Gil Asakawa Email & Phone Number

Arvada, CO, US

Arvada, US

Nikkei View started as my personal blog covering pop culture and politics from an Asian American perspective. It was originally a weekly column in Denver's Japanese community newspaper and evolved to a blog. Since 2015, Nikkei View LLC is also the corporate identity for my cultural communications consulting, copywriting, social media and speaking.

Blue Ink Review posts professional reviews of self-published books, written by experienced critics and journalists. It was founded in part by the former books editor of the Rocky Mountain News, for whom I used to write when the newspaper was still around. I write reviews of a wide variety of genres in fiction and non-fiction books..

Berkeley, CA, US

Wrote "Being Japanese American," which was published by Stone Bridge Press in 2004. Revised edition published 2014. "Tabemasho! Let's Eat!," a history of Japanese food in America, was published in August 2022 by Stone Bridge Press.

Boulder, CO, US

Associate editor and reporter for content focused on the nutritional supplements industry in Nutrition Business Journal, and NewHope.com. New Hope Network (formerly New Hope Natural Media) is at the forefront of the healthy lifestyle products industry. With solutions for the complete supply chain from manufacturers, retailers/distributors, service.

Boulder, Colorado, US

I manage the student-run university news website, the CU Independent, http://cuindependent.comI also consult and speak nationally on online news, the future of news, social media, editorial SEO and emerging technologies in media.

Denver, Colorado, US

I'm helping to add the perspective of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion to all of the Colorado Media Project's efforts to sustain local news.

Washington, DC, US

In 2014 I was named the Asian American Journalists Association's AARP Social Media Fellow, and managed social media and write articles for AARP aimed at engaging Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders who are 50+ as well as younger AAPIs who are concerned about their future, and about caring for family members who are 50+. I'm now AARP's AAPI Marketing.

Denver, CO, US

I work with Mikado, a culture-first consulting agency aimed at specific ethnic communities including AAPI, and help connect the agency to AAPI community organizations.

Wheat Ridge, Colorado, US

Website content, newsletters, press releases, managing media inquiries and interviews

St Louis, Missouri, US

I wrote freelance articles for Answers.com, one of the top 15 websites in the US, as the category expert on Japan.

visualizAsian.com was a project launched by my partner, Erin Yoshimura, and me to interview notable Asian American Pacific Islanders in live teleconference and web-streamed conversations to inspire other AAPIs to find their voice and stand with vigor in everything they do.

Denver, CO, US

Analyze traffic to MediaNews Group websites and recommend and implement action based on Search Engine Optimization and Search Engine Marketing best practices to increase traffic and interaction; train newsroom staff and interactive content producers on best practices for their sites to grow traffic; help to develop and execute new sites.

Manage the editorial and other content on the Web sites owned by Clarity Media, including sites for the San Francisco, Washington DC and Baltimore Examiner newspapers, as well as Web sites for other cities across the country. The company is based in Denver, Colorado.

Provided oversight and editorial guidance for the Pacific Citizen, the national newspaper of JACL, the oldest Asian American civil rights organization in the US. Also served as a PC Editorial Board Member from 2012-2016, and Editorial Board Chair again from 2016-2018.

Responsible for ongoing strategy and implementation of new tools and features at the corporate level for Advance Internet portal Web sites, including NJ.com (Newark Star Ledger & other New Jersey newspapers), OregonLive.com (Portland Oregonian), Cleveland.com (Cleveland Plain Dealer), NOLA.com (New Orleans Times-Picayune) and others. Also worked closely.

DenverPost.com, responsible for managing staff and content of Web site for The Denver Post, Colorado's daily newspaper. Managed vendor relationships and strategic direction of Web site. Led the site to national and regional awards, including best breaking news and best news Web site in Colorado.

Intensive weeklong session on emerging technology and new media applications for journalism, with speakers such as Craig Newmark, Dan Gillmor and Regina McCombs, others.

Managed daily news content aggregation and community-building for online international trade startup.

Golden, CO, US

Managed editorial content for online startup matching consumers to contractors and service providers. Assembled and managed editorial department and coordinated freelance content.

Responsible for editorial content of business-travel online magazine, content partnerships, community-building initiatives and content-rich newsletters.

New York, NY, US

Managed content for local AOL site, assembled editorial and technology staff, built local online audience through message boards and chats, focused site on breaking news, served as Internet evangelist at the dawn of the digital era.

Managed weekly Entertainment section, managed staff and freelance writers, copy-edited, wrote weekly columns and articles, redesigned and launched broadsheet to a tabloid section

Established, edited and managed music section in Denver's alternative weekly paper, wrote news stories and investigative long-form articles.

Bfa, Painting

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