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New ethnic news hub

By Kevin Roderick | January 19, 2009 2:22 AM

LA Beez is an online collaboration of "ethnic media organizations featuring hyperlocal news content covering the metropolitan Los Angeles area." The participants are:

  • Arab-American Affairs Magazine
  • Asian Journal
  • Carib Press
  • Impulso
  • LA Garment & Citizen
  • LA Watts Times

LA Beez is a project of New America Media's Digital Divide Initiative funded by The Ford Foundation.


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