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| Leonard Novarro, editor and publisher of ASIA, The Journal of Culture and Commerce, is a two-time Pulitzer Prize nominee and award-winning editor and journalist whose work has been published nationally and internationally. He has worked for major news organizations, including the Orlando Sentinel, San Diego Union-Tribune, and Reuters News Service, covered the Asian American business scene for Asia Timesand Asia Inc. magazine, co-hosted “Memphis Week,” a weekly television news show in Memphis, Tennessee, and has made numerous guest appearances on radio and television. He is the recipient of more than 50 major awards and citations in several fields, including health, the environment, law and diversity coverage, among them the prestigious H.B. Swope Award in feature writing and news reporting, the John J. Finney Award for public service and the National Institute of Human Relations Award for spearheading the “Faces of San Diego” multicultural series of stories as features editor of the San Diego Tribune. In 1976, he was part of a team that was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize for uncovering intolerable living conditions among Central Florida’s migrant farm laborers. Novarro is also a recipient of a California Endowment Health Journalism Fellowship awarded through the USC Annenberg School for Communication.
Rosalynn Carmen, co-publisher of ASIA, has had a diverse career in a number of fields, including newspapers, radio, teaching and cultural instruction. A native of Thailand and educated in Australia, she came to the United States more than 25 years ago to bolster her entrepreneurial spirit into a successful career selling real estate, a co-partnership in a Thai language publication called Business and Entertainment News and, six years ago, providing the impetus for founding ASIA, The Journal of Culture & Commerce, a highly successful English language publication serving Southern California’s diverse Asian community. In addition to reporting for several Thai newspapers in the U.S., she set a record for producing four radio shows reporting back to Thailand on trends and human events in the U.S., becoming a widely recognized radio personality known as “Dr. Rose.” Her strong social consciousness was evident in her work teaching prisoners in the California State Penitentiary system and for conducting seminars for the U.S. Navy to help serviceman overseas adjust to Asian cultures. Before co-founding ASIA with Len Novarro in 2002, Carmen was a regular contributor to Siam Chronicle, reporting on Southern California’s Thai community.
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SD Union-Tribune, story on LA launch
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Once again, ASIA, The Journal of Culture & Commerce, scored big in the annual competition of the San Diego Press Club, one of the most prestigious and largest press clubs in the country. The contest was judged by press clubs in Houston and New Orleans, among other cities.
Tom Kurtz, free-lance photographer, won first place for his front page photo of several Indian children, taken for a story about Little India in San Diego. The photo was judged best among all newspapers and magazines, daily and non-daily.
The newspaper also scored big visually, winning first place in two categories, feature layout and front page design, for graphic execution by Orlando Uribe, a frequent contributor to the newspaper. In addition, ASIA received second place honors for the second year in a row in the category of public service and consumer advocacy for its special edition “The Legacy of Asian Heritage Month.”
The awards were announced at a gala reception of the San Diego Press Club Oct. 21 at the Hall of Champions in San Diego’s Balboa Park |
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2008 - First place , front page photo
First place feature layout
First place front page design
Second place public service and consumer
advocacy “The Legacy of Asian Heritage Month.”
2007 – Best of Show, non daily newspapers
First place, profiles
Second place, front page design
Second place, public service
Second place, photography
Honorable mention, photography
2003 – Second place, front page design,
non-daily newspapers
Honorable mention, photography,
non-daily newspapers
2002 – First place, ethnic press, commentary
First place, magazine/consumer writing
First place, special interest publication,
single story
Other honors include:
2003 Certificate of Special Recognition,
U.S.Congress
2003 Proclamation from the Office of
Congresswoman Susan A. Davis
2006 Commendation, Secretary of State,
State of California
Proclamations from the San Diego County Board of Supervisors, the San Diego City Council, the offices of San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders, former Mayor Dick Murphy, County Supervisor Ron Roberts, County Supervisor Greg Cox, and San Diego City Council Members Brian Maienschein and Donna Frye,Community Leadership Award from the Girls Scouts of San Diego & Imperial Counties,Community Leadership Award from the Taiwanese Chamber of Commerce, Media Leadership Award from Kalusugan Community Service, Philippines community
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Mr. Chips R.I.P
Our support & Inspiration
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