Jan Yanehiro

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Yanehiro in 1976

Jan Yanehiro is a Japanese-American

broadcast journalist.[1][2]

Personal life

Yanehiro earned a

KFRC (defunct) in San Francisco. Yanehiro is among the first native-born Asian-American female journalists.[1][3]

Yanehiro had three children with her late husband John Zimmerman.[4]

She became Director of the School of Communications & Media Technologies at

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]

Radio and Television career

Yanehiro started her career in radio at

KFRC (defunct). In 1975, she was hired by KPIX-TV to help develop and co-host a new, groundbreaking half-hour non-news magazine series. Initially called "Evening Show: MTWTF", Evening Magazine debuted August 9, 1976. Owing to its success it was franchised to television markets across the United States, who produced their own versions, primarily known as PM Magazine
.

Yanehiro remained with the original Evening Magazine throughout its 14-year run, 1976–1990. From 1998 to 2001, she co-hosted HGTV's "Appraise It!" for its 5-season run.

Over the years Yanehiro has hosted and produced documentaries for KVIE and KCSM-TV. She has also hosted a series on radio station KCBS.[7]

Yanehiro served as the narrator of the 1996 documentary "Starting Over: Japanese Americans After the War" about the aftermath of the Internment of Japanese Americans during WWII.[8]

Other business and community activities

She is the president of production company Jan Yanehiro, Inc., a partner of Fair Advantage, a director of Bank of Marin, a board member on Kristi Yamaguchi's Always Dream Foundation, a board member of the Center for the Pacific Rim at the University of San Francisco, and a board member of the National Board of Visitors at California State University, Fresno.[citation needed]

Yanehiro is also a member of the Asian American Journalists Association, the

US-Japan Council and is a member of the organization's Legacy Council.[9]

Achievements

She has received several Emmys for her work,

Girl Scouts of the United States of America, and honored as an Outstanding Alumnus by California State University, Fresno.[1]

She received an honorary doctorate from the Academy of Art University in May 2018.[10]

Books (as co-author)

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f Jan Yanehiro - Media and Marketing Strategic Planner
  2. ^ BROADCAST PIONEER: JAN YANEHIRO
  3. ^ a b Steve Walker and Jan Yanehiro
  4. ^ "John Alan Zimmerman". 13 February 1995.
  5. ^ "Home".
  6. ^ "Academy of Art University Communications Faculty". academyart.edu. Academy of Art University. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
  7. ^ "Still Going Strong | AsianWeek". Archived from the original on 2014-11-10. Retrieved 2014-08-15.
  8. ^ "Starting Over: Japanese Americans After the War (film)". Retrieved 2023-09-03.
  9. ^ "Legacy Council".
  10. ^ "2018 Honorary Doctorate Recipient: Jan Yanehiro".

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