Unique Program Provides Top News and Trends from Asia
Link TVs TV & Digital News Magazine Program is
Hosted by TV personality Yul Kwon, first Asian-American Survivor winner
Burbank, CA - January 9, 2013 - KCETLink, the new national independent public media organization created by KCETs recent merger with the Bay Area-based independent media company, Link Media, invites viewers to tune in toLinkAsiaon KCET every Friday at10:30 p.m. beginning Jan. 11, 2013.
The first program offering from Link TV on KCETs broadcast schedule since announcing the merger in October,LinkAsiahosted by TV personality Yul Kwon, is a weekly half-hour roundup of culture, political and technology news from Asia combining official state news with social media and contributors throughout the region.
LinkAsiaprovides U.S. audiences with official news from Asian nations commercial and state-run TV networks, along with translated social media chatter and on-the-ground correspondent reporting from China, Japan, Korea, Vietnam, India, Pakistan, Thailand and Malaysia.
Kwon, a former attorney and the first Asian-American contestant to win the CBS reality show,Survivor,said its critical for U.S. viewers, especially in Southern California where there is such a large Asian population, to have a better grasp of whats going on in Asia because of the regions profound impact on the rest of the world.
Theres nothing else like this in U.S. media, said Yul Kwon,LinkAsiahost. Were giving viewers a direct pulse into this incredibly dynamic area of the world by providing them with unfiltered news and perspectives.
As a transmedia project, theLinkAsia blogcurates Asian news from around the world and includes news and analysis from expert contributors located in Asia and the U.S., such as award-winning investigative journalist David Bandurski from the China Media Project. Combining social media channels with stories from across the Asian region, LinkAsias Twitter channel - @LinkAsiaNews - can also be found on Storify (http://storify.com/LinkAsiaNews), monitoring both U.S. and Asian social media sites, including Chinas Sina Weibo, to publish stories generated by social media trends across the globe.
The programs list of news providers includes CCTV (China), NHK (Japan), MBC and MBN (Korea), NDTV (India), VTV4 (Vietnam) and citizen journalism organization Global Voices Online. In addition to David Bandurski, correspondents include Charlie Custer of noted blog China Geeks; Ajoy Bose, veteran political reporter based in New Delhi; and Nguyen Qui Duc, Vietnamese author and reporter. George Lewinski, former senior editor at PRIs The World and foreign editor at NPRs Marketplace, is the series producer; and Wendy Hanamura, former Tokyo-based correspondent and CBS news reporter, is executive producer.
This is a digital and broadcast news program that sits at the intersection of culture and journalism in Asia - featuring news and stories directly from Asia and were thrilled to be able to offer it to Southern California audiences on KCETs schedule, said Paul S. Mason, Chief Strategy Officer of KCETLink. Our team is monitoring whats being reported andhowits being reported in China and Japan and beyond, not only in official news, but in social media across the region, to cultivate understanding about whats really happening over there - and why its deeply relevant to U.S. audiences.
Funding forLinkAsiais provided by the John T. and Catherine D. MacArthur Foundation, Henry Luce Foundation, and the Fund for Commonweal. The advisory team includes Maureen Fan (award-winning formerWashington PostBeijing bureau chief), Clayton Dube (director of the USC U.S.-China Institute), Daniel Okimoto (Stanford University professor emeritus and co-founder of the Shorenstein-Asia/Pacific Research Center) and others.
LinkAsiahas covered ongoing reporting and analysis about stories including Kim Jung Ils death and the future of North Korea under new leadership, free speech and censorship in China, democracy across Asia, the ongoing investigation into the Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan, and Taiwans enthusiasm about NBA phenomenon Jeremy Lin.
LinkAsiaairs weekly on KCET Fridays at 10:30 repeating Saturdays at 6 p.m. and Sundays at 6:30 p.m.
For more information, visitwww.LinkAsia.org, follow@LinkAsiaNews, and likeFacebook.com/LinkAsia.
Note to Editors: High res production stills and Yul Kwon photos may be accessedhere.
ABOUT KCETLink
KCETLink is the new national independent public transmedia organization formed by the merger between KCET and Link Media. A viewer-supported 501c(3) organization, its content is distributed nationally via satellite on DirecTV and DISH, in Southern and Central California via broadcast, as well as via various digital delivery systems. KCET and Link TV are services of KCETLink. For additional information about KCETLink productions, web-exclusive content, programming schedules and community events, please visit kcet.org or linktv.org.
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Unique Program Provides Top News and Trends from Asia
