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Jenny Uechi

Jenny Uechi is the Managing Editor of The Vancouver Observer. She is a writer and editor with an interest in mixed cultures, art and social issues. She recently worked as a news director at NHK World in Tokyo and writer for The Japan Times. Her articles can be found in Ricepaper, Megaphone and other publications. She has also facilitated creative writing workshops for Megaphone at Onsite (Insite).

Articles

Nov 27th, 2011
A hometown victory for Vancouver at last.
Nov 27th, 2011
With the Stanley Cup riots fresh in mind, some people have been worried about a potential repeat of violence after The Grey Cup game today. Although Mayor Gregor Robertson said on Wednesday that he...
Nov 26th, 2011
Vancouver residents decked themselves in orange today to support the Lions ahead of the big Grey Cup game tomorrow.  The Canadian Press has the story: Rain-soaked football fans from across...
Nov 26th, 2011
  From Occupy protests to department stores, pepper spray has been making headlines in the U.S. this month. A woman in Los Angeles was arrested in Los Angeles after she allegedly sprayed...
Nov 24th, 2011
Almost anyone who made it by the NPA and Vision Vancouver's parties on election night would have been struck by the different demographic in the two rooms. At the NPA party, it was mainly middle-...
Nov 22nd, 2011
Designers Steven and Jane Cox co-founded Pecha Kucha Night in Vancouver after launching their design firm Cause + Affect.  Their stories are separate, parallel and deeply connected. It begins,...
Nov 21st, 2011
It beats self-immolation any day...
Nov 20th, 2011
The search for 35-year-old Vancouver resident Bruce Randall "Randy" Ponzio has been called off after his body was discovered in a downtown eastside rooming house on Saturday, November 19. Police...
Nov 20th, 2011
Any Canadian who has traveled abroad can attest to the affordability of cheese compared in certain countries compared to the prices back home. It's the same piece of Brie, so why does it cost more at...
Nov 19th, 2011
A Romeo and Juliet love story between an Oilers fan and a Canucks fan...
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