The Northwest Asian Weekly is an Asian American newspaper based in Seattle , Washington 's International District . It was founded in 1983 by Assunta Ng , publisher of the Seattle Chinese Post , and published free weekly editions until January 2023.
7-614: Northwest Asian Weekly published its first edition on February 5, 1983, as the successor to an English insert in the Seattle Chinese Post that debuted in September 1982. Both newspapers were published by Assunta Ng ; among the early supporters of the Asian Weekly was Gary Locke , who later became the first Asian American governor of Washington . It was distributed for free and had a circulation of 9,500 prior to
14-495: A Washington (state) newspaper is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Seattle Chinese Post The Seattle Chinese Post ( traditional Chinese : 西華報 ; simplified Chinese : 西华报 ; pinyin : Xī Huá Bào ; Jyutping : Sai1 Waa4 Bou3 ) was a weekly Chinese-language newspaper based in Seattle , Washington 's International District . It was founded on 1982 by Assunta Ng , also founder of
21-792: The Northwest Asian Weekly . At the time of its founding, it was the first Chinese-language newspaper published in the Pacific Northwest since 1927. The Seattle Chinese Post was founded by Assunta Ng . It was given its name in December 1981 by community members in the surrounding International District in an "open-naming" contest. Originally headquartered in the Bush Hotel in the International District, The Seattle Chinese Post's first issue
28-759: The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. The Asian Weekly ceased print publication on January 21, 2023, and became an online-only news outlet; the Seattle Chinese Post also ceased on the same day. In May 2024, Ng sold Asian Weekly to a group of four investors. Northwest Asian Weekly's print version were widely distributed in Seattle, primarily at Asian American businesses, grocery stores, and restaurants. They were also available at businesses in other parts of King and Snohomish counties, as well as public libraries statewide. This article about
35-401: The paper announced it will cease print and online operations. Its final print issue was on January 21, 2023. The Northwest Asian Weekly also ceased print but its website will continue to be updated for the foreseeable future. In September 2023, it was announced The Seattle Chinese Post was to resume publishing articles online on Oct. 5 after the newspaper’s owner Assunta Ng donated it to
42-497: Was officially launched on February 5, 1983. In 1985, The Seattle Chinese Post and Northwest Asian Weekly launched the first Seattle Chinese Yellow Pages. In 1986, Ng's husband, George Liu, joined The Seattle Chinese Post and Northwest Asian Weekly as a full-time manager. In 1987, The Seattle Chinese Post moved its offices from the Bush Hotel to the former site of the Wing Luke Museum . On December 29, 2022,
49-467: Was published January 20, 1982. The first issue consisted primarily of advertisements because, at the time, Chinese characters had to be manually typed and typesetters used a bulky and noisy tool imported from Taiwan. In September 1982, The Seattle Chinese Post expanded its English-language coverage from two articles an issue to a full four-page insert. This insert grew and became The Seattle Chinese Post's sister paper, Northwest Asian Weekly , which
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