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BLOG: A trip down memory lane — The pain of losing allies

September 21, 2017 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Assunta Ng NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY It takes a village to raise two newspapers. The village of Northwest Asian Weekly and Seattle Chinese Post consists of amazing leaders and remarkable people. And we lost many of them during the past 35 years of publishing. Since 2015, we lost four giants (Ruth Woo, Donnie Chin, Bob […]

Filed Under: Publisher Ng's blog Tagged With: 2017, Al Sugiyama, Bob Santos, Donnie Chin, June Chen, Publisher Ng's blog, Ruth Woo, TICH-QIU HUA, Ted Yamamura, VOL 36 NO 39 | SEPTEMBER 23 - SEPTEMBER 29

Checks to Sugiyamas

March 6, 2017 By Northwest Asian Weekly

  The Northwest Asian Weekly (NWAW) presented a $3,000 check on Jan. 27 to the daughters of the late Al Sugiyama, to help with his recent memorial service. The community leader died on Jan. 2 after a battle with cancer. The money came from ads that NWAW donated from Asian Counseling and Referral Service, Chinese […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2017, Al Sugiyama, VOL 36 NO 10 | MARCH 4 - MARCH 10

Al Sugiyama memorial

February 6, 2017 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Seven-hundred-fifty people attended the memorial for Al Sugiyama on Jan. 29 at Fisher Pavilion at Seattle Center. The Reverend Jerry Shigaki led the invocation. Daughter Mari Sugiyama shared memories and lessons from her father. Bob Watt, Dick Sugiyama, Warren Furutani, Merritt Long, and Daniel Miyaki also spoke. In 1989, Al Sugiyama was the first Asian […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2016, ALYSA SUGIYAMA, Al Sugiyama, Mari Sugiyama, VOL 36 NO 6 | JANUARY 28 - FEBRUARY 3

Community mourns passing of Al Sugiyama

January 5, 2017 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Long time community activist Al Sugiyama passed away on Jan. 2 at Swedish Hospital, surrounded by family and an intimate group of friends.

Filed Under: Features, Profiles, Obituaries, Community News, Feature stories Tagged With: 2017, Al Sugiyama, Alan Sugiyama, VOL 36 NO 2 | JANUARY 7 - JANUARY 13

Remembering Al Sugiyama

January 5, 2017 By Northwest Asian Weekly

“I have fond memories of going over to the Sugiyama house to play basketball in their backyard while we were kids. The “court” was an uneven dirt area with a rickety hoop attached to the side of the house. Every time you dribbled the ball, it went off in a crazy direction. Every time Al […]

Filed Under: Features, Community News, Feature stories Tagged With: 2017, Al Sugiyama, Alan Sugiyama, VOL 36 NO 2 | JANUARY 7 - JANUARY 13

The gifts Al Sugiyama left us

January 5, 2017 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Assunta Ng NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY When Al Sugiyama died on Jan. 2, so many people felt they had lost a great friend. That’s the way Al was — personable, caring, and committed to helping and supporting the people he knew. I don’t remember exactly when I met Al. But he quickly impressed many of […]

Filed Under: Publisher Ng's blog Tagged With: 2017, Al Sugiyama, Alan Sugiyama, SUPER AL, VOL 36 NO 2 | JANUARY 7 - JANUARY 13

The thin blue line: SPD struggles with recruiting API community members

April 7, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Police brutality, misconduct, and shootings have dominated news headlines in the past few years and Seattle has been no exception.

Filed Under: Features, Community News Tagged With: API, Al Sugiyama, Although Asians, Andrew Kim, CPC, International District, John Williams, Mike Fields, Native American, SPD, Sarah Baker, Seattle Chapter President, Seattle Mayor Ed Murray, Seattle Police Department, United States, letter

We’re still in print!

January 21, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Thirty-four years of running a newspaper and learning how to turn struggles into miracles

Will newspapers last?

Filed Under: Features, Profiles, Business, Community News Tagged With: 2010, 2016, Al Sugiyama, Charles Lam, Edgewater Inn, Every Thursday, Media Life Magazine, NBC, New York, Northwest Asian Weekly, Philadelphia Inquirer, Seattle Chinese Post, Seattle Westin Hotel, Thank God Chinese Post, United States, Vol 35 No 4 | January 23 - January 29, Washington Newspaper Publishers Association

A party for Superman Al

September 18, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Assunta Ng Northwest Asian Weekly What is celebration for Superman like? Last Sunday, Al Sugiyama, who is battling cancer, found out that he is much loved by many.  A rainbow of over 500 (Asians, blacks, Native Americans and whites), packed the gymnasium of Blaine Memorial Methodist Church. Al’s fans spread from young and old—those […]

Filed Under: Publisher Ng's blog Tagged With: 2015, Al Sugiyama, Alan Sugiyama, Vol 34 No 39 | September 19 - September 25

BLOG: Avoid or endorse? — Politics can pose challenges for ethnic media

July 23, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Assunta Ng People expect the Northwest Asian Weekly, a relatively small paper, to act like a big media company when it comes to election time. Candidates’ questions cover the myriad, such as: “Do you do endorsements?” “Can you do an interview?” “Why haven’t you contacted me?” . . . These questions keep popping up […]

Filed Under: Publisher Ng's blog Tagged With: 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, API, Al Sugiyama, Among Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant, Asian Americans, Filipino Leonard Luna, Frank Irigon, John Eng, Northwest Asian Weekly, One Asian American, Publisher's Blog, Seattle Chinese Post, Vol 34 No 31 | July 25 - July 31, communication, gary locke

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