Selected Works:
The Wal-Mart Effect
A Pulitzer Prize-winning series co-authored by Evelyn Iritani, Tyler Marshall, Nancy Cleeland and Abigail Goldman on how Wal-Mart has reshaped the world; from supply chain development and sourcing to labor conditions and union politics.
Read more: The Wal-Mart Effect
China: A Giant Awakes
An Overseas Press Club award-winning series by Evelyn Iritani and Marla Dickerson that explored how the rise of China’s manufacturing base was reshaping the global furniture industry.
Read more: China: A Giant Awakes
Global Trade Magazine
Seoul Food: Why U.S. Agriculture Loves Korea’s Fresh FTA
A free trade agreement with one of Asia’s fastest growing economies was a windfall for Washington cherry growers.
Read more: Seoul Food: Why U.S. Agriculture Loves Korea's Fresh FTA
Opinion:
Los Angeles Times
Op-Ed: The other Japanese internment America still hasn’t fully acknowledged
The U.S. government has not apologized or fully compensated several thousand Japanese Latin Americans who were rounded up and sent to the U.S. during World War II to be traded for Americans held by the Japanese.
Read more: Op-Ed: The other Japanese internment America still hasn’t fully acknowledged
Achievements:
Fellowships:
— Recipient of the Eulalie and Carlo Scandiuzzi Writers Room Residency at the Seattle Public Library 2024 and 2025.
— Recipient of 2014 International Women’s Media Foundation reporting fellowship to Democratic Republic of Congo
— University of Washington Department of Communication Alumni Hall of Fame 2005
— Pacific Council on International Policy, Los Angeles Times fellow 2000
— Gannett Fellowship for Asian Studies, University of Hawaii 1984-85
Awards:
— The Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting for “The Wal-Mart Effect,” 2004
— The George Polk Award for Economics Reporting for “The Wal-Mart Effect,” 2004
— Overseas Press Club of America Malcolm Forbes Award, best business reporting for “China: The Giant Awakes,” 2002
— Times Mirror Journalist of the Year, 1999
— Washington Governor’s Writers Award for “An Ocean Between Us,” 1995
— Numerous reporting awards from the Asian American Journalists Association
Professional & Community Affiliations:
— Japanese American National Museum, member
— Asian American Journalists Assn., Los Angeles and Seattle, member, previous board member and officer