RÉSUMÉ
WORK EXPERIENCE
Wall Street Journal, July 2008 - present (circulation: 2.7 million; about 1 million online subscribers)
Videographer and multimedia journalist: shoot and edit videos for various sections of wsj.com, marketwatch.com and barronsonline.com; worked for two weeks in the Beijing bureau working on stories related to the 2008 Olympics; covered presidential debate in Washington D.C. bureau; train journalists in conceptualizing, shooting and scripting videos; pitch and write articles and multimedia packages for the Web Site
Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, December 2007-May 2008
New Media Researcher: Reported for and contructed a website documenting changes in the media over the past 50 years through the accounts of journalism veterans.
Freelance work, June 2005 – May 2008
Freelance writer and photographer: Wrote features on culture and international affairs, including an article about the Clinton Global Initiative and the impact of tourism on the cityscape and economy of Prague. Photographic, multimedia and print publications included: WSJ.com, CBC.ca, WNBC.com, newyorktimes.com (blog), Monocle, Opendemocracy.net and cafebabel.com
Time Out London, June 2005 – June 2007 (circulation: 87,308)
Freelance restaurant critic for the eating and drinking guides in London: Wrote for the Vietnamese chapter of the Eating and Drinking Guide in London 2006, 2007 and 2008, including an introduction and more than a dozen restaurant reviews in 2007
London Student - Europe’s Largest Student Newspaper, June 2005 – June 2007 (circulation:10,000)
Culture editor, columnist, staff writer and photographer for the London Student: Managed eight editors and laid out a 16-page pull-out bimonthly; wrote features on internet-based music labels in Europe and the commercialization of illegal street art in London
Associated Press, Berlin, June 2005 – June 2007 (world-wide wire)
Intern for the international service of the Associated Press Office in Berlin for six weeks: Wrote more than a dozen of published news articles and features under deadline, including articles on the restitution of a Kirchner painting, a proposal to restore parts of the Berlin Wall and a Guggenheim exhibition in Bonn
Vidicon, June 2005 – June 2007
Intern at a production company of tv-documentaries in Berlin for three months: Researched topics and wrote proposals on topics such as small businesses cropping up during the World Cup; helped with filming and editing
Frankfurter Rundschau, July 2005 – Septermber 2005 (circulation: 170,000)
Intern at a national daily newspaper in Frankfurt for two months: Wrote more than 60 published news articles and longer features under pressing deadlines, including a series on Koreans in Frankfurt
Itchy City, May 2005 – June 2005
Intern as an editorial assistant, followed by freelance writing for UK city guides: Edited various articles and wrote a longer piece on the city of Berlin as a tourist destination
PRINZ Living Guide Magazine, July 2004 – September 2004 (circulation: around 300,000)
Intern for Prinz Magazin in Frankfurt, Germany: Wrote more than twenty articles on cultural events, including a longer feature on jazz bars in Frankfurt
EDUCATION
Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, New York City, May 2008 (graduated with honors as one of the top five students in the class)
Degree: MS Journalism (New Media)
Coursework: Reporting and Writing I (high honors), Business and Financial Reporting, New Media Newsroom (interactive multimedia applications, videos and slideshows; high honors), Computer Assisted Reporting, International Reporting (high honors), Graphics in the Newsroom, New Media Workshop (high honors), Multimedia Master's Thesis on Burmese refugees (high honors)
University College London, August 2007
Degree: BA German with Italian studies (First class with distinction, dean’s list of humanities and arts dep., best German BA in London)
Freie Universität Berlin, March – July 2006
One semester abroad
Coursework: Theoretical and practical film studies
OTHER
Language Skills: Fluent in German and in spoken Vietnamese, conversant in Italian and French and basic Mandarin
Multimedia Skills: Photoshop, Premiere, Illustrator, Audacity, Dreamweaver, Final Cut Pro, Flash (Actionscript 2.0), Quark, Pro Tools and Microsoft Office Suite, advanced use of digital SLRs, HD camcorders, audio recording devices and studio lighting equipment
Affiliations: Asian American Journalists Association, Society of Professional Journalists Columbia University Chapter (webmaster)
AWARDS
2007 Alice EmilyBithell Prize for the best performance in modem literature papers in German at BA level in London.
2007 Third Prize from the Foreign Press Association Scholarship Fund
2008 Pulitzer Traveling Fellowship as one of the top five students of the Columbia Journalism School class of 2008
