Bruce Rutledge
Bruce Rutledge worked as a journalist in Japan for 15 years before moving to Seattle to found Chin Music Press, an independent book publisher located in Seattle's historic Pike Place Market. He is a regular contributor to The North American Post.
Updated March 2018
Stories from This Author
Exploring race and identity at the Hapa Half Heritage forum
April 18, 2018 • Bruce Rutledge
What does it mean to be hapa? Interdisciplinary artist Paul Kikuchi has been thinking about that question a lot lately as he prepares to run the Hapa Half Heritage forum during the Cherry Blossom Festival at Seattle Center from April 20-22. He’ll be showing a film, which features an original score, and sparking discussion with high school students and others on Friday. Kikuchi says he plans on “presenting excerpts from the film and talking with the students about civil liberties …
Interview with Lori Matsukawa – KING 5 Anchor
March 30, 2018 • Bruce Rutledge
As a teenager, Lori Matsukawa was prompted by friends to enter a beauty contest. She did, and it sent her on a life path that has included 35 years at Seattle’s KING 5 and a lifetime of giving back to the Japanese American community in Seattle. As Miss Teenage America, she traveled the country and was interviewed wherever she went. She thought journalism was the career for her. The North American Post sat down with the KING 5 anchor to …
