Open Letter From Ethnic Media on New Orleans Redistricting
New America Media, Op-ed, Posted: Jun 30, 2011
After convening to discuss redistricting in New Orleans, ethnic media organizations prepared this open letter to the Times Picayune and the Press Club of New Orleans.
Categories: African American, Asian, Collaborative Reporting, Ethnic Media Network, Events, Latino, Law & Justice, Media, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Redistricting
Tags: neworleans, redistricting
NAM Briefing: In Post-Katrina New Orleans, Redistricting Is Just the Start
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jun 30, 2011
At a June 21 meeting, news organizations discussed how to assure that ethnic minorities don't lose ground as post-Katrina political maps are drawn.
Categories: African American, Asian, Collaborative Reporting, Front Page, Latino, Law & Justice, Media, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Redistricting
Tags: neworleans, redistricting
La Opinión Reaches Out to Young Latinos in LA’s Boyle Heights
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jun 28, 2011
L.A.’s Boyle Heights neighborhood doesn’t get much coverage—or respect. But a new bilingual publication edited by youth will help change that.
Categories: Front Page, Latino, Media, Original NAM Content, Youth Culture
Tags: annenbergschoolofjournalism, boyleheights, laopinión, latinomedia, losangeles, usc, youthjournalists
From WikiLeaks to SB 1070—The Rise of the New Global Hacktivists
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Jun 28, 2011
In just a few months, as one expert puts it, the hacktivist group Anonymous "has gone from the background of hacker culture to the forefront of global politics.”
Categories: Front Page, International Affairs, Law & Justice, Media, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Science & Technology, Top Stories, War & Conflict, Youth Culture
Tags: Anonymous, Blackblocmovement, BradleyManning, cyberattack, hacker, hacktivism, hacktivists, JulianAssange, LulzSec, Sony, WikiLeaks, WTO
After Vargas, More Scrutiny for Latinos, Immigrants in the Newsroom?
The Root, News Analysis, Posted: Jun 27, 2011
The confession by Filipino immigrant Jose Antonio Vargas that he has been in the U.S. illegally since childhood prompted predictions that Latinos — the group most associated with undocumented immigration — could face increased scrutiny in newsrooms.
Categories: Arizona Watch, Ethnic Media Network, Front Page, Immigration, Latin America, Latino, Law & Justice, Media
Tags: illegalimmigration, Jose Antonio Vargas, newsrooms, NewYorkTimes, NPR, SanfrancisoChronicle, undocumentedimmigrants, Washington Post
Mobile Tech in Classrooms Boost English Learners
New America Media, Photo Essay, Posted: Jun 27, 2011
Use of mobile devices in a Hayward, Calif., classroom puts English language learners on the fast track.
Categories: Education, Immigration, Latino, Media, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Photo Galleries, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: bilingualeducation, classroomtechnology, digitaldivide, Englishlanguagelearners, Hayward, mobiledevices, students, tyrrellelementary
Al Jazeera Wilts in Arab Spring
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Jun 26, 2011
By becoming the voice of its owners instead of the people it was covering, the once popular Al Jazeera network has wilted in the Arab Spring.
Categories: International Affairs, Media, Middle Eastern, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: Al Jazeera, biased coverage, losing viewership, muzzle, silencing different views
Undocumented Journalist Talks About Pulitzer in 2009 Filipino Channel Interview
"Balitang America"—The Filipino Channel, Video, Posted: Jun 24, 2011
In a 2009 interview with The Filipino Channel, undocumented journalist Jose Antonio Vargas talked about his life in America and what it meant to win the Pulitzer.
Categories: Asian, Ethnic Media Network, Front Page, Intersections, Media, Top Stories, Video
Tags: Dream Act, Filipino Americans, Filipinos, illegal alien, Philippines, Pulitzer Prize, undocumented Filipino journalist, Washington Post
Eva Gabrielsson: The Real Story Behind Stieg Larsson
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Jun 24, 2011
She was author Stieg Larsson's companion for 32 years and now she's out to tell the truth about the man and the mystery behind the girl with the dragon tattoo.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Audio, European, Gender & Sexuality, International Affairs, Media, New America Now, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: biography, companion, dragon, eva gabrielsson, lisbeth salander, memoir, millennium, real, stieg larsson, story, tattoo, there are things i want you to know about stieg larsson and me, trilogy, truth
New Wave of Iraqi Bloggers Cover Stories Ignored in the West
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Jun 24, 2011
While Iraq bleeds, Western media have ignored heightened violence. And Iraqi bloggers—in English and Arabic--are increasingly important news sources.
Categories: Media, Middle Eastern, Multi-ethnic, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: bloggers, blogs, Iraq, Kurdistan, news media, Northern Iraq, Riverbend, Wahda.net, Where's Raed
The Wavelength: Wikileaks Not Sexy Enough for U.S. Media
New America Media, Roundup, Posted: Jun 20, 2011
This issue of Wavelength, the Media Consortium’s blog on the media, contains stories on WikiLeaks, the FCC, Bill Moyers and more.
Categories: Media
Tags: at&t, billmoyers, fairnessdoctrine, fcc, wallstreetjournal, wikileaks
Redistricting: DOJ Shouldn't Have OK'ed Northern Va. Map
New America Media, Editorial, Posted: Jun 19, 2011
In an op-ed, ethnic media from the Washington, D.C., area express their disappointment at the DOJ's decision to approve a redistricting map that would limit the voting power of people of color.
Categories: African American, Asian, Front Page, Latino, Law & Justice, Media, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Redistricting, Top Stories
Tags: DOJ, NorthernVirginia, PrinceWilliamCounty, redisticting, virginianewmajority, votingrightsact
NAM Radio: Weinergate & Gender, Iran Hiker's Mother, Journalist Deaths, Mambo King Hijuelos, Ahmed's Just Like Us
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Jun 17, 2011
New Show: Weinergate & gender politics, Iran hiker's mother speaks, journalist deaths across the globe, Oscar Hijuelos's new memoir, comedian Ahmed Ahmed.
Categories: African American, Arts & Entertainment, Audio, Eye on Egypt , Gender & Sexuality, Immigration, International Affairs, Intersections, Law & Justice, Media, Middle Eastern, New America Now, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Religion, South Asian, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: #weinergate, 2012 project, ahmed ahmed, anthony weiner, chauncey bailey, cindy hickey, death, divorce, documentary, gender, huma abedin, iran, journalist, just like us, mambo kings, mary hughes, memoir, oscar hijuelos, politics, resign, resignation, shane bauer, thoughts without cigarettes, weinergate
My Addiction to Social Networking
New America Media, First Person, Posted: Jun 16, 2011
I tried shutting down my Facebook, but it wasn't long before Facebook won again.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Media, Original NAM Content, Science & Technology, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: addict, addicted, addiction, facebook, media, myspace, social, social media, social network, social networking, tumblr, twitter
A Social Media Riot Made for TV
The Tyee, First Person, Posted: Jun 16, 2011
This wasn't '94. Last night's riot in Vancouver was weirder, more violent, driven by a lust for digital attention.
Categories: Media, Science & Technology, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: socialmediariots, thetyee, vancouverriots
Michigan Ethnic and Minority Media Organizations Forge Landmark Partnership
The Arab American News, News Report, Posted: Jun 16, 2011
Two southeast Michigan media organizations recently forged a new partnership spotlighting contributions of the region's ethnic, minority and immigrant entrepreneurs.
Categories: Ethnic Media Network, Ethnic Media in the News, Front Page, Intersections, Media
Tags: ethnicmedia, immigrantentrepreneurs, Michigan, NewMichiganMedia, smallbusiness
2011 Dictionary of Slang: Bay Area Edition
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jun 14, 2011
Do you think you know all the local slang? Think again. Here's a list of words commonly used in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Categories: Media, Original NAM Content, Top Stories, Youth Culture
Tags: bay, dictionary, oakland, san francisco, slang, urban
For Intrepid Journalists, the Most Dangerous Stories Hit Close to Home
New America Media, Commentary, Posted: Jun 14, 2011
The murders of journalists Jyotirmoy Kumar Dey, Saleem Shahzad and Chauncey Bailey highlight the dangers of reporting stories on home turf.
Categories: African American, International Affairs, Media, Multi-ethnic, South Asian, Top Stories
Tags: india, Jyotirmoy Kumar Dey, pakistan, Saleem Shahzad and Chauncey Bailey, your black muslim bakery, yusef bey
NAM Radio: Al Jazeera's Arab Spring Coverage, Redistricting Guide, Vietnamese American Lit, World Diets
New America Media, Audio, Posted: Jun 10, 2011
New Show: Al Jazeera's Arab Spring coverage, a guide to redistricting and prison gerrymandering, Vietnamese American literature, and world diets.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Asian, Audio, Eye on Egypt , Gender & Sexuality, Immigration, International Affairs, Media, Middle Eastern, New America Now, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Redistricting, Top Stories, War & Conflict, food
Tags: al jazeera, arab, arab spring, around the world in 80 diets, bahrain, california, coverage, faith a'luisio, gerrymander, gerrymandering, isabelle thuy pelaud, middle east, north carolina, peter menzel, prison, prison gerrymandering, redistricting, reporting, reputation, syria, this is all i choose to tell, vietnamese american, what i eat
Study: Stark Differences in Media Use Between Ethnic, White Youth
Hispanically Speaking News, News Report, Posted: Jun 10, 2011
Minority youth consume an average of 13 hours of media content a day—about 4-1/2 hours more than their white counterparts, according to a new Northwestern University report.
Categories: African American, Arts & Entertainment, Education, Ethnic Media Network, Front Page, Latino, Media, Youth Culture
Tags: computers, kaiserfamilyfoundation, media, Northwestern, tv, videogames
Barriers to Digital Diversity -- The Threat to Low-Power TV
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Jun 10, 2011
Low-power TV gives communities their own channels in any language. But federal barriers are blocking the spread of this hyperlocal medium.
Categories: Front Page, Media, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance
Tags: congress, digitaldivide, fcc, lowpowertelevision
Bey IV, Mackey Guilty of Murdering Chauncey Bailey
Chauncey Bailey Project, News Report, Posted: Jun 09, 2011
Yusuf Bey IV, 25, faces a mandatory sentence of life in prison without parole.
Categories: African American, Collaborative Reporting, Intersections, Law & Justice, Media, Top Stories
Tags: chauncey bailey, chauncey bailey project, guilty, jourmalist, murder, oakland, yusef bey IV
Next Steps for Ethnic Media -- Fighting for Low-Power TV
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Jun 09, 2011
The local medium of low-power TV enables ethnic communities to have their own channels in any language. But LPTV has had to fight for its digital life.
Categories: Media, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: digitaldivide, fcc, lptv, media
Community Addresses Forgotten Violence in Bahrain
The Arab American News, News Report, Posted: Jun 08, 2011
Community leaders and activists in Dearborn, Michigan recently met to address ongoing violence in Bahrain and the minimal attention its receiving.
Categories: Front Page, Media, Middle Eastern, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: Arab, Arab Spring, Arab-American, Bahrain, Dearborn, Michigan
Wavelength: Your So-Called Private Life
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jun 06, 2011
The latest Wavelength blog from The Media Consortium looks at the future of digital privacy, a Seattle youth media program that dared to oppose Comcast--and more.
Categories: Media
Tags: alfranken, at&t, comcast, facebook, fcc, msnbc, netneutrality, spyware, twitter, verizon
Beyond the Melting Pot: Immigrant American Cinema
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jun 04, 2011
In America's melting pot, sometimes the more “American” an institution is considered, the more it owes itself to decidedly un-melted immigrant sensibilities.
Categories: Arts & Entertainment, Chinese, Front Page, Immigration, Intersections, Latino, Media, Middle Eastern, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Science & Technology, South Asian
Tags: american, bicycle thief, chinese, culver city, empire of their own, entre nos, girl 27, giuseppe de santis, gloria la morte, hollywood, immigrant, iranian, luchino visconti, man push cart, mgm, ming ding, neal gabler, new york, pakistani, paola mendoza, ramin bahrani, shih-ching tsou, take out, vittorio de sica
No Evidence of an Iranian Bomb, Yet the Attacks on Iran Continue
New America Media, News Analysis, Posted: Jun 03, 2011
Pulitzer Prize–winning reporter Seymour Hersh has once again created controversy with a New Yorker article debunking the evidence that Iran is building a nuclear weapon.
Categories: Front Page, International Affairs, Media, Middle Eastern, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Science & Technology, Top Stories, War & Conflict
Tags: IAEA, Institute for Science and International Security, InternationalAtomicEnergyAgency, Iran, Iranianbomb, ISIS, nuclearweapon, SeymourHersh
Why Herman Cain Suits Conservatives to a Tea
Black America Web, Commentary, Posted: Jun 01, 2011
Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain resembles a younger, shaven version of Uncle Remus—which helps explain his popularity with the Tea Party.
Categories: African American, Ethnic Media Network, Front Page, Law & Justice, Media, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: 2012election, BarackObama, GOP, HermanCain, Republicans, TeaParty