Tina Xu Email & Phone Number

Beijing, China

• Reported feature articles and photo essays including grassroots environmental efforts, schools for migrant children, buses connecting American Chinatowns; fiction reviews
• Wrote for magazine for two years before being invited to apply as editor
• A piece on Chinese railroad workers on the American transcontinental railroad was one of 10 most-read pieces of 2019

Bangkok City, Thailand

• Traveled to project sites across Thailand to write 1,000+ word pieces with photos on public health, education and small business
• Produced, shot and edited videos about community members and leaders, i.e. a community caring for bedridden elderly
• A video featuring youth science innovators received 33K organic views, the highest of any Kenan video in three years
• Convinced the NGO to invest in a storytelling portal; conceptualized and designed empower.kenan-asia.org

• Wrote print articles on contemporary Asian art for Modern Painters and Art+Auction magazines, digital pieces for Blouinartinfo.com
• Chosen by editor to fly out to Singapore to report on southeast Asian art fair, wrote 2,000 words about the event
• Interviewed high-profile artists, curators and art historians, including Cao Fei, Duan Jianyu, Wong Ping, Peal Lam, Doryun Chong, Naman Ahuja, Adeline Ooi

Greater Boston Area

• Worked in original productions department to write, shoot and edit content with Canon C300, Sony XPRI and AfterEffects
• 4-minute feature on the Chinese martial art of wushu and 60-second ad for the Red Sox aired on TV to millions
• Won job (and US $20,000 prize) through NESN’s student producer film competition

• Assisted Dr. Sari Pekkala Kerr with labor economics research on immigrant and women’s labor, using STATA data analysis software
• Co-authored (third author) a 70-paged literature review on the psychology of entrepreneurship with a Harvard Business School and Wellesley-MIT professor, published in Foundations and Trends in Entrepreneurship, cited.

Cambridge, MA

• EMW Bookstore (http://www.emwbookstore.com/) is an art and technology center with cross-disciplinary programming including an open mic, art gallery, biology lab, electronic music showcase, beatboxing showcase, and.
• Worked closely with Video Director to produce and edit photography and videography for events
• Interviewed artists including Nafis White, BirdBox, Neel Agrawal, Larry Hong and Bex Kwan
• Conceptualized and designed Borderlands, EMW's publication; organized team to create mission statement, production schedule, and publicity strategy

• Referred by boss at former internship to take on the project of visualizing Amnesty's new online Activist Resource Community, a platform for activists across the country to learn about human rights issues (via case.
• Worked via phone and email with Amnesty's Deputy Director of Membership for two month contract to rearrange wireframe, develop new pages and content, and create custom graphics on Socious' software platform.

• Directly assisted Field Organizers with outreach for community and student groups in 13 states
• Compiled content and created new layout template and graphics for the Amnesty West regional newsletter sent to several thousand members
• California Proposition 34 campaign -- helped coordinate SF Bay Area phone banks, state-wide distribution of canvassing kit packages, worked on mayoral endorsements
• Multimedia graphics work including event poster design and training videos for student groups

Orange County, California Area

• Blog posts for campaign website, photography and graphics for campaign Instagram and Facebook
• Assisted at press conferences, open houses, event planning and strategy meetings
• One-on-one trainings with new phone bank volunteers and canvassers

Bachelor Of Arts, Political Science And Government, Cum Laude

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Junior Year Study Abroad, Politics, Philosophy, Economics

Certificate, Mandarin