RÉSUMÉ
JOURNALISTIC EXPERIENCE

Multi-platform Reporter and Online Consultant, September 2011 - present

• Project manager and reporter for a Wall Street Journal multimedia package on food inflation in Asia, focusing on Vietnam, China and India 
• Video producer for interviews in Singapore for The Wall Street Journal
• Consultant for educators and media organizations on multimedia instruction, workflow implementation and equipment inventories

The Wall Street Journal, October 2009 - September 2011, Hong Kong
Multimedia editor: Editor and manager for video content in Asia.

• Editorially lead video coverage for various sections, from culture to news; duties include guiding reporters in the field, hiring freelancers and overseeing the work of full- and part-time video staffers
  
• Reported, shot, produced and filed videos and photographs from the field, including the island of Yeonpyeong after the North Korean shelling, the G-20 summit in Seoul, China's property market and the Japan earthquake in 2011;
• Managed long-form multimedia projects; from developing an overall project to coordinating work from across departments and sections
• Established and implemented workflows and technical structures; trained staff across the region, thereby significantly increasing video output from Asia;
• Oversaw the development and implementation of studio set-ups -- from broadcast-quality to 'bureau-in-a-box'-type studios -- in major offices, including Hong Kong, Tokyo, Beijing and Singapore.
• Developed editorial projects and launched them, most notably a daily segment named Asia Today
• Produced and organized video coverage of conferences and events (remotely and on site)
• More than doubled our audience and traffic in Asia
• Other duties included web production, writing, photography and interactives.

The Wall Street Journal, July 2008 - October 2009, New York
Associate Multimedia Producer: Videographer and multimedia journalist

• Shot and edited feature, analysis and breaking news videos for various sections of wsj.com, marketwatch.com and barronsonline.com;
• Liaised with international bureaus on video content; conducted video workshops with reporters (past training sessions conducted in Washington D.C., Dallas, Beijing and Frankfurt);
• Pitched and wrote articles and blog posts;
• Produced multimedia/flash packages for the Web Site;
• Worked for two weeks in the Beijing bureau on stories related to the 2008 Olympics; worked on enterprise project in Vietnam; covered presidential debate in Washington D.C. bureau.
  

Writer and Photographer, 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, Monocle and cafebabel.com

Time Out London, June 2005 – June 2007, London
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; wrote various reviews for the shopping guide in 2006.

London Student - Europe’s Largest Student Newspaper, 2004/2005 and 2006/2007, London
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, July 2006 - August 2006, Berlin
Intern for the international service of the Associated Press Office 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, October 2005 – December 2005, Berlin
Intern at a production company of tv-documentaries 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 – September 2005, Frankfurt
Intern at a national daily newspaperfor 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, London
Intern as an editorial assistant, followed by freelance writing for UK city guides: Edited various articles, wrote a longer piece on the city of Berlin as a tourist destination.

PRINZ Living Guide Magazine, July 2004 – September 2004, Frankfurt
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, May 2008 (graduated with honors as one of the top five students in the class), New York
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, London
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, Berlin
One semester abroad
Coursework: Theoretical and practical film studies

OTHER
Language Skills: Fluent in German and in spoken Vietnamese, conversant in Italian and French
Multimedia Skills: Final Cut Pro, After Effects, Motion, Flash, Soundtrack Pro, Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, Premiere and Microsoft Office Suite, advanced use of digital SLRs, HD video camera equipment, audio recording devices and studio lighting equipment
Affiliations: Filmshop (filmmakers collective)

ACCOLADES / AWARDS
2011 Online News Association MJ Bear Fellow, as journalism stand-out under 30
2011 Online News Association Award Nominee, "Japan Earthquake: The Wall Street Journal," category: Breaking News, Large Site
2011 Society of Publishers in Asia Honorable Mention for "Thailand in Crisis;" category: Breaking News
2011 Society of American Business Editors and Writers Award for "Dissecting China's Housing Market;" category: Creative use across multiple platforms: All size groups
2011 Human Rights Press Award in the "Online" category
2011 Official Honoree for the Webby Awards in the "News and Politics: Single Episode" category
2010 Finalist for the South Asian Journalists Association Journalism Award for the multimedia project "The Rise of Rural India;" category: Outstaning business story about South Asia, or South Asians in North America: All media
2010 Society of Publishers in Asia Award for Editorial Excellence for the multimedia project "The Rise of Rural India"; category: Multimedia
2009 Audience Award for the 48 Hour Film Festival in Hong Kong
2009 Society of Professional Journalists Deadline Club Awards: Finalist in the Multimedia Presentation Category for From BurmatoNewYork.com
2009 Webby Awards: winner in the student category for video (Meet We Se: A Burmese Refugee Navigates a New Country); nominated in the travel category for video (Beijing in an Olympic Year); Official Honoree (HIV in Vietnam) in the documentary: single episode category for video
2008 Pulitzer Traveling Fellowship as one of the top five students of the Columbia Journalism School class of 2008
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


TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2010 Multimedia workshop instructor for the Hong Kong International Media Conference at Hong Kong University
2009 Guest speaker on multimedia journalism at Columbia University Journalism School, New York University, USC Annenberg School of Communication and Journalism.
2007 Workshop instructor in music production for teenagers at opera festival Unerhoert #3 in Magdeburg


ACTIVITIES
2009 Founder and organizer of Hong Kong chapter for Filmshop filmmakers collective
2008 Webmaster for Columbia University chapter of Society of Professional Journalists
2007 Organizer of University College London German Department's cultural festival in London
2006 Co-organizer of Vagina Monologues Production in Berlin
2005 Co-organizer of Generations Jazz Festival, an international music event, hosted in London

INTERESTS
Above all, I enjoy cooking anything from Vietnamese to French.
I'm also an on-and-off active musician, playing the guitar and violin, and have performed at the London Savoy as a jazz singer, at the Tacheles in Berlin with a Techno band and as a violinist in a band at South by Southwest.
I'm also a fierce defender on the soccer field.


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