Northwest Asian Weekly

412 Maynard Ave. S.
Seattle, WA 98104
(206) 223-5559 phone
(206) 223-0626 fax
scpnwan@nwlink.com email
http://www.nwasianweekly.com/ website

Area of Inerest:
Media Resource - Weekly print newspaper

Primary Ethnic Community Served:
Pan Asian

Description:
The only weekly English-edition newspaper serving the region's Asian community. The Northwest Asian Weekly has one simple goal: To empower the Asian community.

Tucked near a Chinese restaurant in Seattle's Chinatown/ International District is a unique newsroom. But to Chinese immigrants and other Asian Americans, it represents a cultural lifeline in an often unfamiliar land. The newsroom is home to the Seattle Chinese Post, published in Chinese, and its sister publication, the Northwest Asian Weekly, published in English. Publisher Assunta Ng says that before she founded the Seattle Chinese Post in 1982, immigrants "had to go to a billboard in Chinatown to find out what was going on. "Now, Ms. Ng's newspaper tells them about community events and news in a regular weekly paper along with updates about issues in China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong. The paper is also a forum for advertisers to reach their specific audience. The newspaper was a relatively early participant in what has become a significant trend - the proliferation of Asian-language media in the United States. The growth is fed by demographics, since Asian and Pacific ethnic groups make up the fastest-growing segment in America's population.

Staff:
Assunta Ng - Publisher
Carol N. Vu - Editor
Monica Lau - Advertising
Ann-Marie Stillion - Assistant Editor/design

Submitted by:
AIA Staff

New - 03/27/03