A follow up to my previous post-

HYPHEN MAGAZINE- AN ASIAN-AMERICAN MEDIA MAGAZINE DEDICATED TO CHANGING THE WAY WE VIEW AND COVER ASIAN AMERICANS

AN INDEPENDENT MAGAZINE ..WITH SOME SPUNK AND YOUTHFUL, BOLD FLAVOR

here's a follow-up to my previous post regarding my academic research on Asian-Americans and the media.
I recently browsed the web for quite a while to find worthwhile independent Asian-American media outlets. However, I could not find any except Asian Connections.com which seemed to have a good way of putting Asian-Americans into the mainstream spotlight. however, the website rarely updates and its layout is dull and boring. In addition, it seems to market to no particular audience which I think can cause some major problems and give the outlet no particular direction. In addition, it is not clear whether or not the site is sponsored by a corporation or not.
A few days ago though, I looked through more pages of the google search engine to try to dig deeper to see if there were some hidden Asian-american media gems that young, budding journalists were getting started.
I found one site that I wish I could have found earlier to research and write about for Jeff Cohen's independent media outlet paper that was due a few weeks earlier. The independent media outlet is called Hyphen Magazine.

Hyphen magazine presents itself as a hip, modern, and politically-socially aware magazine for young Asian-americans.
So Why the Name HYPHEN??
According to the magazine online... it states :

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Why is your magazine called Hyphen?

Hyphen refers to the debate surrounding so-called "hyphenated identity." Some Asian Americans resist the idea that they are somehow not fully "American" when they are labeled "Asian American." Others wear the identity proudly, while some shrug it off as irrelevant. We believe these differences of opinion reflect the dynamism and complexity that define today's Asian America. Our magazine uncovers these tensions while exploring what it is that ties us together.

-Courtesy of hyphenmagazine.com
It is carried in independent bookstores all across the country although its roots are in San Francisco, Cali. It can also be found online.
It's fiscal sponsor is Independent Arts and Media, which gives them the nonprofit 501 (C) 3 status that allows them to receive donations. The magazine is responsible for raising its own budget.
This is the magazine's about section that tells about its mission and history. It is clearly a magazine dedicated to promoting greater social understanding about the issues of Asian-americans, which in my opinion are buried below more prominent social issues regarding Caucasian-Americans and perhaps African-Americans.
Asian-americans do not seem to be represented accurately at most times in mainstream media and in the entertainment-film industry.

Here's the about section

The magazine was recently awarded for one of its covers.

I congratulate the magazine for successfully portraying an Asian-American male as attractive and more masculine. Asian-american males are constantly facing pressure and stereotypes that depict them as not being masculine, having physically feminine qualities, and not being someone one would think of as a front cover model.
Hyphen Magazine is trying to redefine and put the truth into the spotlight with its magazine.

What the webpage looks like on Hyphenmagazine.com