ABOUT

In Rikuzentakata, northeastern Japan, reporting on the aftermath of the earthquake and tsunami on March 11, 2011. (Photo by Ko Sasaki)

Lam Thuy Vo is a writer, multimedia journalist and aspiring coder who wants to maximize the potential of the web as a storytelling platform. While heading video operations in Asia for The Wall Street Journal, she reported on subjects, ranging from China's property market to the 2011 Japan earthquake to food inflation issues across the continent. Her work has earned her a number of accolades including a Webby Award, a Society of American Business Editors and Writers Award and a Human Rights Press Award.

Starting her journalism career in print, she swiftly moved on to file photographs alongside her stories before eventually specializing in video reportage and multimedia project management. Lam has used her varied skill set to build a number explanatory interactive packages that combine animations, videos, photographs and data graphics. She especially enjoys telling stories about international affairs, human rights and economic issues as well as technology and urban culture.

She was a multimedia educator to numerous print journalists at the paper and gave workshops about video reporting, on-camera presentation and technical workflows in bureaus around the world, including in Dallas, Singapore, Tokyo and Hong Kong. By implementing new workflows and proselytizing a multi-platform approach to storytelling, she significantly increased video output and viewership in Asia. As the manager for video content from Asia, she oversaw technological requirements for the paper's Asian bureaus and gained extensive experiences in solving technical issues in various regions. She has also instructed multimedia workshops at Hong Kong University and has spoken at various journalism schools and panels.

Her previous work has been published in The Wall Street Journal, on the Associated Press newswire, the German newspaper Frankfurter Rundschau, Time Out London, Monocle and other smaller publications. She is also the founder of the Hong Kong chapter of the filmmakers collective Filmshop, a localized support network for independent filmmakers and interactive storytellers originating from New York City.

She's available for freelance work in New York and is experienced with traveling for assignments.

SKILLS / EXPERTISE:
Project management: Working across departments to conceptualize larger projects, develop editorial products and strategies for different audiences
Software: Photoshop, Final Cut, Soundtrack Pro, Illustrator, After Effects, Dreamweaver, InDesign, Motion, CSS, HTML, Actionscript, javascript
Languages: German, Vietnamese, French, Italian, (beginners Mandarin)

CONTACT:
info [at] lamivo [dot] com