tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40634024427059498982009-06-30T09:57:10.255-07:00Journey through the process of magazine publishing and today's current AA issues with the East West magazine founding Editor-in-Chief and regular writers.Anita, Editor-in-Chiefnoreply@blogger.comBlogger48125Subscribe with My Yahoo!Subscribe with NewsGatorSubscribe with My AOLSubscribe with BloglinesSubscribe with NetvibesSubscribe with GoogleSubscribe with Pageflakestag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4063402442705949898.post-28677382151379926542009-03-31T21:55:00.000-07:002009-03-31T21:55:25.253-07:00

Eating L.A.: Cowboys and Turbans: Yippiyay for the naanwich

Jennifer K.noreply@blogger.com0http://www.eastwestmagazine.com/creativecat/2009/03/eating-la-cowboys-and-turbans-yippiyay.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4063402442705949898.post-76207460740572860772008-03-18T09:41:00.001-07:002008-03-18T10:11:34.499-07:00

Olympic gold medalist and Asian American icon Kristi Yamaguchi takes to the dance floor for the first time tonight on "Dancing with the Stars." Expectations are high, can she deliver?I'm looking forward to it. Yes, I'm a DWTS junkie. And it makes sense. It's feel-good fun in a time when business is anything but.But best of all, I'll be chatting with Kristi later this week to sum up her feelings

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The company that delivers East West turns five this May. It is a milestone event for our small, niche, shoestring operation, and we sincerely hope to have many more milestones in the years to come. But, and there is always a but when you strive to serve a demographic that corporate America's marketers are still unsure of, we need your support to carry forward.National advertisers are coming along

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I'm back!It has been a quiet few months here at East West, and it is time for us to explain and get back to what we do best.First off, I thank all of our readers for enduring our silence over the last two months. The magazine has gone through a bit of restructuring and during the process, we felt it was best to take a step back and assess. We needed a clear picture of what was to be before we

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Each year East West editors and staff literally smash together our collective knowledge of popular culture, industry, sports, politics and world events and wait for the result to emerge: our annual list of ten to watch in the coming year. This year's, or shall I say next year's, 10 to Watch List is here.As always, it was hard to limit the list to just ten, as there are many more individuals on

Anita, Editor-in-Chiefnoreply@blogger.com0http://www.eastwestmagazine.com/creativecat/2007/12/looking-ahead.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4063402442705949898.post-36249689745941528062007-12-14T05:58:00.000-08:002007-12-14T06:14:53.172-08:00

Latoya Peterson included us in a recent blog post for Racialicious, a blog about the intersection of race and pop culture, and the resulting comment thread proved to be quite interesting.A snippet from Peterson's writeup - "While I enjoy reading magazines, they tend to be a POC wasteland. With the exceptions of specialty publications like Essence or East West, there is not a lot of minority

Anita, Editor-in-Chiefnoreply@blogger.com0http://www.eastwestmagazine.com/creativecat/2007/12/hapa-only.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4063402442705949898.post-76308449871978817342007-11-19T15:22:00.001-08:002007-11-19T15:45:42.061-08:00

I'm a list maker, and today, you're in the mix.Here's my list for you of AA related news and East West happenings.Get more information on how you can get 5 free Bollywood downloads on iTunes In Politics: Sikhs Seethe Over a Snub by ClintonsOur hearts go out to the people of Bangladesh where the cyclone death toll continues to rise:http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21862417/Kudos to Verizon, who has

Anita, Editor-in-Chiefnoreply@blogger.com1http://www.eastwestmagazine.com/creativecat/2007/11/list.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4063402442705949898.post-24993477701276350102007-11-15T07:28:00.000-08:002007-11-15T08:17:55.929-08:00

OK, I feel I would be remiss if I didn't comment on the annual drool fest that is People's Sexiest Man Alive issue. Sure, it certainly isn't painful for me to peruse the list, but this isn't all fun and games people! There actually is a story here. :-)And no, it isn't that Matt Damon took the top honor although I am a big fan and quite pleased with the choice. (Go Bourne!)The story here is that

Anita, Editor-in-Chiefnoreply@blogger.com0http://www.eastwestmagazine.com/creativecat/2007/11/sexiest-men.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4063402442705949898.post-63305986856264794012007-11-09T07:36:00.000-08:002007-11-09T07:47:42.179-08:00

It's film festival season, and we've seen many great AA film festivals from coast to coast the past few months. In fact, The Mahindra Indo-American Arts Council Film Festival is going on right now until Sunday in New York. And while these festivals do a wonderful job of highlighting pan-Asian American arts, it was only a matter of time before a new approach popped onto the scene.

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The new issue of East West arrived in our offices today, always a fun moment. Our overly critical eyes are actually quite pleased with the result, and I hope you'll feel the same.In conjunction with the issue, which features Carrie Ann Inaba from "Dancing With the Stars" on the cover, we'll be putting up a behind-the-scenes video of the cover shoot on the site on Friday. Tomorrow is also the

Anita, Editor-in-Chiefnoreply@blogger.com0http://www.eastwestmagazine.com/creativecat/2007/11/its-here.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4063402442705949898.post-33239694950858931082007-11-05T13:19:00.000-08:002007-11-05T15:16:00.252-08:00

When a reader has good things to say, it is a great day. And, we are lucky enough to get emails and calls on a regular basis that uplift and motivate even when we're under stressful deadlines.But today, after I took some personal time from Friday to Sunday to walk the 60 mile, Komen Breast Cancer 3-Day, such notes of thanks and praise meant SO much more.I am honestly still a little cranky from

Anita, Editor-in-Chiefnoreply@blogger.com0http://www.eastwestmagazine.com/creativecat/2007/11/we-rock.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4063402442705949898.post-73442413142144469002007-10-28T10:17:00.000-07:002007-10-28T10:46:45.981-07:00

After reports from Asian American government workers that they are not receiving equal and fair treatment, hindering their upward career climb, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is investigating.According to an article in the Washington Post, some AA workers have said they were being denied time off to attend conferences or to take advantage of training opportunities. Meanwhile others

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In recent days both the LA Times and New York Times have run articles examinging the validity of donations to Clinton's campaign from the Chinese community.Both articles say reporters couldn't track down many of the listed donors, other donors held jobs such as "dishwasher" or "cook," which presumably make it hard to imagine they could afford a donation, and still others apparently lack

Anita, Editor-in-Chiefnoreply@blogger.com0http://www.eastwestmagazine.com/creativecat/2007/10/campaign-on-chinatown-or-not.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4063402442705949898.post-71812837261952727842007-10-21T17:32:00.000-07:002007-10-21T18:33:32.932-07:00

Wow what a weekend. Sunday may normally be a slow news day.But when I landed on MSN first thing Sunday morning, the two lead stories (the kind with pictures) featured prominent Indian Americans. A big news day for us!The most notable of course was Bobby Jindal and his gubernatorial win. Padma Lakshmi also got front page placement. The Top Chef host and author of the new cookbook, "Tangy Tart Hot

Anita, Editor-in-Chiefnoreply@blogger.com0http://www.eastwestmagazine.com/creativecat/2007/10/newsmakers-on-sunday.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4063402442705949898.post-83106671102510401082007-10-19T09:35:00.000-07:002007-10-19T10:03:58.583-07:00

When you wear 10 hats and have a magazine to put out, you hardly ever get to talk to readers in real time and with real voices (read: not email). In fact, I am actually quite sheltered from direct reader contact, due to the nature of our setup and in the interest of time management. But recently, I started answering our main line and had the chance to talk to a couple readers firsthand: Neha and

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I've always loved what I call the Q&A game. I play it with dates, with my walking buddies on long treks of 10 to 18 miles (currently training for the Breast Cancer 3-day) and even with you regular blog readers.Remember, we played it before the recent unveiling of the Face of East West 2007....Today, since we just finished making the final pick for our next cover, I am up for the game again. Can

Anita, Editor-in-Chiefnoreply@blogger.com0http://www.eastwestmagazine.com/creativecat/2007/10/20-questions.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4063402442705949898.post-14662699043555665092007-10-15T18:04:00.000-07:002007-10-16T10:08:09.913-07:00

There has been quite a bit of talk in recent years of the Hollywood trend toward remaking and reinventing Asian films, and doing so with great box office success. And it's the horror genre in particular that seems most prevalent.While I, myself, tend to shy away from horror pics on Netflix nights, the remake business does intrigue me, and so this blog posting from the folks at Cinematical is of

Anita, Editor-in-Chiefnoreply@blogger.com0http://www.eastwestmagazine.com/creativecat/2007/10/asian-remakes.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4063402442705949898.post-50080666170621250662007-10-13T13:00:00.000-07:002007-10-13T13:13:17.486-07:00

If you logged on to EastWestMagazine.com anytime Friday morning, then you know we were hacked! Instead of magazine goodness, visitors were treated to a semi-complete, church website. Was it a sign from God?Nope, just an evil hacker. Thankfully, we were back up within an hour or two, but all the fuss did put a few kinks into our plans to unveil our new site design on the same day.So, needless to

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Yes, we've been unusually quiet for awhile, but for good reason.As we organize and reorganize for a New Year (can you believe 2008 is just down the road?), we've decided to change things up a bit.For starters, we'll have a new Web site format unveiling next week. The new format will allow us to provide you with new content daily, and we hope you'll make EastWestMagazine.com a regular stop in your

Anita, Editor-in-Chiefnoreply@blogger.com0http://www.eastwestmagazine.com/creativecat/2007/10/changes-changes-changes.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4063402442705949898.post-25717690857435114142007-09-12T10:45:00.000-07:002007-09-12T11:50:22.243-07:00

We love NPR, but when our favorite NPR host Michel Martin probed into our recent cover choice, Miss Universe Riyo Mori, I found myself a little on the defense, feeling our point wasn't completely understood. And in the time constraints of radio world, all the points I wanted to make didn't even stand a chance.The question: How can a woman who simply won a pageant be influential?The answer: For

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"When's the next Face contest?"I get at least a couple emails a day asking this question, so I decided to post the answer for all to read.Yes, there will be another Face of East West contest! In 2008, we will begin our 6th year of the annual competition. For details, be sure to check out the first issue of the New Year, and of course, stay tuned to the Web site.Until then, here's a little journey

Anita, Editor-in-Chiefnoreply@blogger.com0http://www.eastwestmagazine.com/creativecat/2007/09/another-face.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4063402442705949898.post-15341315435918532712007-09-05T15:39:00.000-07:002007-09-05T15:57:08.002-07:00

OK, so this has little to do with East West, but I would be remiss if I didn't plug it here.Many of you that read my editorials each issue know by now that Cody, my 15-year Lhasa Apso, is my obsession. So it is appropriate then that he has a blog now. Yes, his very own blog.Check it out. He might talk East West on occassion too. If you are a dog lover, I am sure you will approve.http://

Anita, Editor-in-Chiefnoreply@blogger.com1http://www.eastwestmagazine.com/creativecat/2007/09/doggone-crazy.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4063402442705949898.post-86675600017529730572007-08-29T15:48:00.000-07:002007-08-29T16:05:19.493-07:00

In today's market, with a mass of content speeding at consumers, publishers have come to learn that it's time to diversify and up your game. Advertisers are demanding events and branded online packages. There are buzz words and must-dos. It seems like an endless game of catch-up. Magazines of all sizes just trying to stay on top of the latest trend in content delivery.For example, have you

Anita, Editor-in-Chiefnoreply@blogger.com1http://www.eastwestmagazine.com/creativecat/2007/08/whens-darn-good-content-is-not-enough.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4063402442705949898.post-91181231422122862062007-08-22T19:51:00.000-07:002007-08-22T19:59:32.787-07:00

I have just found a great new way of spending even more time on the Internet than I already do - www.biggestmenu.com. It’s like the YouTube / Flicker / Chowhound / Myspace / Facebook of foodies. Users post pictures of their favorite foods and restaurants, and the site organizes that info around locations, making it really easy to find a place to eat in your ‘hood. The top cities thus far with

Jennifer K.noreply@blogger.com0http://www.eastwestmagazine.com/creativecat/2007/08/asian-foodies-united.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4063402442705949898.post-73064314665526358342007-08-20T14:08:00.000-07:002007-08-20T14:16:35.582-07:00

Within a culture and community that still encourages the covering up of mental illness, we all know it is critical that more attention be given to the mental health of the Asian American population. We've heard it time and time again, with the statistics about AAs and mental health plastering mainstream news sites and programs. But forget the shock and awe of the numbers, what I've been

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