EDITORIAL EXPERIENCE

Asia Pacific Reporter, “Structured Retail Products (SRP)” at Derivia (ex-Euromoney Institutional Investor) — July 2023 – Present

  • Reporting and writing breaking news, enterprise stories, and features about structured investment products in APAC (4-5 pieces per week) 

  • Developing and maintaining a network of news sources on the buy-side and sell-side

Markets Reporter, CoinDesk — August 2022 – May 2023

  • Reported and wrote breaking news and enterprise stories about the cryptocurrency market, including pitching, conducting interviews with experts, delivering quick-turnaround stories

  • Developed and maintained a network of news sources in the crypto, blockchain and financial industry

  • Worked with the newsletter team to author and produce market wrap newsletter that highlighted the crypto and equity market movements for the day

  • Highlights: Participated in FTX frontline coverage and investigated the market impact of Ethereum’s software upgrade

Newsroom Editorial Intern, The Christian Science Monitor — January 2022 – April 2022

  • Found story ideas, pitched, reported, and wrote stories (from explainer to feature writing with a focus on technology and science)

  • Assisted the Daily team with audio production and social media

News Intern, Forkast.News — October 2021 – December 2021

  • Wrote breaking news and news features related to crypto and blockchain technology

  • Assisted the editorial team with all aspects of the research and story lifecycle, including research, fact checks, and analysis

Reporting Intern, Financial Times, Financial Advisor IQ publication — June 2021 - August 2021

  • Pitched story ideas, interviewed experts, and published 3-5 stories (breaking news, features, digital media, etc.) weekly on the wealth management and financial advising fields

  • Wrote about legal and regulation changes, corporate strategies, and emerging industry issues

  • Created data visualization charts and video packages to improve the site’s multimedia interactivity

Editorial Intern, RADII China — Sept. 2020 - April 2021                                                                                                                             

  • Tracked the abreast of the latest news in China across various Chinese and English news sites and social media platforms

  • Wrote daily news roundup, breaking news, and features with a focus on Chinese youth culture, tech, and innovation

  • Worked with editorial and video production editors to translate long-form articles and video subtitles

Opinion Editor, The Berkeley Beacon, Student Newspaper of Emerson College — Sept. 2020 - Dec. 2020

  • Coordinated the Opinion team and Editorials to operate weekly publishing content, including assessing and assigning stories, brainstorming headlines and editorials’ ideas, and crafting social media posts

  • Wrote and edited opinion pieces and weekly editorials as the Editorial Board member

  • Worked with The Beacon’s management team to think creatively about out-of-the-box approaches to present the Opinion and Editorials sections

  • Served as the columnist and deputy opinion editor from Sept. 2019 to Aug. 2020

SKILLS

  • Multimedia writing and content management: Microsoft Office, Google Suite, WordPress, CMS, and Final Cut Pro X

  • Data visualization (Tableau and Highcharts) and Excel to analyze story-supporting data and design interactive charts

  • Social media (Twitter/X, LinkedIn, Instagram, and WeChat Official Account), basic knowledge of SEO

  • Languages: Mandarin Chinese (Native), Spanish (Conversational)

  • Certification: Bloomberg Market Concepts

EDUCATION

Emerson College, Boston, MA

Sept. 2019 - May 2022

Bachelor of Science, Major in Journalism, Minor in Business Studies