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香港特别行政区

香港特别行政区

美国 加利福尼亚州 洛杉矶

• Under Pulitzer Prize-winner Mark Schoofs’ guidance, developed my master’s thesis on a five-month investigative project about cross-border, high-tech Chinese phone scams; later published it on “Column One,” a showcase of best feature storytelling on the front page of The Los Angeles Times• Familiarized with local news environment, built contacts and pitched criminal justice stories to multiple news platforms, including a feature about the Californian gun industry targeting Chinese American customers (L.A. TACO), an article about the shortage of Chinese-language court interpreters in the local judicial system (Los Angeleno), an identity-exploring essay and a report on educational farming programs in prison (Ampersand)• Shot and edited a short documentary film about a Chinese American gun instructor in L.A., which was aired on Spectrum News 1, “a 24/7 hyperlocal content network, focused on delivering news and information that addresses the deeper needs and interests of the diverse communities and neighborhoods throughout Southern California,” on Feb 21, 2021.

美国 加利福尼亚州 洛杉矶

• Reported and wrote obituary portraits of Californians who have died from COVID-19 for "The Pandemic's Toll" special project;• Sorted and analyzed data of COVID-19 deaths in California;• Pitched and reported enterprise stories based on COVID-19 death data insights

香港特别行政区

• Wrote 22 news stories about the latest trends among mainland Chinese college students for Hong Kong senior high students to facilitate mutual communication (Pearl River Delta column, SCMP Young Post)• Sharpened pitching techniques and news insight into Generation Z

深圳市, 广东

• Supported 6 investigative projects with a strong research focus on the intersection of technology and politics • Compiled a daily news digest summarizing the biggest tech stories in southern China, and learned about hot topics of interest to foreign media

北京市, 中国

• Published 5 stories about Chinese university students' lives and minds and attended 3 national campus media conferences• Designed questionnaires and analyzed the collected data for 5 surveys on university students nationwide

广州, 广东

• Covered breaking news in 11 districts of Guangzhou, tracked local legal news and contributed to 11 reports • Researched and wrote a weekly news digest to compare different media outlets in Guangzhou

Master Of Arts, Specialized Journalism, Gpa: 3.9/4.0

Activities and Societies: Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA)-member

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, English Languages & Literature, Gpa: 3.9/4.0

Activities and Societies: • SYSU Youth 2015-2018（Staff Writer; Editor of Zhuhai Campus; Editor-in-Chief）; • SYSU Symphony Orchestra.

Tv Production & Programme Development Summer School (School Of Media, Arts And Design), Media, Champion Of The Tv Format Design Competition (Team Leader)

• Produced a mini-film related to the exchange and dissemination of Chinese and western poetry, which got the second place.

Education record

Activities and Societies: In乐社