Editing Manzanar (section)

=== ''Manzanar Free Press'' ===
[[File:Manzanar Free Press (cropped).jpg|thumb|right|Roy Takeno reading a copy of the ''Manzanar Free Press'' in front of the newspaper's office in the camp]]
The ''Manzanar Free Press'' was first published April 11, 1942, and was published through the October 19, 1945, issue.<ref name="loc ca manzanar free press about">{{cite web|url=https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84025948/ |title=About Manzanar free press. [volume] (Manzanar, Calif.) 1942–1945 |publisher=[[Library of Congress]] |access-date=June 2, 2020}}</ref> It was published with both Japanese and English sections, with the Japanese section added on July 14, 1942.<ref name="loc ca manzanar free press about"/><ref name="densho manzanar free press"/> Between the first issue and the May 31, 1942, issue, it was published at the Manzanar Assembly Center, which was operated by the [[Wartime Civil Control Administration]]. After that, it was published at the Manzanar Relocation Center until it ceased publication.<ref name="loc manzanar free press archive">{{cite web|url=https://www.loc.gov/item/sn84025948/?st=calendar |title=Manzanar Free Press (Manzanar, Calif.) 1942–1945 |publisher=[[Library of Congress]] |access-date=June 2, 2020}}</ref>

The paper was originally published as four pages biweekly which were hand-typed and [[mimeograph]]ed.<ref name="densho manzanar free press"/> The circulation increased as the number of people in the camp grew, the release increased to three issues weekly, and a printing press was acquired, allowing the paper to be typeset beginning on July 22, 1942.<ref name="densho manzanar free press"/> The page count also increased to six.<ref name="densho manzanar free press"/>

Journalists who reported for the newspaper include [[Togo Tanaka]], who was the English section editor of the ''[[Rafu Shimpo]]'' before being incarcerated.<ref name="densho manzanar free press"/> Tanaka also delivered the ''Free Press'' before working as a journalist for them.<ref name="1973 interview calstate fullerton"/> While working as a reporter for the ''Free Press'', Tanaka wrote hundreds of articles documenting the everyday life in the camp.<ref name="latimes obit togo tanaka 20090705">{{cite web|last=Woo |first=Elaine |url=http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-togo-tanaka5-2009jul05,0,7479353.story |title=Togo W. Tanaka dies at 93; journalist documented life at Manzanar internment camp |date=July 5, 2009 |work= [[Los Angeles Times]] |access-date=June 2, 2020}}</ref> Beginning on July 22, 1942, [[Chiye Mori]], poet and journalist, was listed as an editor.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chiye Mori {{!}} Densho Encyclopedia |url=https://encyclopedia.densho.org/Chiye%20Mori |access-date=2023-02-22 |website=encyclopedia.densho.org |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=Jul 30, 1942 |title=Japanese evacuees publish own paper: contingent at Manzanar, Calif., conduct new enterprise |pages=10 |work=[[New York Times]] |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/106266237|id={{ProQuest|106266237}} }}</ref>

Despite the name of the newspaper, the [[War Relocation Authority]] (WRA) controlled the content of the paper and used it to publish announcements from the camp administration, news from other camps, orders, rules and guidelines from the WRA, and upcoming camp events, in addition to the regular content.<ref name="densho manzanar free press">{{cite encyclopedia|url=http://encyclopedia.densho.org/Manzanar_Free_Press_(newspaper)/ |title=Manzanar Free Press (newspaper) |last=Wakida |first=Patricia |encyclopedia=[[Densho: The Japanese American Legacy Project|Densho Encyclopedia]] |date=January 16, 2018 |access-date=June 2, 2020}}</ref> Some content{{which|date=January 2024}} was not allowed to be published.<ref name="bahr unquiet nisei 2007">Bahr (2007).</ref> The standard content included articles about life in the camps, sports scores and coverage, coverage of the war, and so on.<ref name="loc hartsell 20180517"/><ref name="densho manzanar free press"/>