The ''International Examiner'' is a free monthly

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based in

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's historic Chinatown International District (CID). 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 CID. In 2023, the ''Examiner'' published its 50th volume, identifying five areas of coverage: public safety, the arts, housing, transportation, cultural preservation, and commerce. The editorial team received 2024 Editorial Excellence awards from fellow journalists at '' Real Change.'' With its print editions distributed across Seattle, and articles published on a rolling basis online, its total monthly readership is estimated at 20,000. In 1975, the ''Examiner'' was purchased by the Alaska Cannery Workers Association (ACWA) for $1 and became an activist, community-based newspaper. Although the paper became independent three years later, it continued the tradition of community activism firmly established under the ACWA. As such, its editors were also community activists and organizers, rather than traditional journalists. Today, the ''International Examiner'' is the oldest Asian American newspaper in the

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and the oldest continuously publishing pan-Asian newspaper in the country. The ''IE'' is a registered 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization governed by a volunteer Board of Directors.

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