Not everyone on the Asia Media magazine staff is leaving us at graduation soon. Most are remaining; and in fact five new staffers are coming aboard as we write. But the graduating seniors who are leaving us are a special cut of student: hardworking, committed and very fun to be around. The leadership of co-managing [...]
About Tom Plate
Tom Plate is a journalist and university professor who has worked at Time magazine, the Los Angeles Times, Newsday and other media institutions.
GOODBYE TO THE ASIA MEDIA CLASS OF ’13!
Not everyone on the Asia Media magazine staff is leaving us at graduation soon. Most are remaining; and in fact five new staffers are coming aboard as we write. But the graduating seniors who are leaving us are a special cut of student: hardworking, committed and very fun to be around. The leadership of co-managing [...]
DUBAI: In Praise of the Newspaper, in This Digital Age
TOM PLATE WROTE the following for a leading newspaper in United Arab Emirates — the Khaleej Times. It is one of the most influential daily newspapers of the Gulf States and Arabia. The following essay appeared in a special edition of that newspaper celebrating its 35th anniversary. “THIS IS AN age when digital media of [...]
TOM PLATE WROTE the following for the lead newspaper of Dubai, United Arab Emirates — the Khaleej Times. It is one of the most influential daily newspapers of the Gulf States and Arabia. The following essay appeared in a special edition of that newspaper celebrating its 35th anniversary. “THIS IS AN age when digital [...]
MURAKAMI MAKING BOOK
Haruki Murakami was born in Japan during the post–World War II baby boom. Although born in Kyoto, he spent his youth in Shukugawa (Nishinomiya), Ashiya and Kobe. His father was the son of a Buddhist priest, and his mother the daughter of an Osaka merchant.[8] Both taught Japanese literature. Since childhood, Murakami has been heavily [...]
JAPAN: THE LATE GREAT ARTIST TAWARA YUSAKU
Thanks to the brilliant recent book “UNIVERSE IS FLUX,” by John Teramoto with Stephen Addiss and David Rosand, our art spotlight goes to the late Tawara Yusaku, whose Tawara’s artistic vision was highly influenced by Buddhist concepts of cosmology and space. See the stunning sample above. As the book’s authors tell us: “His philosophy revolved [...]
FROM TOKYO: THE UNIVERSE IS FLUX
TOM PLATE WRITES — Thanks to the brilliant recent book “UNIVERSE IS FLUX,” by John Teramoto with Stephen Addiss and David Rosand, our art spotlight goes to the late Tawara Yusaku, whose Tawara’s artistic vision was highly influenced by Buddhist concepts of cosmology and space. As the book’s authors tell us: “His philosophy revolved around [...]
BANGKOK: THE LITERARY MUSIC OF THE NIGHT
TOM PLATE WRITES — The term ‘noir’ is rather difficult define but instantaneously recognizable. In the American literary tradition, many of our greatest writers have been associated with the tradition of ‘noir’ (French for ‘black film’). They would include Raymond Chandler, Dashiell Hammett, James M. Cain, Ross Macdonald and Elmore Leonard (… arguably). Famous Hollywood [...]
BY TOM PLATE — The term ‘noir’ is rather difficult define but instantaneously recognizable. In the American literary tradition, many of our greatest writers have been associated with the tradition of ‘noir’ (French for ‘black film’). They would include Raymond Chandler, Dashiell Hammett, James M. Cain, Ross Macdonald and Elmore Leonard (… arguably). Famous Hollywood [...]
AUSTRALIA: Knockout Student Art
ASIA MEDIA seeks to spotlight outstanding talent from the Asia-Pacific region that speaks to the cutting edge of our contemporary political concerns and emotional needs as human inhabiting a troubled planet. This issue’s featured art comes from Australia. It is perhaps hard to believe, but this fabulous 46 x 61 cm multimedia worked titled “Yesterday’s [...]
NEW YORK: Lunch with the United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon
You might think of it as a sort of secular miracle! At the very moment that the white smoke of confirmation was puffing skywards for the new Catholic Pope – now Francis I – Loyola Marymount was having a private lunch with UNSG Ban Ki-Moon. The venue was the secretary general’s private dining room on [...]
‘YESTERDAY’S NEWS’
ASIA MEDIA seeks to spotlight outstanding talent from the Asia-Pacific region that speaks to the cutting edge of our contemporary political concerns and emotional needs as human inhabiting a troubled planet. This issue’s featured art comes from Australia. It is perhaps hard to believe, but this fabulous 46 x 61 cm multimedia worked titled “Yesterday’s [...]
BEIJING: ‘China Daily’ Publishes an American Perspective With Which It Agrees
The following column by Tom Plate appeared in the Opinion Section of China Daily, the official English language newspaper in Beijing: Recently, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea threatened to nullify the Armistice Agreement inked in 1953, an apparent move to exert pressure on the United Nations Security Council while the latter was busy discussing [...]
ASIA INSIGHT VIDEO NO. FOUR: STEPHANIE GARCIA AND HER VIEW ON AMERICAN JOURNALISM AND SINGAPORE
Professor Tom Plate meets with South-South News
Professor Tom Plate Goes Live With South-South News to discuss his book on UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon. Professor Plate reveals why he decided to write a book on Ban Ki-Moon -- and how the Western media stereotypes the Korean diplomat.
Staff Writer Lauren Chen Reflects on the Death of a Journalist