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Elevating the conversation on immigration — to comedy
Trust Jose Antonio Vargas to elevate the discussion on immigration by bringing it to political humorist Stephen Colbert. From the first question alone, Colbert could not resist lunging into the Pulitzer Award-winning journalist for being an “illegal alien.” “No, no,” a smiling Vargas protested the use of the term. “I’m an undocumented immigrant.” “Whatever,” Colbert […]
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‘I didn’t expect all this attention’
By Odette Keeley & Anthony Advincula New America Media Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jose Antonio Vargas sits down with NAM to discuss his coming-out as an undocumented immigrant and his plans to use his story to spark an honest conversation about immigration in America. When he was growing up in the Philippines, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jose […]
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‘Do you sponsor?’
By Cristina DC Pastor Feet in Two Worlds It’s a question I thought was crude and in your face. But if you’re an undocumented immigrant journalist looking for work, there really is no better way to ask. I’ve been asked this question on occasion in the six years that I was managing editor of a […]
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The resilience of Bamboo Girl: From warrior to healer
The bellicose Bamboo Girl zine editor of the late 1990s has recognizably mellowed. Margarita Alcantara is now a calmer person, an acupuncturist with a private practice and a life she concedes is not as self-obsessed. By Cristina DC Pastor TF: Where is the angry, confrontational Bamboo Girl now? MA: My fire is still there, it’s […]
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Shock, praise over journalist’s immigration tell-all
By Maricar CP Hampton & Cristina DC Pastor Pulitzer Award winning journalist Jose Antonio Vargas, who confessed to being an undocumented immigrant in a New York Times essay, was at the Philippine Consulate in New York June 22 for a private meeting with immigration lawyers. He or any of the lawyers from Filipino-American Legal and […]
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Writing, theater and always the two shall meet
By Maricar CP Hampton The first Filipino — and first Asian — to win the Nathan Award for Dramatic Criticism, Randy Gener talks about doors opening to a wind gust of awards, honors and opportunities, including editing a newspaper in the Prague. TF: How has it been for you since winning the Nathan Award in […]
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‘I’m still working on the mom thing’
By Elton Lugay With a new partner, Kristine Johnson continues to anchor the evening news and punch up ratings for CBS 2. TF: What prompted the reshuffle at CBS News? KJ: My former co-anchor Chris Wragge was given an enormous opportunity to host “The Early Show” on CBS. Maurice DuBois was in turn moved from […]
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‘Hard to say who’s a journalist now’
By Cristina DC Pastor; TF photo Sheila Coronel is director of the Columbia University Graduate School’s Stabile Center for Investigative Journalism. TF: I’m sure there’s a lot, but can you discuss just one notable project of the Stabile Center. SC: One of the stories that started out as a school project won the Polk Award. […]
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Hustled his way to hip hop journalism
By Andrea Stephanie McPherson Pharoh Martin, the online editor of Radio One, survived the economic downturn by quickly making the Giant leap from print to Internet. Major New York entertainment publications have been suffering the brunt of the economic decline and the transition in popularity from print to online media. Despite this downswing, writer Pharoh […]