New America Media

New America Media is the country's first and largest national collaboration and advocate of 3,000 ethnic news organizations. Over 57 million ethnic adults connect to each other, to home countries and to America through 3000+ ethnic media outlets, the fastest growing sector of American journalism. Founded by the nonprofit Pacific News Service in 1996, NAM is headquartered in California with offices in New York and Washington D.C., and partnerships with journalism schools to grow local associations of ethnic media.

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San Francisco’s Homeless Black Youth Invisible

Nov. 15, 2011 / By
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New America Media, News Report, Peter Schurmann, Posted: Nov 14, 2011
SAN FRANCISCO – At 18, Valerie Klinker was kicked out of her grandmother’s house in San Francisco’s Fillmore District...

New Program Aims to Close Digital Divide for Minorities

Nov. 15, 2011 / By
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New America Media, Video, Ann Bassette; Anchor/Editor: Odette Keeley , Posted: Nov 12, 2011
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Budget Cuts Clip Senior-Care Wings of Native Alaskans

Nov. 10, 2011 / By
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Alaska Public Radio Network/New America Media, News Feature, Shaleece Haas, Posted: Nov 09, 2011
Photo: Matthew Malcolm, who has Alzheimer’s, is shown in a van driving from Fairbanks to Eagle...

Latino Publishers: Economy, Education Top Issues Now

Nov. 1, 2011 / By
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New America Media, News Report, Jose Luis Sierra, Posted: Oct 31, 2011

LAS VEGAS – As a crop of anti-immigration legislation in several states – copycat versions of Arizona’s SB 1070 – made headlines nationally, the issue of immigration reform was not the most pressing issue for Latino community and media leaders, at the National Association of Hispanic Publications in Las Vegas earlier this month...

Images of Occupy Oakland Clash with Police

Oct. 27, 2011 / By
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New America Media, Video, Jean-Philippe “J.P.” Dobrin, Posted: Oct 26, 2011

Editor’s Note: After weeks of mostly peaceful demonstrations as part of the Occupy Oakland movement, police clashed with protestors last night, hurling tear gas into the crowd.

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Students, Teachers Push to Halt Methyl Iodide Use in California Farms

Oct. 22, 2011 / By
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New America Media, News Report, Li Miao Lovett, Posted: Sep 28, 2011

Sal Lua remembers the reactions he and his fellow Brown Berets encountered when they first spoke out against methyl iodide at the Watsonville City Council meeting last December...

The Unfinished Legacy of 2010

Oct. 22, 2011 / By
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New America Media, Commentary, Frank Viviano, Posted: Oct 14, 2011
Take a close and objective look at the angry demonstrators now gathered on Wall Street, and at similar protest encampments burgeoning from San Francisco to Madrid...

DA Launches Program for Immigrant Victims of Domestic Violence

Oct. 16, 2011 / By
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New America Media, News Report, Viji Sundaram, Posted: Oct 05, 2011
SAN FRANCISCO – District Attorney George Gascón yesterday reached out to members of the ethnic media here to announce his office’s launch of a program that seeks to help victims of domestic violence within immigrant communities...

Hire Teenagers: A Solution to Joblessness in America

Oct. 16, 2011 / By
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New America Media, Op-ed, Patricia Johnson, Posted: Oct 04, 2011
At the recent LinkedIn-sponsored town hall meeting, President Obama stated that we must “make sure your neighbors and friends also have jobs.”..

California Atty. General’s Office Pulls out of Settlement with Banks

Oct. 6, 2011 / By
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New America Media, News Report, Zaineb Mohammed and Ngoc Nguyen, Posted: Oct 01, 2011

SAN FRANCISCO — California Attorney General Kamala Harris announced yesterday that her office is pulling out of a pending 50-state settlement with banks over wrongful foreclosures.

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Inside the Shadow Economy — A Growing Underworld Bazaar

Oct. 6, 2011 / By

New America Media/Salon, News Report, Andrew Leonard, Posted: Sep 29, 2011


Inside the Shadow Economy is a collaboration between Salon.com
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NAM Radio: The Rise & Fall of the American Teacher

Sep. 26, 2011 / By
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New America Media, Audio, Shirin Sadeghi, Posted: Sep 26, 2011

He’s that guy who takes care of your kids all day long everyday...