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Bangkok, Bangkok, Th

Bangkok City, Thailand

Bangkok, Bangkok City, Thailand

Interviewing and profiling executives across an array of industries for a global business publication distributed in 37 countries and with a monthly worldwide reach of 5.27 million.

Bangkok, Bangkok City, Thailand

Investigative reporter tracking unexpected, underreported consequences of major geopolitical events, such as the dangers of over-interviewing victims of genocidal violence in Bangladesh and the erasure of evidence of crimes against humanity by Myanmar authorities in Rakhine state. My writing has appeared in The Guardian, Al Jazeera, VICE, CJR and elsewhere.

Bangkok, Bangkok City, Thailand

Supervised the production of all editorial outputs at an independent, award-winning longform media outlet promoting democracy in Southeast Asia. Led a department of four editors, two reporters and dozens of freelance contributors while publishing features, comics, podcasts and cross-border investigations. Drafted and implemented an editorial strategy as a member of the management team. Maintained high ethical and journalistic standards throughout the reporting and publishing process. Managed… Show more Supervised the production of all editorial outputs at an independent, award-winning longform media outlet promoting democracy in Southeast Asia. Led a department of four editors, two reporters and dozens of freelance contributors while publishing features, comics, podcasts and cross-border investigations. Drafted and implemented an editorial strategy as a member of the management team. Maintained high ethical and journalistic standards throughout the reporting and publishing process. Managed editorial budget and coordinated payments to freelancers. Coordinated with design and marketing departments. Represented New Naratif in donor meetings that brought in more than US$50,000 in grants. Show less

Myanmar

Reported daily news and features on politics, conflict, human rights and lifestyle trends in Myanmar for the English newswire of the German Press Agency, with clients in over 100 countries.

Yangon

Singlehandedly managed editorial operations for a Yangon-based daily news site, including writing headlines, news and features; writing two weekly newsletters; commissioning freelance submissions; copy editing and fact-checking; photography; uploading web and social media content. Filed up to 5 stories per day. Raised site traffic by more than 50 percent in my first year. Produced four short documentaries.

Yangon, Myanmar

Copy edited 10 news articles per day, all of them roughly translated from Burmese to English, for the English-language section of Eleven Media, in partnership with Nation Multimedia.

Yangon, Myanmar

Wrote monthly educational articles for the Geography section of About.com, primarily about conflict and development in Southeast Asia.

Yangon, Myanmar

Reported on business, energy and geopolitics for a weekly business newspaper.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Organized lectures featuring US lawmakers and foreign ambassadors during the 2012 Democratic and Republican national conventions.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Development Economics And International Development

Activities and Societies: Olive Tree Initiative, Student Government, Journalism Study international development.

Development Economics And International Development

Attended Korea University on a grant from the UCLA Center for Korean Studies; conducted research on international development.