EDUCATION
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 2007-2011
Majors: Public Relations, East Asian Languages and Cultures (emphasis in Chinese)
Minor: Marketing
GPA: 3.7
Peking University, Beijing, China, Spring 2010, Advanced Intensive Chinese
Language program
WORK EXPERIENCE
US-China Today, Los Angeles, CA, Sept. 2010-May 2011
Deputy Editor
- Ran day-to-day operations of online magazine focusing
on U.S.-China relations and trends in contemporary China: assigned
stories, enforced deadlines, wrote and edited articles, guided writers
throughout
reporting process, updated website via content management system
- Recruited and
managed a team of 60 translators, writers and public relations interns
- Collaborated
with editorial team to plan staff meetings, public relations and
social media outreach, guest speaker events and partnerships
with
educational programs and institutions
USC
Gould School of Law, Los Angeles, CA, Aug. 2010-May 2011
Public Relations Intern
- Wrote articles and biographies for law school’s website
and newsletter; covered a talk by Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy
and a mentor day in
which law students brought in underserved students aspiring to be first-generation
college students
- Wrote copy for promotional campaigns; shot, edited and publicized
videos to promote the school
- Compiled media and mailing lists through research and cold-calling, conducted
competitor research
Blue Ocean Network, Beijing, China, June 2010-Aug. 2010
Reporter
- Worked as broadcast journalist at English-language
outlet providing content about China to the West, covering stories
on topics ranging from high
illiteracy rates among a Chinese Muslim minority group to the popularity
of group weddings in China
- Crafted story packages for broadcast in
U.S.; researched stories, wrote scripts, conducted man-on-the-street
interviews in Chinese, secured footage,
recorded voiceovers, translated material from Chinese to English, edited
video
US-China
Today, Los Angeles, CA, Aug. 2009-Jan. 2010
Reporter
- Wrote in-depth feature article on evolving attitudes
toward homosexuality in China, interviewing
sources ranging from LGBT activists to academics as well as those dealing
personally with being gay in China
Lewis
PR, San Francisco, CA, May 2009-Aug. 2009
Public Relations Intern
- Supported several accounts, compiling daily coverage
scans, monitoring competitor coverage, researching and compiling briefing
sheets, editorial calendars
and media lists
- Identified speaking opportunities; reached out to editors
to identify coverage opportunities
- Tracked news during product launches
and emerging crises; performed tonal analysis
AsianWeek newspaper,
San Francisco, CA, May 2008-Aug. 2008
Editorial Intern
- Wrote for U.S.’s longest-running and largest Asian-American
newsweekly; article topics included lack of health coverage among Asian-Americans
and the campaign of a political science professor for California
district representative
- Checked AP wires; wrote briefs; updated website;
processed hundreds of email pitches daily
- Served as managing editor
of a magazine featuring Beijing Olympic athletes: delegated tasks
to a team of nine; called Olympic committees;
interviewed
Olympians; edited and proofread articles; determined content and
layout; researched, fact-checked, secured photos
Daily
Trojan, USC student newspaper, Los Angeles, CA, Jan. 2008-Dec. 2008
Staff Writer, Assistant City Editor, diversity beat writer
- Wrote articles for news section on two-day deadlines; sought out stories for
the diversity beat
- Wrote a feature on minority students skeptical of
media claims that the racial barrier in politics had fallen following
President Obama’s
presidential election
- Expedited production as Assistant City Editor;
covered breaking news
HONORS: Dean's List, Presidential Scholar, Renaissance Scholar, U.S. Department
of Education Fulbright-Hays Scholarship, Asian American Journalists
Association scholarship (2009 and 2010)
SKILLS: Mandarin Chinese, Macromedia Dreamwaver, Associated Press
style, content management systems, Adobe InDesign and Photoshop
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