{{short description|English language Armenian-American newspaper}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2024}} {{Infobox newspaper | name = Armenian Mirror-Spectator | image = Armenian Mirror-Spectator.png | image_size = 200px | caption = | type = [[Weekly newspaper]] | format = [[Tabloid (newspaper format)|Tabloid]] | founded = ''Armenian Mirror'' (1931-1939)<br>''The Spectator'' (1933-1939) <br> ''Armenian Mirror-Spectator'' (1939-present) | ceased_publication = | price = | owners = Baikar Association, Inc. | publisher = | editor = Alin K. Gregorian | language = | circulation = | headquarters = 755 Mt. Auburn St., Watertown, MA 02472-1509, USA | ISSN = | website = [https://mirrorspectator.com mirrorspectator.com] }} [[File:Armenian-mirror-spectator.jpg|thumb|right|Former logo of the ''Mirror-Spectator'']] '''''The Armenian Mirror-Spectator''''' is a weekly newspaper published by the Baikar Association in [[Watertown, Massachusetts]].<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=http://www.mirrorspectator.com/about/ |access-date=2008-08-09 |title=About Us |work=Armenian Mirror-Spectator }}</ref> It was founded in 1931 as ''The Armenian Mirror'', later merging with another Armenian-American newspaper, ''The Spectator'', in 1939. It is the official English-language organ of the [[Ramgavar|Armenian Democratic Liberal (Ramgavar) Party]] in the United States.
==History== The origin of the newspaper goes back to 1931. It was founded as a vehicle to bridge the growing [[generation gap]] within the [[Armenian Americans|Armenian-American]] community, namely the younger generation's poorer knowledge of the Armenian language.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Azadian |first=Edmond Y. |date=2017-11-02 |title=A History 85 Years in the Making |url=https://mirrorspectator.com/2017/11/02/history-85-years-making/ |access-date=2024-02-25 |website=The Armenian Mirror-Spectator |language=en-US}}</ref> Thus, the [[Ramgavar|Armenian Democratic Liberal Party]] (ADL), commonly known as the Ramgavar Party, determined at its 1931 convention to establish an English-language Armenian weekly as an organ of the party and a sister publication of the Armenian-language daily newspaper and official organ ''[[Baikar]]'', founded in 1922. ''The'' ''Armenian Mirror'', based in [[Watertown, Massachusetts]], was launched on July 1, 1932, with Elisha B. Chrakian as the founding editor. ''The Armenian Mirror'' was the first English-language Armenian weekly in the United States.
''The Spectator'' was a [[New York City|New York]]-based English-language Armenian independent newspaper not affiliated with any Armenian political party. Founded in 1933, its editor in chief was John Tashjian. In 1939, ''The Armenian Mirror'' merged with ''The Spectator'' to form ''The Armenian Mirror Spectator''.<ref>{{cite web |last=Abeel |first=Daphne |date=2007-09-15 |title=Mirror-Spectator Celebrates '75 Years & Beyond' with Joy |url=http://www.mirrorspectator.com/pdf/75th(page1).pdf |access-date=2008-08-10 |work=Armenian Mirror-Spectator |pages=g. 11}}{{dead link|date=July 2017|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}}</ref>
Among its former editors are Bedros Norehad, Bob Vahan, Varoujan Samuelian, Jack Antreassian, Helene Pilibosian Sarkissian, Barbara Merguerian, and Ara Kalayjian.<ref name=":1" /> Edmond Y. Azadian served as a longtime senior editorial columnist.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-03-29 |title=In Memory of Edmond Y. Azadian |url=https://armenianweekly.com/2023/03/29/in-memory-of-edmond-y-azadian/ |access-date=2024-02-25 |website=[[The Armenian Weekly]] |language=en-US}}</ref> The current editor is Alin K. Gregorian. Aram Arkun serves as managing editor.<ref name=":0" />
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==External links== * http://www.mirrorspectator.com/ {{Watertown, Massachusetts}} {{Newspapers in Massachusetts}} {{Armenian newspapers outside of Armenia}}
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