Wall of Fame — 2024
AsAmNews is proud to announce this year’s inductees into the AsAmNews Bad Ass Asian Wall of Fame.
Each of these readers is being recognized for their tax-deductible donations to subsidize the addition of a new reporter in July 2024, to expand our offerings as well as to maintain our current positions.
Your donations can be made via Paypal, debit or credit card through this link.
Those who prefer may mail a check made out to Asian American Media Inc, the 501 (c) (3) that publishes AsAmNews, to our mailing address at 440 N. Barranca Avenue #8117, Covina, CA 91723
Asian American Media Inc, the non-profit that publishes AsAmNews 365 days a year, has been approved by the IRS as a 501c3. That means your donations are now tax deductible.
Contributions through this link are being accepted.
Bad Ass Asian Wall of Fame Gold Members
$100,000 or more
- California State Library Stop the Hate Project
Bad Ass Asian Wall of Fame Silver Members
$50,000 or more
- California Local News Fellowship, UC Berkeley
- California Public Library Civil Liberties Project
- Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Bad Ass Asian Wall of Fame Premier Super Elite Members
$10,000 or more
- AARP
- Lily M Fan
- Jeff & Brenda Kang
- Liucrative Media
- Report for America, The GroundTruth Project
- Takahashi Family Foundation
- The Asian American Foundation
- URL Collective
- USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism Ethnic Media Health Reporting Collaborative
Bad Ass Asian Wall of Fame Premier Elite Members
$5,000 or more
- East West Bank
- Intuit
- Dave Liu & Lauren Wu
- Deb & David Liu
- USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism Impact Fund for Reporting on Health Equity and Health Systems
- Randall & Gale Yip
Bad Ass Asian Wall of Fame Elite Members
$1,000 or more
- Asian American Journalists Association
- Daisy Chan
- Steve & Terri Chan
- Samantha Cheng
- Erin Chew
- Fund for Investigative Reporting
- Jeffrey Hsi
- Stephanie Hoo
- Lam Consulting Group
- Nelson & Tina Lam
- Kevin Lee
- Dr. Robert Lee
- Paul & Wendy Leung
- Dickson Louie
- Sylvia & David Omoto Giving Fund
Bad Ass Asian Wall of Fame Super Premier Members
$500 or more
- Rowena Chow
- Ravi Chandra
- Cheryl & Daniel Dulas
- Linh Hoang
- Ken Kashiwahara
- Vanita Louie
- Germaine Wong
Bad Ass Asian Wall of Fame Premier Members
$100 – $499
- Glenn Asakawa
- Asian American Podcasters Association
- Nikki Brown-Ly
- George Chew
- Jane Chin
- Franklin Chong
- Cecilia Chong Wu
- Lisa Chung
- Clarisse DaSlva
- Henry Der
- Patricia Fong
- Shelly Gin
- George Hirose
- Alvin Ho
- Keith Kojimoto
- Theodore Lai
- Chester Lee
- Edwin Lee
- Jeanine Lee
- Nancy Lin
- Yvonne Liu
- Randall Lowe
- Lowedown Productions, Felicia Lowe
- Paula Madison/Madison Media Management
- Frank Mah & Jeannie Young
- Beverly Mastropolo
- Consuelo Mercer
- Jesse Moises
- Dale Minami & Sandra Ai Mori
- Henry Moy
- Joyce Nakamura
- Scott Nakamura
- Scharleen Oxendine
- Dandan Pan
- Peter Quinto
- Kazuya Sato
- Thomas Shih & Mary Chen
- David Sunagawa
- Steven Tamanaha
- Lydia Tanji
- Virginia Tong
- URL Media
- Renee Tang
- Elaine Watson
- Gerard Wen
- Sau-Ling Wong
- Celia Wu
- Joseph Woo
- Aimee Yan & Billy Chow
- Allen Yang
- Nancy Lim Yee
- Julie Yip
- Candice & Steven Yokomizo
- Linda Young
- Melmie Young
- Breene Yuen
- Anna Zara
- Nan Zhong
Bad Ass Asian Wall of Fame Supreme Members
$45 – $99
- Wendy Booth
- Kathleeen Burkinshaw
- Helen Chin Schlichte
- Ching Cahill
- Serena Chen
- Gloria Chin
- Then S Chong
- Lillian Chow
- Linda Doon
- Andrew Eng
- David Eng
- Katheryn Fong
- Bailey Franzen
- Judson Greene
- Shakeen Hagufta
- Susan Hasagawa
- Jacqueline Huey
- Steve Kawai
- Guatlian Kreamer
- Bonnie Kwong
- Eileen Lamphere
- Chiu-Man Lee
- Daniel Lee
- Terry Lee
- Diana Leong
- Veronica Li
- David Liao
- Pei-te Lien
- Pauline Liu
- Pey Lore
- Daniel Mayeda
- David Monkawa
- Joyce Nakamura
- Michelle Okayama
- Sylvia Omoto
- Dat Pham
- Pivot Fund
- Tony & Veronica Powell
- Erica Rualo
- Gary Szelc
- Shiro Tanaka
- Wyman Tom
- Ronald Toy
- Warren Wang
- Stephanie Westnedge
- Sabrina Wu
- Ann Yamada
- Donna Young
- Chungkai Yang
- Barbara Yau
- Virginia Yee
- Vitallia Inc
- Leianne Wong Lamb
Bad Ass Asian Wall of Fame
$20 – $44
- Robert Aranoff
- Andrew Ching
- Reginald Chun
- Lee Daniels
- Ethnotec
- Florence Eng
- Wesley Hagood
- Wesley Hagood
- Aileen Hayashida-Fong
- Alvin Ho
- Akima Lee
- Chiu-Man Lee
- Bleux Lee
- Mary Morris
- Trung Nguyen
- Jeffery Ogata
- Crystal Papasan
- Clyde Tsukasaki
- Ah Vang
- Michael Wong
- Vicki Young
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