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Beijing, China

Beijing, China

Designed and taught courses in business news writing and intercultural communication in the Global Business Journalism master’s program at the School of Journalism and Communications.

Beijing City, China

Led the AP's text, photo and video coverage of China, Hong Kong and Taiwan. Worked closely with other AP departments such as interactives and health and science to tell the story of China's rise and its global impact for digital, print and broadcast audiences. Wrote analysis of major news developments.

Tokyo, Japan

I led a team of 20 video, photo and text journalists who covered North and South Korea and Japan. From Pyongyang and Seoul, we delivered timely all-format coverage of the Koreas, from the escalating tension in 2017 to the sudden rapprochement in 2018. I drove our digital presentation of major news stories such as the first Kim-Moon summit and the.

Tokyo, Japan

I oversaw the AP's coverage of Japan, ensuring that we delivered a strong and distinctive report and used innovative storytelling to produce mobile-friendly, shareable content for the digital age. I introduced in-house training in video, photo and text, enabling the Tokyo staff to produce content in all three formats. Major stories included Japan's.

Bangkok Metropolitan Area, Thailand

I oversaw AP's feature stories, analysis and projects across Asia, including the data-driven China's Reach project that won a SABEW Best in Business award in 2012. Worked with 12 bureau chiefs and their writers to develop insightful story ideas and ensure they were well-told, accurate and provided explanatory context for a global readership. Coordinated.

New Delhi Area, India

Special correspondent for Knight Ridder newspaper group (USA). Covered the 2004 tsunami in India, Indonesia and the Andaman islands. Was the first to report on Indonesian villages bereft of women and to interview rebels after the tsunami. Discovered a major turning point in the global AIDS crisis and reported story with Knight Ridder's Africa.

National economics writer in Washington bureau. Covered Fed policy and the fallout of the dot-com crash and the jobless recovery. Analyzed the impact of major tax cut and Social Security and Medicare proposals. Developed expertise in energy policy and oil markets. Did one-month stints in Tokyo and Afghanistan. Anchored first week of Knight Ridder's.

Lead reporter (beat leader) covering Nassau County government and politics. Later was immigration and demographics reporter, covering emergence of immigrants in suburbia and the run-up to the 2000 Census. Four-month stint in statehouse bureau in Albany. Short-term reporting assignments in Rwanda, Japan and France. Deadline coverage of small town affected.

Inverness, Florida

Reporter in Citrus County bureau. Focused on development versus environment debate. Also covered local government, cops and courts and a trouble-plagued nuclear power plant.

Tokyo, Japan

Reporter on the economics and political desk of Japan's leading English-language daily. Covered trade issues (at the height of foreign criticism of Japan's trade surplus) and the struggles of U.S. and other foreign companies to crack the Japanese market. Part of team covering 1986 G-7 summit in Tokyo.