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Pacific Time
By Sam Chu Lin
When a thousand plus journalists from around the country converge in San Francisco, Aug. 1 - 4, to attend the 14th Annual Asian American Journalists Association’s national Convention, they will be introduced to a new radio program that’s expected to generate plenty of excitement.
Produced by KQED, San Francisco’s National Public Radio station, the new weekly, half-hour newsmagazine is called Pacific Time. Billed as the first program of its kind, Pacific Time is about Asians and Asian Americans and is aimed at the mainstream audience. The show is broadcast locally on prime time — Thursdays at 6:30 p.m. and repeated at 11:00 p.m. — and is heard on 38 stations across the country. The list of stations is growing.
COMPLETE STORY
In Sports:
Hit 'n' Run:
Ichiro Suzuki, Kazuhiro Sasaki, Johnny Damon, James Baldwin, Onan Masaoka, Tiger Woods, Ai Sugiyama
Tanaka Worth More Than Numbers:
Rhiannon Tanaka of the San Diego Spirits is shredding hotshot midfielders and their potential goals, making her goal-keeper feel like she’s relaxing on a cruise.
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Boot Camp by the Bay:
Hup, two, three, write! Young APIs with a knack for words are encouraged to attend the four-week workshop put forth by AAJA.
What’s Your Mistranslated Sign?:
Spotlight on allegedly misquoted Houston city council candidate Toni Laurence also falls on three-year-old debate concerning Korean-language street signs.
Free at Last:
Following a Supreme Court ruling, the federal government expects to release about 1,200 immigrant former convicts from state and private prisons nationwide within the next few weeks.
Washington Journal:
Heroes, Big and Small. Among the plantiffs in Brown vs Gilmore (2000), protesting the Minute of Silence, are three Asian American teens.
Clock Ticks for U.S. Citizenship Law:
The waiver for taking the citizenship test in english will end this November. Among the Laotian and Hmong American veterans to benefit from this law, only 6 percent participated. Advocates blame the INS for poor turnout.
Scholars Resume Life After Detention:
American University professor Gao Zhen returns to her family in Virginia, and Li Shaomin tries to resume teaching in Hong Kong five days after the Chinese government deported him back to the U.S.
No Borders for U.S. Military Oppression:
Community leaders of Maehyang-ri, Korea and Vieques, Puerto Rico find solidarity in struggle to evict the American armed forces and their military practices from their land.
The Bandit Queen — Martyr or Murderer?:
In the wake of her violent death, the Indian community re-examines the life of Phoolan Devi, the famous criminal-turned-politician.
API Accused of Being Mastermind of Evil:
Authorities say the charismatic teen persuaded classmates to kill a couple and their grandson in Guffey, Colo.
Washington Rapist Sentenced:
David M. Dailey gets 25 years in prison, after his Japanese victims fly back to the U.S. for pretrial deposition.
Congressman Mike Honda to Visit China:
Nanjing massacre victims and their families find and unlikely ally in Rep. Mike Honda, D-Calif., an American of Japanese descent.
Link to the Community:
The newly appointed Asian Pacific American Outreach Director of the Democratic National Committee Roger Chiang has immediate plans for Virginia and New Jersey.
Other Side of the Story:
Wen Ho Lee’s book, co-written by Helen Zia, on the fiasco at the DOE is complete, and is now undergoing government review.
Island Autonomy:
The most recent push for Native Hawaiian recognition, a bill sponsored by Sen. Daniel Akaka, D-Hawaii, was sent to the Senate floor on July 24.
API Outreach Valuable to Minnesota Senator:
Sen. Mark Dayton is paying Seng Vang out of his own pocket to keep her as the office’s connection to the Asian American community.
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