About Us
We are a network of US-based ethnic media outlets who are working together to strengthen our sector through transparent and community-focused research and revenue-generation. The advisory committee members have, combined, contributed 100 years to the study and support of ethnic media and equitable programs. They are all leaders in their fields and have led wide-scale planning and implementation of ethnic media programs. Our angel investors, California Black Media and Ethnic Media Services, are experienced regranters who fund dozens of California outlets with hundreds of thousands of dollars per year.
Ethnic Media Network is a project of Community Partners, a nonprofit fiscal sponsor.
Advisory Committee Members
Regina Brown Wilson
Executive Director, California Black Media
Regina Brown Wilson is a media entrepreneur and committed advocate for African American-owned news outlets across California. Her support for Black-owned publishers is centered on increasing their participation in the state’s media economy. Wilson has held numerous official and advisory roles in state government.
Sandy Close
Executive Director, Ethnic Media Services
Sandy Close founded New America Media, the first and largest collaboration of ethnic news organizations. Her work has received several awards, including a MacArthur Foundation “Genius Award”. She founded Ethnic Media Services in 2017 to continue her work amplifying and elevating the voices of ethnic media.
Rubén Martínez
Journalist and Professor, Loyola Marymount University
Rubén Martínez is the author of five books. He is also an Emmy-award winning journalist with two decades of experience in print, broadcast and online media. As a musician, he has collaborated with the likes of The Roches, Los Illegals and Concrete Blonde.
Orpheus Crutchfield
President and Founder, Stratégenius
Orpheus Crutchfield has almost 35 years of experience working in and with independent schools across the country, and globally. His career has been devoted to helping independent schools work towards equity and inclusion, diversifying and training their personnel and boards, as well as cultivating and mentoring diverse educators for success and leadership.
Amanda Mei Kim
Strategist, California Black Media
Amanda Mei Kim has worked with ethnic media for twenty+ years. As a public information officer, she created ethnic media strategies and served on the board of East Palo Alto Center for Community Media. As a media officer at Blue Shield of California Foundation, she created the first US-based funding initiative to support ethnic media's coverage of the COVID pandemic. As a strategist, she creates effective partnerships between ethnic media and philanthropy.