Sandy Close

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Alexandra Close
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Alexandra Close (born ca. 1943) is an American journalist and the founder of Ethnic Media Services (now American Community Media).[1][2][3] She was the executive director of Pacific News Service from 1974 to 2017 and of New America Media from 1996 to 2017.[4][5]

Early life and education

Close received her BA from the University of California, Berkeley in 1964.[6]

Career

Close worked as the China editor in Hong Kong for the Far Eastern Economic Review in the mid-1960s.[7] Upon her return to the U.S. she co-founded Oakland-based newspaper The Flatlands.[8] She was also a weekly commentator for Morning Edition from 1984 to 1985.

In 1991, she founded Yo! Youth Outlook, a monthly magazine of youth writing and art, and in 1996, she co-founded The Beat Within, a weekly journal written by incarcerated youth.

She served as the executive director of Pacific News Service from 1974 to the publication's closing in 2017.[9] In 1996, she founded New America Media, which involved up to 3,000 ethnic news organizations in California, and served as its executive director until its closure in 2017.[10]

In 2018, Close founded Ethnic Media Services, a non-profit agency focused on developing cross-cultural journalism and marketing projects to promote inclusive public discourse.[11]

Close was a co-producer for the film Breathing Lessons: The Life and Work of Mark O'Brien, which won the Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject) in 1996.[12]

Personal life

Close was married to the historian and Asian affairs scholar Franz Schurmann from 1968 until his death in 2010.[13]

Awards

Works

References

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  2. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Sandy Close". www.macfound.org. Retrieved 2023-10-18.
  3. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."PRESS ADVISORY: EMS Changes Our Name". American Community Media. 2025-03-26. Retrieved 2025-03-28.
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  5. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Hartlaub, Peter (2017-11-27). "Pacific News Service closes, but lessons continue". SF Chronicle. Retrieved 2019-04-11.
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  8. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Waters, Rob (2018-05-03). "An Ethnic Media Beacon Goes Dark, but Its Creator Keeps Inspiring". SF Public Radio. Retrieved 2019-01-03.
  9. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Stewart, Jon (1995-07-16). "SUNDAY INTERVIEW -- Sandy Close / The executive director of Pacific News Service talks about her two decades on the radical edge of journalism". SFGate. Retrieved 2019-01-02.
  10. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Walsh, Joan (2017-11-03). "New America Media Is Closing—and That's Bad News for All American Media". The Nation. Archived from the original on 2019-01-02. Retrieved 2019-04-11.
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  12. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Klady, Leonard (1997-05-22). "Breathing Lessons: The Life and Work of Mark O'Brien". Variety. Retrieved 2019-01-03.
  13. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Weber, Bruce (2010-08-26). "Franz Schurmann, Cold War Expert on China, Dies at 84". NY Times. Retrieved 2019-04-11.
  14. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."New America Media's Sandy Close wins George Polk Career Award". 2011-02-25. Retrieved 2019-06-21.
  15. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Sandy Close | Ashoka United States". Archived from the original on 2011-07-25. Retrieved 2010-05-04.
  16. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Encore - Purpose Prize: Alexandra "Sandy" Close".
  17. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."MacArthur Fellows Program: Sandy Close".
  18. ^ Wiley Interscience

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