New America Media
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Founded | 1996 |
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Founder | San Francisco, California |
Area served | United States |
Key people | Franz Schurmann, Sandy Close |
New America Media (NAM) was a multimedia
New America Media ceased operations in 2017.[1]
History
New America Media represents the third generation of
In 1991, PNS created its first youth media project, YO! Youth Outlook, a multimedia collective of youth-centric news content. YO! published a monthly print magazine, hosted youth forums, speakouts, and blog-a-thons, offered youth journalism internships, and produced live radio and YO!TV broadcasts. YO! Magazine and YO!TV disbanded in 2015.
In 1996, PNS became New California Media. NCM maintained PNS’s status as an
Also in 1996, Sandy Close co-founded The Beat Within with social worker David Inocencio. The Beat provides a weekly writing and discussion program in
In 2005, the organization expanded from New California Media into New America Media. The
Youth programs
NAM’s youth programs include:
• YO! Youth Outlook (1991–2015)
• The Beat Within
• Silicon Valley De-Bug, a multimedia online magazine by and for South Bay Area youth
• Roaddawgz, a drop-in space and artistic outlet for homeless San Francisco youth
• The kNOw, a Fresno-based youth multimedia program
• The California Council for Youth Relations, which seeks to connect at-risk youth with decision and policy makers
References
- ^ Walsh, Joan (2017-11-03). "New America Media Is Closing—and That's Bad News for All American Media". The Nation. Retrieved 2019-04-11.
- ^ "A News Hour with Jim Lehrer Transcript: Changing Times". Public Broadcasting System. 2002-10-14. Retrieved 2008-12-26.
- ^ "NAM Polls". New America Media. Retrieved 2008-12-26.
- ^ "New California Media - Giving the State's Ethnic Majority a Voice (Irvine Quarterly, Winter 2003, Volume 2, Issue 3)". James Irvine Foundation. 2003-02-21. Retrieved 2015-01-16.
- ^ "Sandy Close, Journalist", MacArthur Fellows Program, July 1, 1995.
- ^ "Sandy Close, Ashoka Senior Fellow". Ashoka United States. Retrieved 2015-01-16.
- ^ Robert D. McFadden, "Exposés on Oil Spill in Gulf, Afghanistan and Steroids Win Polk Awards", The New York Times, February 21, 2011 ("Sandy Close, executive director of New America Media, which supports thousands of ethnic media outlets, was cited for career achievement.")
- Harvard Gazette, November 13, 2012 (In 1996 "she founded New California Media, which subsequently became New America Media (NAM), under the umbrella of Pacific News Service. Today, NAM is the largest editorial and marketing collaboration of ethnic media in the United States.")
External links
- New America Media Organization's official website which is now a dead link, but past pages available via Wayback Machine:www.newamericamedia.org.