A new era begins for NW Asian Weekly readers and reporters

It’s hard to lose a familiar news source — doubly so when you’re from a community that doesn’t have many options for news.

The Seattle Chinese Post was founded in 1982, with the mission of addressing the shortage of fact-based, Chinese language news in the city.

Last week, it printed its final issue. The decline in the popularity of print media, and the cost of printing forced the Post to close.

Its English version, Northwest Asian Weekly remains — but it's moving completely online.

Soundside producer Noel Gasca caught up with journalists as they worked on their last stories for the print editions of both papers, and talked about what this transition to a digital-only means to the readers who have loyally picked up a hard copy for decades.

Listen to the story above.