@sakshi_saroja @NBCAsianAmerica @kimmythepooh lucky to be part of your incredible run at nbc sakshi! <3
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Jessica Prois
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Jessica Prois
@JessicaProis
Editorial director of @NBCAsianAmerica. Founder and former executive editor of HuffPost Asian Voices.
New York شامل ہوئے Aralık 2008
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So grateful for my nearly 5 years with NBC News, specifically @NBCAsianAmerica. My former colleagues @JessicaProis and @kimmythepooh are doing some of the best work in the business on vulnerable communities that no one writes about enough
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Hi friends - so excited to share that I will be starting a new job next week as a Live Reporter with BBC News! I will be covering major stories about North America, and I couldn't be more excited. Would love to hear your tips and feedback on the most important stories of the day!
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Amid the year-end busyness, I missed this @kimmythepooh story about allegations of unaddressed anti-Asian harassment at the Cy-Fair school district outside Houston.
It's worth a read if you missed it, too. nbcnews.com/news/asian-ame…
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A man just threw an unknown liquid at me and said “that’s what you get for being a fucking fairy.” The notion that New York is a safe haven for LGBTQ people is misguided at best. Nowhere is “safe” when you’re a walking target.
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As traditional U.S. malls struggle to reinvent themselves, those that cater to Asian customers are emerging as popular destinations that blend shopping and community. nbcnews.com/news/asian-ame…
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This is so exciting. @NBCAsianAmerica has started a newsletter. Please sign up here: link.nbcnews.com/join/5cj/nbc-a…
#OwnOurStories #RepresenationMatters #AAPIMatters
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We started a newsletter on @NBCAsianAmerica! This week, read @sakshi_saroja on Ramaswamy and the debate, @kimmythepooh on Hawaiian sovereignty, @sahilkapur on AAPI voting power and @daysiatolentino on all-Asian friend groups. Sign up here! link.nbcnews.com/join/5cj/nbc-a…
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There’s a new newsletter from @NBCAsianAmerica! Sign up now!
Jessica Prois@JessicaProis
We started a newsletter on @NBCAsianAmerica! This week, read @sakshi_saroja on Ramaswamy and the debate, @kimmythepooh on Hawaiian sovereignty, @sahilkapur on AAPI voting power and @daysiatolentino on all-Asian friend groups. Sign up here! link.nbcnews.com/join/5cj/nbc-a…
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Also in the letter, read Vivek's response to Ann Coulter's 'Hindu business' comments - @sakshi_saroja was first to get his team's response
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We started a newsletter on @NBCAsianAmerica! This week, read @sakshi_saroja on Ramaswamy and the debate, @kimmythepooh on Hawaiian sovereignty, @sahilkapur on AAPI voting power and @daysiatolentino on all-Asian friend groups. Sign up here! link.nbcnews.com/join/5cj/nbc-a…
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🤬 “I was covered in dirt, ashes, my eyes, my mouth, everything. I was just so thirsty,” Cabrera, who entered a hotel in search of water, said. “And there were hundreds of tourists drinking, having fun and not even caring.”
NBC Asian America@NBCAsianAmerica
“I think the biggest worry was when we have bodies in that ocean that still had not been discovered, and for us to see them snorkeling when we still haven't retrieved all our dead — that was hard," one local said. nbcnews.com/news/asian-ame…
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This may be the best reporting on a climate disaster that I have ever seen. nbcnews.com/news/asian-ame…
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Some high profile Asian American leaders and groups say affirmative action ruling used the racial group as ‘pawns’ nbcnews.com/news/asian-ame… from @kimmythepooh and @sakshi_saroja
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I wrote about Don Tamaki, the 1 non-Black member of CA's reparations task force, who's known for his legal work in the Japanese American redress &reparations movement. He talked solidarity &why reparations for the Black community is a critical issue to JAs
nbcnews.com/news/asian-ame…
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Many Americans are getting their first taste of what coordinated, hyper-online Hindu nationalist attacks look like with the harassment of Sabrina Siddiqui. Experts expect this is just the beginning. I wrote about the Hindutva movement and how we got here:
nbcnews.com/news/asian-ame…
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Insanely good story from @sakshi_saroja on the new AsAm 3rd culture. Happy APAHM! 'The panic of opening an ethnic lunchbox in a crowded cafeteria is dead to them. It has been traded in for videos of their moms’ recipes narrated by artificial intelligence.' nbcnews.com/news/asian-ame…
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'Beef' is a good show and here is a good article about it
How Netflix’s ‘Beef’ nailed the Korean American evangelical experience
nbcnews.com/news/asian-ame… via @nbcnews / @kimmythepooh @lalasoo
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Over the last year, I interviewed over a dozen Asian people in the U.S., posing them all one common question: Do you feel represented by the term “Asian American”? For brown, lower-income and minority Asians, the answer was overwhelmingly “No.” Here's why:
nbcnews.com/news/asian-ame…
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There’s a bill in the Texas Senate right now that would ban all Chinese citizens from buying property (even homes) in the state. I talked to Chinese Texans who are scared and in disbelief, but are fighting. The bill already has the support of the governor.
nbcnews.com/news/asian-ame…
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I got to chat with @RepRoKhanna about becoming the first Indian chair of the Congressional India Caucus. He told me about his goals, and I asked him about some of the things on our diaspora's mind (including rising Hindu nationalism and visa struggles.)
nbcnews.com/news/asian-ame…
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“I would only hire Asians if I could,” a professor once told me. “You all are so hard-working.”
She meant it as a compliment.
“To some, Asian work matters more than Asian lives.” ~@mitrakalita @TIME
time.com/charter/625139…
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