Mi-Ai Parrish

Mi-Ai Parrish is a Korean-American journalist and media executive, including former president of USA TODAY NETWORK Arizona, former publisher of The Arizona Republic, a daily newspaper, and azcentral.com in Phoenix, Arizona, the first person of color in the role.[1] The company won a Pulitzer Prize during her tenure.[2]

She leads Arizona State University Media Enterprise and holds an endowed chair at Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communications as Sue Clark-Johnson Professor of Media Innovation and Leadership. She is CEO and President of MAP Strategies Group.

She was president and publisher of The Kansas City Star and kansascity.com, and was its first woman and first person of color. Five years prior, she was president and publisher of The Idaho Statesman, which was a Pulitzer Prize finalist in breaking news.[3][4][5] She was a journalist at Chicago Sun-Times, San Francisco Chronicle, (Minneapolis) Star Tribune, Virginian-Pilot and Arizona Republic.

She is a graduate of the University of Maryland and named to its Hall of Fame.[6] Parrish has also served four times as a juror for the Pulitzer Prize.[7]

Awards and honors

Parrish is a 2020 Women of Distinction honoree, 2018 winner of the Ocotillo Award for Legislative Advocacy, 2017 winner of the ATHENA Businesswoman of the Year,[8][9] recipient of the Asian Corporate Entrepreneur Leader Corporate Champion,[10] and PSA Behavioral Health Corporate Champion award winner.[11] She was 2016 Best Opinion Writer in the USA TODAY Network for work on the First Amendment and freedom of speech. Parrish was honored with Gannett Company's annual award for company Purpose.[12]

She is the vice chairwoman of the Banner Health board,[13] the secretary of the Greater Phoenix Leadership board,[14] appointed by Gov. Doug Ducey as a Zanjero business ambassador, and serves on the boards of the Greater Phoenix Economic Council, Sandra Day O'Connor Institute,[15] Poynter Institute Advisory Board,[16] The 19th* News, Common Sense Media, and Arizona Community Foundation.

Parrish has provided commentary on free speech and the First Amendment to outlets including ABC World News Tonight, CNN, Rachel Maddow Show on MSNBC, CBS Evening News, Sky TV, UnoTV, BBC and others. Her work has been covered in the Washington Post, USA TODAY, New York Times and more.

2016 U.S. presidential race

Parrish has been the focus of politically motivated threats of physical violence based on The Arizona Republic, a Republican-supporting newspaper, endorsing Hillary Clinton, the Democratic president nominee.[17] The newspaper staff have been threatened with physical violence.[18][19][20][21][22]

2017 Arizona Legislature Sex Harassment Investigations

After a female member of the Arizona State House of Representatives lodged allegations of harassment by another Arizona house member, other women spoke out. Parrish published an account of an encounter with the accused legislator that had been witnessed by her attorney.[23][24]

References
  1. "Arizona Republic, azcentral name new publisher, Mi-Ai Parrish". azcentral. Retrieved 2016-10-17.
  2. http://joinazima.org/winners-2017-tim-awards/
  3. http://www.idahostatesman.com/news/special-reports/larry-craig/article40686162.html
  4. http://www.pulitzer.org/finalists/staff-154
  5. "Asian American Journalists Association – AAJA Appoints Mi-Ai Parrish as Board Representative to UNITY". www.aaja.org. Archived from the original on 2016-10-21. Retrieved 2016-10-17.
  6. "Kansas City Star President and Publisher Mi-Ai Parrish To Be Honored During Alumni Gala - Philip Merrill College of Journalism". Philip Merrill College of Journalism. 2013-10-22. Retrieved 2016-10-21.
  7. "Mi-Ai Parrish Named President and Publisher of The Arizona Republic – Editor & Publisher". www.editorandpublisher.com. Retrieved 2016-10-21.
  8. "Parrish: What makes women so strong? It's the magnificent contradictions". The Arizona Republic. Retrieved 2020-12-22.
  9. White, Kaila. "Arizona Republic, Beatitudes Campus, Lyft executives honored with ATHENA awards". The Arizona Republic. Retrieved 2020-12-22.
  10. http://www.acelphoenix.org/blog/445-republic-medias-mi-ai-parrish-named-2016-acel-corporate-leader-of-the-year-for-newsworthy-visions
  11. http://www.artawakenings.org/events/psa-champions-luncheon
  12. "Gannett Announces 'On Point' Award Winners; Honors Unsung Heroes". USA TODAY. Retrieved 2020-12-22.
  13. https://www.bannerhealth.com/ways-to-give/foundations/banner-health-foundation/about/board
  14. "Leadership". Greater Phoenix Leadership. Retrieved 2020-12-22.
  15. "Leadership". Sandra Day O'Connor Institute. Retrieved 2020-12-22.
  16. https://www.poynter.org/news/poynters-new-class-national-advisory-board-members-includes-prominent-national-broadcaster
  17. Katie Mettler (October 17, 2016). "The conservative Ariz. Republic backed Clinton and got death threats. This is its response". Washington Post.
  18. "The conservative Ariz. Republic backed Clinton and got death threats. This is its response". Washington Post. Retrieved 2016-10-21.
  19. "'We Chose Patriotism Over Party': Arizona Republic Responds To Threats Over Hillary Endorsement". www.mediaite.com. Retrieved 2016-10-21.
  20. "Conservative newspaper receives death threats for endorsing Hillary Clinton". Retrieved 2016-10-21.
  21. "How the Arizona Republic is handling death threats after endorsing Clinton". Public Radio International. Retrieved 2016-10-21.
  22. Disis, Jill (2016-10-16). "Conservative newspaper that endorsed Clinton details death threats". CNNMoney. Retrieved 2016-10-21."Newspaper speaks out on threats after Clinton endorsement". MSNBC. Retrieved 2016-10-21.
  23. Parrish, Mi-Ai. "Arizona Republic publisher: Rep. Don Shooter made a sexual comment to me, and that's not OK". The Arizona Republic. Retrieved 2020-12-22.
  24. Gardiner, Dustin. "Republic Publisher Mi-Ai Parrish: Rep. Don Shooter made sexual comment". The Arizona Republic. Retrieved 2020-12-22.
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