Monday, August 1
This week we were back under Reiko. On Monday, we started the day at Kubota's for a lunch meeting with Lloyd LaCuesta, a news reporter for KTVU. Lloyd has has an interesting career in the media, at one time reporting the military news out of Korea. He told us that as a reporter, it is important that he maintains a reputation free of bias. Lloyd said that this is especially important for him because e doesn't want to be labeled as "the Asian reporter" who can only do Asian stories. Lloyd told us that many times the Asian American community would approach him with their stories and expect him to report on them becaue he is an Asian American reporter. I found it interesting but understandable that Lloyd didn't take these kinds of stories. He said that as a reporter, he needs to remain unbiased and report on stories that will print. After our interview with Lloyd, we put up some flyers for Reiko and then worked on our website project.
Tuesday, August 2
On Tuesday, Kyle and I met with Robert Honda, a news reporter for KTVU. Robert's perspective was quite different from Lloyd's, in that he told us that he doesn't mind reporting for the Asian American community. He then told us that as a reporter, it is impossible to eliminate bias completely, so it isn't bias that you have to worry about--it's fairness. It is important to report fairly so that neither side of the story is favored. Robert even told us that sometimes he is biased in the stories he chooses, but he is never biased on the actual coverage of the story.
After our meeting with Robert, we headed over to city hall for a meeting with Ed Shikada, one of the Deputy City Managers for San Jose. Ed explained to us that San Jose Japantown is considered a jewel and cultural asset to the city of San Jose. As such, it makes allocating funds to its preservation easier. Ed also told us that he is heavily involved with CYS, which he explained, is more of an organization dedicated to serving youth, rather than a youth organization.
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