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. Posts by New America Media:
New School Standards Present Challenge for Refugee Students
San Diego Voice, News Report, Kimetha Hill, Posted: Apr 16, 2014
Photo courtesy of San Diego Refugee Tutoring Center
Editor’s Note: As California schools scramble to prepare for the new educational standards known as Common Core, teachers who work with refugee students have a different concern: the new computerized tests could make these students fall even further behind...
LA’s Latino Parents ‘In the Dark’ About Common Core
La Opinion, News Report, Esmeralda Fabian, Posted: Apr 07, 2014
Image: Students attend Family Math Night at Burke Middle School near Los Angeles. ..
For Children of Reentry, A New Focus on Family Ties
New America Media, News Report, Anna Challet
SACRAMENTO – While millions of children nationwide face extreme difficulties due to having parents who are incarcerated or under criminal supervision, State Senator Mark Leno thinks change is coming...
Parent Engagement, Not Just Involvement, Key to LCFF Success
New America Media, News Report, Anna Challet
For Sandy Mendoza, advocacy manager of the Los Angeles-based organization Families in Schools, the difference between parent involvement and parent engagement could make or break California’s new school funding law...
Southern California Port Truck Drivers Allege Labor Exploitation
Koream Journal, News Report, James S. Kim, Posted: Mar 16, 2014
Chung K. Shin was technically never an employee at the port trucking company where he regularly hauled goods out of the Long Beach and Los Angeles ports for two years...
The Castaway Elders: Living Alone and Poor
New America Media, Profile, Viji Sundaram
Photo: Brenda Washington in her tiny room, its shared bathroom down the hall. ..
New Health Program Targets San Diego’s ‘Sickest, Poorest, Most Vulnerable’
New America Media, Video, Paul Kleyman / Video by Jonah Most
Pictured above: Members of the local media in San Diego discuss a new program that aims to streamline health care for low-income seniors and people with disabilities...
San Francisco Unified Brings End to Willful Defiance Suspensions
New America Media, News Report, Vanessa Tagliabue
Image: Students rally in front of the SFUSD offices in support of the Safe and Supportive Schools Resolution...
After Parents’ Deportation, U.S. Children Face Mental Struggles
New America Media, News Report, Anthony Advincula
Above: Myrna Orozco says that her therapist diagnosed her with PTSD, but she had to stop seeing the therapist because she could not afford it anymore...
CDC Says 1 in 4 U.S. Families Faced Medical Debt Crisis in 2012
AFRO, News Report, Alexis Taylor
One out of every four American families in 2012 dealt with a medical bill debt burden, according to a data report released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in January...
Stay or Go? Terminally Ill Undocumented Immigrants Face Dilemma
La Opinion/New America Media, News Feature, Araceli Martinez Ortega
Photo: Palliative care patient Gil García García with his niece Fatima...
Ethnic Media Broke Silence, Filled News Gaps in 2013
New America Media, News Analysis, NAM Editors
Ed. Note: For news headlines, 2013 didn’t disappoint...
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