The ''International Examiner'' is a free biweekly
Asian American
Asian Americans are Americans of Asian ancestry (including naturalized Americans who are immigrants from specific regions in Asia and descendants of such immigrants). Although this term had historically been used for all the indigenous peopl ...
newspaper
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Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as politics, business, spor ...
based in
Seattle, Washington
Seattle ( ) is a seaport city on the West Coast of the United States. It is the seat of King County, Washington. With a 2020 population of 737,015, it is the largest city in both the state of Washington and the Pacific Northwest region ...
's
International District. It was founded in 1974 by
Gerald Yuasa and
Lawrence Imamura to serve what the founders thought were the business interests of the Asian American community in Seattle's International District.
In 1975, the ''Examiner'' was purchased by the
Alaska Cannery Workers Association for $1 and became an activist, community-based newspaper. Although the paper became independent three years later, it continued the tradition of community activism that was firmly established under the Alaska Cannery Workers Association. As such, "editors" were also community activists and organizers rather than traditional journalists. As of 2004 its circulation was 10,000.
Today, the ''International Examiner'' is the oldest Asian American newspaper in the Northwest and the oldest continuously publishing pan-Asian newspaper in the country. The ''Examiner'' is a registered
501 (c)(3)
A 501(c)(3) organization is a United States corporation, trust, unincorporated association or other type of organization exempt from federal income tax under section 501(c)(3) of Title 26 of the United States Code. It is one of the 29 types of 501 ...
non-profit organization governed by a volunteer Board of Directors.
See also
*
Ron Chew
*
International District
*''
North American Post''
External links
The ''International Examiner'' official website
Newspapers published in Seattle
Asian-American culture in Seattle
Asian-American press
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