Sandy Close

Alexandra Close
Born1942 or 1943 (age 80–81)
Other namesSandy
Alma materUniversity of California, Berkeley (B.A.)
OccupationJournalist
OrganizationEthnic Media Services
PartnerFranz Schurmann
Children2

Alexandra "Sandy" Close (born ca. 1943) is an American journalist and the founder of Ethnic Media Services.[1][2] She was the executive director of Pacific News Service from 1974 to 2017 and of New America Media from 1996 to 2017.[3][4]

  1. ^ "Ethnic Media Services: Our Team".
  2. ^ "Sandy Close". www.macfound.org. Retrieved 2023-10-18.
  3. ^ "Voices from the Field | National Resource Center on Advancing Emergency Preparedness for Culturally Diverse Communities". Archived from the original on 2012-07-31. Retrieved 2010-05-04.
  4. ^ Hartlaub, Peter (2017-11-27). "Pacific News Service closes, but lessons continue". SF Chronicle. Retrieved 2019-04-11.