The International Examiner is a free biweekly Asian American

Asian American

Asian Americans are Americans of Asian descent. The U.S. Census Bureau definition of Asians as "Asian” refers to a person having origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the Indian subcontinent, including, for example, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Japan,...

 newspaper

Newspaper

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 based in Seattle, Washington

Seattle, Washington

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's International District

International District

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. It was founded in 1974 by Gerald Yuasa and Lawrence Imamura to serve what the founders thought were the business interests of the Asian American community in Seattle's International District.

In 1975, the Examiner was purchased by the Alaska Cannery Workers Association

Alaskeros

The Alaskeros were Filipino seasonal migrant workers in the United States. They worked in salmon canneries in Alaska during the summer, and on farms on the west coast during the rest of the year...

 for $1 and became an activist, community-based newspaper. Although the paper became independent three years later, it continued the tradition of community activism that was firmly established under the Alaska Cannery Workers Association. As such, "editors" were also community activists and organizers rather than traditional journalists. As of 2004 its circulation was 10,000.

Today, the International Examiner is the oldest Asian American newspaper in the Northwest and the oldest continuously publishing pan-Asian newspaper in the country. The Examiner is a registered 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization governed by a volunteer Board of Directors.