Category: Media

The San Jose Police Department verified that newspaper racks of several Bay Area publications, including La Oferta, were found in the recycling bin located behind the building of the San Jose Mercury News.

New America Media handed out awards to honor the best in ethnic media journalism for Northern and Central California.

At institutions of higher education across the nation, students have been engaged in efforts to create new Asian American-related programs.

A look inside the De-Bug Center and the bustling universe of activities conducted there, such as silk-screening, photography, music production, journalism and community advocacy. This video footage was captured and edited by San Jose State Film students.

GlassClops is a film photography magazine, and along with this third issue brings Ashley Gulizia, Andrea Acosta, and Alicia Aldama.

Studies show that as the nation is becoming increasingly digital, more minority families are being left behind due to limited or no Internet access at home. Seeking to bridge the divide, Comcast Cable recently launched an Internet Essentials program during its inaugural Youth Tech Summit and Expo held recently in San Francisco.

One Silicon Valley South Asian comments on political discourse being shaped online.

Jean Melesaine reviews the film "Pariah" directed by Dee Rees. The film is based on a Brooklyn teenager who juggles conflicting identities and risks friendship, heartbreak, and family in a desperate search for sexual expression.

A Pew Hispanic Center study found that the number of Spanish-language radio stations increased by 8 percent over the previous year.

Shortly after the publication of his tell-all essay in the New York Times revealing his undocumented status, Filipino-American journalist Jose Antonio Vargas, a Pulitzer Prize winner, sat down for a one-on-one interview with New America Media.

The publisher of India Currents shares her reflections on building a community institution, and the possibilities that lay ahead.

Sara Inés Calderón of News Taco says, "Latino bloggers are powerful because we have the information the mainstream media want but don’t know how to get."

From a skinny 8-page black-and-white magazine, Silicon Valley-based India Currents has evolved into a robust glossy with a 100,000 readership throughout California.

Susana Ruiz, artist/video game designer and co-founder of Take Action Games, presented her work at the Euphrat Museum of Art in Cupertino, California. Her games take on social justice issues such as criminal justice and gender violence.

Filmmaker La Mar Williams profiles the lives of video game creators who are crafting out new media platforms.

Who was the biggest newsmaker of the decade, according to the Sing Tao Daily? Or Prensa Hispana? Or Arab Detroit?

The local Sikh community is concerned that a graphic that appeared in a Bay Area English-language newspaper may have sent the wrong message about the origins of the faith, reports Punjabi newspaper Sade Lok.

Writer Rebecca Solomon profiles Alianza News editor Gerardo Fernandez and the challenges he faces in representing the Latino community to mainstream media and culture.

We did it! SJ Beez held its first mixer and celebrated being the only multicultural media network in San Jose.