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EXPERIENCE
The Wall Street Journal (Beijing, China)
Correspondent - June 05 to Present
- Covers technology, including Chinese IT and telecommunications companies in the world's largest Internet and mobile phone market
- Covers youth culture and travel in China, as well as breaking news in the country including the Sichuan earthquake.
- Working with a multimedia team to produce daily videos about China during the Beijing Olympics.
- Prior to China assignment, wrote career and consumer stories for the Journal in New York.
Daily News (New York, NY)
Staff Writer - Sept 04 to May 05
- Reported and wrote articles every weekend for this daily
- Covered crime and events including two cover stories for the city section.
Newsday (Kew Gardens, NY)
Staff Writer - June 04 to Sept 04
- Wrote 60+ articles about crime, politics and the Republican National Convention.
- Wrote for "Neighborhoods" and other special sections.
Other Publications
- AsianAvenue.com, Editorial Assistant: wrote feature stories for this online community (then of 600,000 active members) for Asian Americans and made daily site updates (2002 to 2005).
- Voices of Lower Manhattan, Intern: wrote features about people and places in Lower Manhattan; helped create a weekly digital newsletter (2004).
- Freelanced for Downtown Express, a weekly newspaper in Lower Manhattan, CheerBiz News, a monthly cheerleading trade magazine, and Bellmore Life, a semi-weekly local newspaper in Bellmore, NY.
EDUCATION
New York University - New York, NY
Graduated May 2005
Journalism and Asian/Pacific/American Studies
LANGUAGES
Fluent in Mandarin, speaks some Spanish.
ACTIVITIES/HONORS
- Volunteer violinist for a benefit concert in Carnegie Hall (2004).
- Volunteer ESL tutor at the Chinese Progressive Association (2003).
- Assignment Editor and minority beat reporter for Washington Square News, NYU's college newspaper. Covered post-Sept. 11 backlash and the SARS scare in New York City's Chinatown (2001-2004).
- Tutored bilingual children on the Lower East Side for AmericaReads (2001-2002).
- Volunteer panel speaker for the Smile Train in a seminar of 200 (2001).
- All-State violinist, performed with an orchestra throughout China (2000, 2001).
- Awarded a Newsday internship by a Dow Jones sponsored journalism workshop (2000).
- Hugh O'Brian Leadership Conference alumni(1999).
- Delivered a speech for the Chinese basketball team at the Goodwill Games (1998).
AFFILIATIONS
Asian American Journalists Association