For members of the ethnic press, the Israel-Palestine conflict is often seen through the lens of history and the present realities shaping their communities.
The 2023 CA Ethnic Media Conference Expo & Awards brought together 150 ethnic media practitioners from as far north as Humboldt and as far south as Calexico, to meet with the leaders and decision makers of Sacramento.
Six of the winners of the Ethnic Media Awards discuss their winning entries and the in-depth pieces they are currently covering or hope to cover this year.
A panel of 26 judges, from journalism professors to writers, editors, researchers and policy makers, was hand-picked for their cultural and in-language fluency.
AB 886, called the California Journalism Preservation Act, would mandate that social media platforms pay a “journalism usage fee” to news organizations for sharing their content.
