Ah Jook Ku, the first Asian American reporter for the Associated Press and retired executive secratary of the Honolulu Community-Media Council, died last week in Hawaii. She was 97:
Star-Bulletin reporter pushed for free press. In the 1940s she covered life in China and the government of Chang Kai-Shek as the first Asian American reporter for the Associated Press, and in later years, she was known by her colleagues for her advocacy for freedom of information and journalism standards. Definitely a pioneer in the field.
