Sampan Newspaper
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| Type | Nonprofit |
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| Founded | 1972 |
| Headquarters | Boston, Massachusetts |
| Key people | Adam Smith, Anita Chang, Editors |
| Industry | Media |
| Products | Newspaper |
| Employees | Three |
| Website | sampan.org |
Sampan is a newspaper based in Chinatown in Boston, Massachusetts. It is New England's only bilingual newspaper, printing stories in both Chinese and English. The newspaper was founded in 1972 by Asian American Civic Association, then known as the Chinese American Civic Association; its slogan is "Boston's oldest bilingual Chinese-English newspaper since 1972". It is distributed throughout Greater Boston and covers news of Boston's Chinatown as well as the Greater Boston Asian American community.
The word "Sampan" means a little boat, which is used by East Asians primarily to transport goods. It is a metaphor, which symbolizes that this newspaper would bring news of the Chinese community, in both Chinese and English, around the city of Boston, providing a means to acquire information about the community to non-English speakers as well as non-Chinese speakers.
The Sampan Newspaper is looking for ways to expand the area of its newspaper distribution because it is destined to make more people aware of current events in Chinatown as well as in other Greater Boston's communities. However, due to the lack of fundings from its primary sponsor, Asian American Civic Association, the Sampan Newspaper is currently undergoing difficulty in keeping its service as a free and non-profit newspaper. Therefore, the newspaper has been planning to launch a website to save itself through advertisements. As of January 2006, the new service website [1] will be launched at the next Lunar new year. It's purpose is to serve the New England internet surfers as well as anyone who is interested in knowing more about Chinatown Boston as well as the Greater Boston Area.
