Asian Males on American TV News
In response to comments about the lack of Asian male news anchors I have decided to do some research on this subject. The first place I checked out was TV news stations in LA because I remember seeing an Asian male news anchor on the news there. Guess what I found him. On ABC7 in LA they have a male news anchor Rob Fukuzaki. Then in San Francisco on KRON4 they have an award winning Asian male reporter Vic Lee. Here is a quick list of his notable accomplishments:
Lee’s reporting has earned local and national recognition. He was honored with the prestigious George Polk Award of Journalism for Best Local Reporting for “Clean Rooms, Dirty Secrets,†a 1985 investigative news series on hidden health hazards in Silicon Valley’s semiconductor industry. “Clean Rooms, Dirty Secrets†also received a Best Investigative Reporting award from the Associated Press (AP).
Lee has won local Emmy awards for Best Writing, Best News Story, Best Series, Best Specialized Reporting, and Best Multi-Part Feature from the Northern California Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS). Other awards include: Best Spot News Story from United Press International (UPI); Best Live Coverage, Best Investigative and Best Enterprise awards from the AP; Best Television Enterprise Reporting from the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ); and Best TV Reporting, Unlimited Subject Matter and Asian American Issues national awards from the Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA).
Then I found Robert Handa who is on KTVU News in San Francisco. He is another award winning reporter and anchor for that station. Here is some of his recognitions:
During his career, Handa has won numerous awards including:
an Emmy Award for Outstanding Achievement in Investigative Reporting
a UPI Western Regional Award for Best News Reporting
an Associated Press Award for Best Documentary
two awards from RTNDA (Radio Television News Directors Association) for Best Live/Breaking News and Best Multi-Part Series
California School Boards Association for Best Education Reporting
Handa has won several national journalism awards including top prizes from the Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA) as well as a first place award from the National Association of Black Journalists.
In addition, Handa was given the ‘Community Star’ award from Asian Americans for Community Involvement ( AACI) and the first-ever ‘Media Excellence’ award from the South Bay Islamic Association.
I’m beating a dead horse here now, but Asian male news broadcasters do exist. Asian males are much fewer and far between than Asian females though. During my research I was actually surprised by the amount of Asian female reporters out there compared to Asian males. Here is some more interesting data I uncovered in a USA Today article:
An Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA) study last year found that 86 Asian-American women but only 20 men were employed on the air in the USA’s top 25 markets. The ratio was even more lopsided among news anchors: Thirteen women held such jobs in those markets; only one man did.
So in the top 25 news markets there are 86 Asian female reporters. That is over three Asian female reporters per market but less than one Asian male reporter per market.
So what can be the cause of the disparity between Asian female and Asian male reporters? Could it be that not enough Asian males are studying journalism and broadcasting? If so why? Or are news stations racist against Asian males? I don’t think that is the case because there are many hispanics and African-Americans on the news. Alright Asian males out there you are more qualified to answer this question than I am. I’m interested to hear what you think.
GI,
A goofus minority declares: "Asian males are getting a raw deal because whites won't let us have enough media exposure!"
You fall for this insane game — by playing: playing along trying to convince it's "NOT TRUE … there are many male Asian media personalities."
GI it appears you are so brain dead you don't even realize that media exposure for minorities is a bogus remedy for the Asian male's notorious low-self esteem — an existential angst usually compensated by a pathological superiority complex.
Something about the socialist vampire bite that sucks all the blood out of the brain. I am sorry they got you.
GI, you have answered my question about whether or not you are one of the living-dead socialist apparatchiks administrating the US military. A proud American soldier defending the Soviet Way.
Let me enlighten your zombified and jellied brain: In current practice, anti-racism is aimed at whites.
For whites, racism includes not only hatred and abuse, but any distrust of others, any special concern or preference for whites, any recognition of whites as a people.
Anti-racism also imposes on whites an obligation to sacrifice their interests to those of nonwhites. If a white does something at odds with Asian interests or desires, for example if he fails sufficiently to favor "affirmative action," he is racist or at best insensitive.
In contrast, public racist statements from people like Jodi can be revoltingly bigoted without consequence because the vampire bitten white GI's take it like a whipped puppy.
Congratulations on your "research". You have convinced the US military IS administered by "useful idiots" cravenly trying to protect their military careers, rather than defend the traditional American way.
God save America, because the US Army won't.