new media from gillers I had the pleasure in April of giving a presentation, “From Newsprint to New Media: The Evolving Role of Nikkei Newspaper,” followed by a panel which I moderated, looking at the vibrant history of Japanese community newspapers. The program, which was organized by Discover Nikkei, was held at […]
Why it’s important for me to be part of AAJA and in the company of Asian American journalists
Tak Toyoshima, creator of “Secret Asian Man,” and Jeff Yang, one of the editors of the recently-published book “Secret Identities,” sign copies at the 2009 AAJA Convention in Boston. “Where are you from?†“So, where are YOU from?†“Hi, where’re you from?†I was in Boston a couple of weeks ago, at a convention where […]
The Rocky Mountain News’ closure gives me pause
We all live our lives way too fast. We rush to work, work at a fast clip, rush home and barely get a chance to chill out before, as a wimpy ’70s singer-songwriter once crooned, “we get up and do it again.” So the death of the Rocky Mountain News, like the death of a […]
Farewell to the Rocky Mountain News
I know I haven’t been writing much on the blog — I have a bunch of things stacked up, and I’m always babbling in small bits on Twitter and Facebook. But I needed to embed this video from the Rocky Mountain News, which is shutting down today. The Rocky’s staff has been brave and unfliching […]
Are newspapers finally embracing the Web?
Leave it to a former rockcrit — and a McClatchy employee (the company just cut 10% of its workforce nationally) — to come up with an eloquent essay on the decline of the newspaper industry and the ascension of the Internet. Online people, myself included, have been saying for years that the Web should be […]
