By Staff NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY The Northwest Asian Weekly (NWAW) won 11 awards at the annual Washington Newspaper Publishers Association (WNPA) 2018 Better Newspaper Contest. WNPA representatives announced winners during the annual convention awards dinner in Yakima on Oct. 12. Carolyn Bick was awarded second place for “News Writer of the Year” for her writing […]
NWAW wins 13 journalism awards
By Staff NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY Seven staff members at the Northwest Asian Weekly (NWAW) won 13 awards at the Washington Newspaper Publishers Association (WNPA)’s 2017 Better Newspaper Contest. The awards featured entries from 59 newspapers throughout Washington in four circulation groups. The NWAW competed against other newspapers with circulations between 5,001 and 12,500. The NWAW […]
Northwest Asian Weekly wins 13 awards at WNPA awards gala
By Staff Northwest Asian Weekly The Northwest Asian Weekly took home 13 awards on Oct. 14, at the 129th Annual Washington Newspaper Publishers Association (WNPA) Convention in Wenatchee. “What makes the Asian Weekly great is teamwork from writers to the editors,” said Northwest Asian Weekly’s publisher Assunta Ng. “I am thrilled to see our writers’ […]
30 years of the Asian Weekly
Over the past 30 years, the Northwest Asian Weekly has grown from two English-language articles in the Seattle Chinese Post to a
Oct. 7: Northwest Asian Weekly earns 7 WNPA awards
Northwest Asian Weekly (NWAW)’s staff member and reporters garnered seven awards from the Washington Newspaper Publishers Association (WNPA) Better Newspaper Contest. The awards were presented in Everett at the WNPA’s 124th annual convention. Winners from NWAW:
Oct. 1: Northwest Asian Weekly earns five WNPA awards
Northwest Asian Weekly (NWAW) staff members and one of its reporters garnered five awards from the Washington Newspaper Publishers Association (WNPA) Better Newspaper Contest.
Blog: Then and now: Reflecting on changing perspectives of the WNPA
“No” was the answer I received when I requested membership for the Seattle Chinese Post in the Washington Newspaper Publishers Association (WNPA) in the 1980s. The white executive director denied us when I asked for membership stating that it would be discriminatory because the Chinese-language paper could only be read by a certain group of people.
Some of our own!
Esteemed former NW Asian Weekly editor Carol Vu earned third place in the Minorities category for her article, “Asian anxious in wake of massacre” from the Society of Professional Journalists. Her article dealt with the aftermath of Virginia Tech.