NCM Awards Ceremony in
Sacramento
A Pakistan Link Report
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Sacramento: The New
California Media (NCM) held “The 6th Annual
NCM Awards 2004” at the Sacramento Convention
Center on Wednesday, November 17 with a gathering
of over 500 people from the ethnic media and its
many sponsors. The dinner and entertainment awards
program lasted well over two-and-a- half hours as
Mistress of Ceremonies: Xochitl Arellano of Univision
conducted the proceedings over dinner and much more.
L
to R : Cobie Harris, Franz Schurmann and Sandy
Close
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Once every year the hard working journalists within
the California ethnic media get together to recognize
those that do not get into the limelight in the
mainstream media.
These are not the highly paid reporters who work
for major publications in the area. Many write in
their native languages and are not well known or
have their television shows that represent their
own community viewpoint. NCM, the brainchild of
a few and led by its Executive Director Sandy Close,
has changed a number of things for the better for
this very large media resource (if combined, the
ethnic readership and viewer ship could parallel
if not exceed the major media outlets in California).
Awards
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This year awards were given out to many well-deserving
reporters, writers and media personalities. The
most touching moment for many of us was the Founders
Award given to Franz Shurmann of the Pacific News
Service for his work as a historian, sociologist,
sinologist and intellectual with a great grasp of
international affairs. Franz is also the life partner
of Sandy Close and has helped many ethnic writers
over the years. Award Presenter Cobie Kwasi Harris
did well to present Franz with a world atlas because
his contribution to the local world view is immense.
Pakistan Link was represented by Ras H. Siddiqui
at this event. The Link congratulates all the award
winners and NCM for helping to spread the word about
our Pakistani-American publication.
