Animation: Food Price Problems Here To Stay (November 2011)
Food inflation has been a problem in Asia for the past few years and has hurt emerging nations large and small. WSJ's Lam Thuy Vo explains what drives food prices upward.
Role: reporter, producer, graphic artist and animator
China's Pork Problem (November 2011)
China's appetite for pork is increasing rapidly but pork farmers are unable to keep up with demand. This adds to the nationwide pork shortage and fuels inflation, China's No. 1 economic problem.
Role: reporter and multimedia producer
Food Prices Driven by India's Broken Supply Chain (November 2011)
Food inflation has been a persistent problem in India in the past few years, and shortages aren't the only reason. Politicians and economists are now pointing to one particular problem: the agency that regulates the middlemen who handle food transactions.
Role: reporter and multimedia producer
Vietnam's Farmers Struggle With Mekong's Salinity (November 2011)
Global warming and man-made pastures have increased the salinity levels of the Mekong river, exacerbated flooding and made lands around the river less fertile, posing a major challenge to Vietnam's rice farmers.
Role: reporter and multimedia producer
Domestic Helpers Fight Legal Battle for Equality (August 2011)
A Filipina domestic worker is fighting for the right for permanent residency in Hong Kong's High Court. But the case strikes at the core of much more than just the right to abode. WSJ's Lam Thuy Vo and Isabella Steger report.
Role: reporter and multimedia producer.
A Japanese Mayor Fights to Save His Town (April 2011)
Newly-minted Mayor Futoshi Toba was at work in City Hall when the tsunami devastated his community a month ago. Now he must find a way to balance his duty to his family and his town.
Role: reporter and multimedia producer.
Animation: Can Japan Rebuild? (June 6, 2011)
The March 11 earthquake and tsunami devastated vast parts of Northeastern Japan. The government now faces the Herculean task of rebuilding. But how will it tackle the challenge, given that the country's economy was already struggling before the twin disasters?
Role: reporter, animation artist, graphics artist and multimedia producer.
Vietnam Battles HIV Epidemic with U.S. Aid (December 2008)
The number of HIV infections has tripled in Vietnam over the past decade. With funding from the U.S. and other countries, the Vietnamese government is now combating this global health problem.
Role: reporter and multimedia producer. This 8.30-minute mini-documentary is the core piece for an enterprising multimedia project on HIV/AIDS in Vietnam.
Accolades:
2009 Webby Awards: Official Honoree (HIV in Vietnam) in the documentary: single episode category for video
Animation: Dissecting China's Real-Estate Market (June 2010) China's housing prices are surging and government officials are worried about what they see as a potential asset bubble. But how did it get to this? Watch an animation about the movers and shakers of this red-hot real-estate market.
Role: reporter and multimedia producer. Conceptualized animation with two other producers as an introductory video for a more comprehensive project on the Chinese real-estate market.
Accolades: 2011 Society of American Business Editors and Writers Award for "Dissecting China's Housing Market;" category: Creative use across multiple platforms: All size groups
Retracing Saigon (December 2010)
This is the first installment of a series about my family history. Liem Vo Quang's courtship of Lua Nguyen Thi lasted 9 years. Mostly because they were living in separate countries. In 1972, 18-year-old Liem went to Hannover to study engineering, while Lua stayed in a war-torn Saigon. But somehow they managed to fall in love over the course of an intercontinental letter exchange.
Survivors' Tales: Rikuzentakata (April 17, 2011) Some 2,300 people are dead or missing in Rikuzentakata and many small businesses were obliterated by the March tsunami. Survivors must make a heart-wrenching choice: Should they rebuild their town - or abandon it?
Role: reporter and multimedia producer.
Japan Quake Survivors Reunited After Days (March 2011)
As soon as the tsunami flood waters started receding in the northeastern town of Ishinomaki, the Higuchis set out to find their family members. After five days of uncertainty, they celebrated a joyous reunion at one of the shelters.
Role: Reporter, multimedia producer
Islanders Gripped by Renewed Fear of North Korea (November 2010)
After decades of relative peace on Yeonpyeong, the islanders had become numb to the threat of war. But North Korea may have changed this attitude.
Role: Reporter, multimedia producer
Reading the Tea Leaves in G-20 Communique (November 2010)
A 22-page document that says it all? Or does it say nothing. WSJ's Lam Thuy Vo looks at the mystical Group of 20 communique and the coding and diplomacy that go into creating guidelines and catch phrases the leaders of 20 countries can agree on.
Role: Reporter, multimedia producer
Burmese Monks Funnel Money Into Myanmar (May 2008)
As NGOs are having trouble getting into Myanmar, a group of Burmese monks in New York has raised more than $2 million, which will be sent directly to monasteries in disaster-stricken areas.
Walking Through Singapore's Green Corridor (November 2011)
A Malaysian train line used to connect Singapore's Southern tip to its North but was discontinued earlier this year. The tracks are now being dismantled, leaving behind a footpath that runs through the heart of the city.
Role: reporter and mutlimedia producer
Hong Kong Uncorks Wine Trade (December 2009/WSJ.com)
Gregory De'Eb owns a popular wine cellar housed in a former World War II bunker. WSJ's Laura Santini talks to him about Hong Kong's thriving wine trade and the city's prospects of becoming the world's next wine capital.
Role: multimedia producer
Odd Jobs: Animal Psychic (April 12, 2011)
Thomas Cheng used to write software for a living. But, bored with spending his days looking at a computer screen, he entered a field that purports to look deep into the minds of animals. This is part of The Wall Street Journal's occasional look at people with unusual jobs.
Role: reporter and multimedia producer
Beijing's Changing Citiscape (WSJ.com/ July 2008)
Since Beijing won the bid for the Olympics, the city has been pouring millions into constructing new buildings. Now it's considered a hot spot for modern architecture, but some fear its new look is undermining thousands of years of history.
Role: multimedia producer
Accolades: 2009 Webby Awards: Part of a package that was nominated for a Webby Award in the travel category (Beijing in an Olympic Year)
A Date With Hairy Crab (November 2010)
What happens when two Italian chefs from New York try Shanghai hairy crab for the first time? We find out with Mark Ladner (from Del Posto restaurant) and Cesare Casella (from Salumeria Rosi), who were in Hong Kong earlier this month for the 2010 Italian Cuisine World Summit, which was hosted by 15 Italian restaurants in Hong Kong, Macau and Shenzhen.
Role: multimedia producer
Playboy Bunnies Land in Macau (WSJ.com/ November 2011)
After two false starts, Playboy is finally in China and ready to cash in on mainland money. Dow Jones Newswires' Kate O'Keeffe reports from the Playboy Club's red carpet launch in Macau.
This is Just To Say (August 2011)
This was a film shot on a cloudy Hong Kong morning and edited on the hot afternoon that followed right after. It illustrates what has become a favorite poem of mine with scenes from my neighborhood and my apartment.
Role: director, producer, writer, editor.
Bluffing (February 28, 2010)
When a gambling father fails to pay his debt to a hot-headed Hong Kong gangster, the crook and his crew decide to kidnap the indebted man's son. But little do they know how much this son is worth.
This short film was written and produced for the "Unprotected" screening presented by the Filmshop at the Music Hall of Williamsbug in New York and at Joyce Is Not Here and the Speak Up! event in Hong Kong. It is intended as a parody on gangster genre films and the idea of status, worth and image.
Role: director, producer, writer, editor.
Painting a Picture (August 2010)
Joe, the son of an ailing mafioso clan in New York, travels to Hong Kong to meet the head of a triad group that has taken over much of Manhattan. Much is at stake for the third generation gangster and he needs to broker a deal between the two clans before a gang war breaks out that he knows he cannot win. And his strategy? To tell a story.
This short film was written and produced for the "Salute to Shorts" screening presented by the Filmshop in New York and at Joyce Is Not Here in Hong Kong.
Moviehouse (August 2009)
Moviehouse is an interactive screening series featuring film and video work by the city’s most intrepid moviemakers and performance artists. This video is a promotional video about the work that the organization does.
