Author Archives: Merinda Valley

Merinda is a recent graduate of Michigan State University with a bachelor’s degree in journalism and Arabic and a specialization in international development. She has held numerous reporting and editing positions at publications including The State News, MLive and the Red Cedar Log, Michigan State University’s award-winning yearbook.Merinda is a co-author of “100 Questions and Answers about Americans” and is currently writing a book about intercultural communication for the MSU Bias Busters series.

Scholarship funding decreases from 2011 level

August 15, 2015 Comments Off on Scholarship funding decreases from 2011 level

Total annual revenue for the Asian American Journalists Association increased from 2011 to 2012 and decreased slightly the following year.

COLUMN: Don’t tell me what I’m not — I decide what I am

August 15, 2015 Comments Off on COLUMN: Don’t tell me what I’m not — I decide what I am

White. Ethnic. Asian. Multiracial. Hispanic. Mixed. These words are used to describe a person’s physical traits and are intended to associate them with a particular race, culture, ethnic group or region of the world. But they are not concrete. These ...

For Nepali Americans, Facebook replaces news outlets in earthquake aftermath

August 13, 2015 Comments Off on For Nepali Americans, Facebook replaces news outlets in earthquake aftermath

One evening last spring, Anil Pandey was alone in his home office at about 11 p.m., catching up with a close friend in Nepal via Facebook chat when his newsfeed began to fill with posts about an earthquake. From those ...