Freelance Video Journalist
Covering India and Southeast Asia, based in New Delhi, June 2008 – present
Write, shoot, edit breaking news, features and documentaries. Currently shoot, produce videos for The New York Times and GlobalPost (PBS and CBS News affiliate). Past clients include The Wall Street Journal, Agence France-Presse, AP Travel and UNICEF. Shot and produced a documentary in 2008 on Muslim transsexual sex workers in Malaysia.
The Associated Press, Miami, Fla.
Video Journalist and Multimedia Producer, January 2008 – May 2008
Shot, produced news videos for AP’s Broadcast News Center. Taught crafting multimedia stories for impact to staff photographers and writers.
The Miami Herald, Miami, Fla.
Reporting and Multimedia Production Intern, September 2007 – November 2007
Produced multimedia news packages for MiamiHerald.com. Created, shot and edited an interactive community video series called “60 Seconds,” which won a McClatchy President’s Award.
The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, Va.
Reporting and Multimedia Production Intern, June 2007 – August 2007
Taught interactive storytelling to the newsroom staff. Worked closely with photographers and editors to produce multimedia packages for PilotOnline.com.
theCICAK, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Director, Co-founder, June 2005 – 2008
Co-founded the non-profit Malaysian political and pop culture magazine. Edit commentaries, manage theCICAK Web site and a team of editors, writers and web developers.
KQED, NPR member station in San Francisco, Calif.
Contributing producer, April 2007
Reported and produced a story about a Khmer Rouge survivor who is preserving Cambodian culture and history by teaching classical Khmer dance.
The Columbus Dispatch, Columbus, Ohio
Reporting Intern, May 2006 – August 2006
Covered the science beat and general assignments.
The Oakland Tribune and ANG Newspapers, San Francisco Bay Area, Calif.
Correspondent, September 2005 – December 2005
Covered breaking news and wrote enterprise stories, including a feature article on young Ecstasy users in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Vallejo Times-Herald, Vallejo, Calif.
Reporting Intern, December 2005 – February 2006
Covered the crime beat and general assignments.
Duluth News Tribune, Duluth, Minn.
Contributing Writer, September 2005, November 2005 and July 2006
Wrote commentaries about the word “refugee,” the Midwest and flag burning.
The Star, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Contributing Writer, May 2005
Wrote an article about the Malaysian Censorship Board, in relation to Malaysian films at the San Francisco International Film Festival.
New Straits Times, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (daily newspaper, circ. 140,000)
Reporting Intern, July 2004
Covered general assignments.
OTHER MEDIA EXPERIENCE
Times of India, New Delhi
Instructor, November 2011 – December 2011
Taught multimedia storytelling – video reporting, scripting and packaging – to Times of India online producers.
International Center for Journalists’ IMII Pilot School, New Delhi
Instructor, May 2010 – September 2011
Taught video reporting, shooting and packaging to post-graduate students at the Knight Foundation-funded journalism school.
Center for Integration and Improvement of Journalism, San Francisco, Calif.
Coaching Program Coordinator, August 2004 – May 2007
Facilitated a mentoring program between Bay Area journalists and S.F. State University students. Also helped fundraise for the Center.
MULTIMEDIA SKILLS
Final Cut Pro, Soundtrack Pro, Reaper, Adobe Photoshop.
LANGUAGES
Ability to speak, read and write in Malay and Indonesian, fluent in Hokkien / Fukkien / Taiwanese.
EDUCATION
San Francisco State University, San Francisco, Calif.
B.A. in Journalism, Aug. 2003 – May 2007
Summa Cume Laude
2007 Honors Student
Valedictorian, Journalism Department
ACHIEVEMENTS
Society of American Business Writers and Editors (SABEW) Award, India: Armed and Dangerous video package, 2011
Justin Louis Award, Pecah Lobang (Busted) documentary, 2008
McClatchy President’s Award, “60 Seconds” multimedia project, 2007
Multimedia Shooter Award, Best Designed and Chaptered SoundSlides, 2007
Evans Hsu Kauffman Scholarship, S.F. State University, 2007
Bob Brown Memorial Scholarship, S.F. State University, 2006
Otto J. Bos Memorial Scholarship, S.F. State University, 2005
Asian American Journalists Association Grant, 2005
Asian American Journalists Association Chevron Scholarship, 2005
Associated Students Inc. Scholarship, S.F. State University, 2004
College of Humanities Scholarship, S.F. State Univeresity, 2004
