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N.Y. leaders make appeal to ethnic and community media to report on importance that minority and communities of color come out and be counted.
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Continuing news coverage of women and immigration.
In Brooklyn, mortgage crisis eats away wealth of several generations of Hispanics.
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Tomasz Deptula, Editor of Nowy Dziennik/Polish Daily News, is the guest editor and Sharan Harper is the Multi-media Associate Editor of this issue
newsContinued lack of access to radio frequencies keep pirate radio alive and wellWith radio frequencies costing millions of dollars to buy, pirate radio stations like Rika 94.5 FM and La Metro 95.9 have sprung up. more> Koreans filling jobs left by HispanicsAs USCIS have increased unannounced visits to work sites, undocumented workers have been removed from the jobs or have fled to prevent getting caught, many of them Hispanic. more> Caribbean Immigrant Community: Thumbs up for Obama’s health care reformThe need for change was apparent as many believe that access to health care is a right and not a privilege. more> Undocumented Bangladeshi youth also target of immigration authoritiesBrought illegally into the country when young children, as young adults they face dire consequences, including deportation, when attempting to enter college or the workforce. more> Minors push for immigration reformChildren and teens from across New Jersey held vigils to advocate for keeping families together, a halt to roundups, arrests and deportations, and to restore family values to immigration policies and legislation. more> Asians incur losses in recession, census data showAccording to the U.S. Census Bureau's latest report released Sept. 10, Asian Americans, the highest-earning group in the country, suffered a 4.4 percent decrease in household income, a loss higher than for blacks and Latinos.
AUDIO :: Congressman Mike Honda, Chair of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus, and Congresswoman Judy Chu discuss the significance of the health care debate for Asian Americans. more> ELECTION SPECIALTwo Chinese female candidates win primaries
VIDEO :: Asian American candidates made history in last week's primary election--among them two women are two Chinese women, Yen Chou in Queens and Margaret Chin in Lower Manhattan. more> |
America’s broken immigration system
editorialsA smart move for public safetyGovernor Paterson's administration announced that $14 million in federal stimulus funds will be dedicated to programs that help ex-offenders and those nearing release from prison. more> How I’m losing my love for IsraelThe author says, it has become simply exhausting to maintain the ambivalence, the hugging and the wrestling, the endless fence sitting, the series of equivocation, like: "I do not support the expansion of settlements, but the Palestinians bear primary responsibility for the collapse of the peace process in 1999." more> briefsBlacks less likely to survive CPR in the hospital
VIDEO :: Black patients with in-hospital cardiac arrest are significantly less likely to survive to discharge than white patients. Much of the racial difference was associated with the hospital center in which black patients received care. Report: Forty-three percent of NY’s South Asian population not registered with Census Bureau
AUDIO :: In June 2008, Marc Perry, Chief of the Population Distribution Branch at the Census and Andrew Beveridge, chair of the Sociology Department at Queens College spoke with WNYC's Brian Lehrer about the Census Bureau's new atlas and the New York specific data. |
Upcoming Activities
Census 2010: Stakes, fears and challenges (March 19)
Ethnic Media Watchdog Workshop To Be Held In April In New York City (April 16)
Reporters and editors from news organizations that cover ethnic communities in the New York City area can register now for an April workshop focusing on watchdog reporting skills. Investigative Reporters and Editors Inc (IRE) will conduct the workshop on April 16-17 at The New York Times Building. College students studying journalism also are invited to participate.
NYCMA Announcements
FPI releases detailed data
Immigrants' contribution to New York metro economy
David Kallick of the Fiscal Policy Institute releasing data about the contribution of immigrants to the NY economy at a press briefing organized by NYCMA in collaboration with SEIU 32BJ on January 21st, 2010. – Photo by Mohsin Zaheer
NY State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli tells ethnic media
New York's budgetary challenges to persist
New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli addressing the ethnic and community media at the open house organized by New York Community Media Alliance. – Photo by Mohsin Zaheer
Ippies Awards 2009
Full House at Ippies Awards 2009
Net Neutrality
NYCMA takes a stand on net neutrality at City Council Hearing held on 11/20/2009 (Read full text)
Read Blog: Net Neutrality & Social Justice for NYC's Immigrant Communities Health care briefing for ethnic media: Immigrants have a huge stake in reform
New York Immigration Coalition Executive Director Chung-Wha Hong addressing members of ethnic media at the briefing. – Photo by Aleksandra Slabisz
New York needs new direction, new leadership, says Bill Thompson
Democratic candidate for Office of New York City Mayor, Comptroller Bill Thompson, addressing New York's ethnic and community media at a press conference organized by New York Community Media Alliance on October 26. – Photo by Aleksandra Slabisz
Equal opportunity, equal protection to NYC’s communities, Councilman Liu promises ethnic/community media
John Liu addressing New York's ethnic and community media at a press conference organized by New York Community Media Alliance on October 27. -- Photo by Aleksandra Slabisz
We need more immigrants, not less, Bloomberg tells ethnic, community media
Mayor Michael Bloomberg addressng a press conference organized by New York Community Media Alliance for the city's ethnic and community media on October 8 at CUNY Graduate Center in Midtown. – Photo by Aleksandra Slabisz