A00002 - Bill Hosokawa, Journalist Who Chronicled Japanese American History
Overlooked No More: Bill Hosokawa, Journalist Who Chronicled Japanese American History He fought prejudice and incarceration during World War II to lead a successful career, becoming one of the first editors of color at a metropolitan newspaper. Bill Hosokawa in 1951, when he worked for The Denver Post. Credit... Cloyd Teter/The Denver Post, via Getty Images Share full article By Jonathan van Harmelen and Greg Robinson May 16, 2024 This article is part of Overlooked , a series of obituaries about remarkable people whose deaths, beginning in 1851, went unreported in The Times. In 1937, Bill Hosokawa was majoring in journalism at the University of Washington, where he had started developing a promising portfolio, having written for several small Seattle newspapers. So it came as a surprise when a professor of his called him into his office and advised him to change his career plan. “No American publisher is gonna ever hire you,” the professor said. “We don’t...