Over 400 people attended the Anniversary Reunion Party of Pacific News Service/New America Media to honor four decades of alumni of PNS and NAM and their youth programs. The party, marking a coming together of old and new –a "media fusion" as one guest called it– as journalists from the first two decades heard about and embraced those from the last two decades, was held on November 12 at Metreon’s City View in San Francisco.
Dining on a buffet of six cuisines from local ethnic restaurants, journalists and guests from many points on the globe mingled amongst the elegant backdrop of The City’s skyline. Running the length of the first hall was an interactive timeline featuring much of the award-winning news service’s history. Light projections and a jazz trio added to the evening’s ambiance.
"Journalism is about trespassing borders, and that’s both the legacy and the future of PNS and NAM,” commented noted author Richard Rodriguez (Hunger of Memory) who delivered the evenings keynote.
“Seeing so many alumni come together to celebrate what we were and what we’ve become – it inspires us for another 40 years,” said Sandy Close, the organization’s executive director.
The evening was MC’d by feisty journalist, author and former-NAM TV show host Emil Guillermo. State Senator Mark Leno presented a proclamation of appreciation from the State of California, noting, to the delight of the audience, that although the Golden State was running of out of funds, they “would always have money to provide for the frames that encase (their) proclamations.” Gavin Newsom, The City’s mayor, sent over a declaration of his own, proclaiming November 12 as New America Media day.
Reminiscences, some hilarious and some sentimental, spanning the breadth of PNS’ forty years were offered by a dozen alumni (including Renee Montagne, Clark Norton, Frank Viviano,
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