I help newsrooms improve how they recruit, hire and promote journalists to better reflect the diversity in the communities they cover, especially the marginalized. I’m passionate about building trust between communities and the journalists who cover them — especially Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI).
As 2019-2022 president of the Asian American Journalists Association, my volunteer work is focused on representing more than 2,000 journalists across the United States and in Asia and bringing more visibility to their work and careers. AAPIs have historically been underrepresented in newsrooms and in news leadership, and I want to help change that.
Below is a selection of my work on issues that drive me when I’m not reporting on the news.
What drives me: My vision for the future of AAPIs in journalism
AAPIs must be at the forefront of digital innovation, true equity in representation and transforming the journalism industry from top leadership positions.
Covering violence against Asians and March 2021 Atlanta spa shootings
Washington Post Live “Race in America” series: Conversations about the AAPI community, its history and its activism
The rise in anti-Asian violence: Conversation with actors Daniel Dae Kim and Daniel Wu | Watch | Transcript
The history of the AAPI community and how the past can help inform our understanding where we are today: Conversation with author/historian Erika Lee and author/activist Helen Zia | Watch | Transcript
Allyship between Black and AAPI communities: Conversation with NAACP LDF President Sherrilyn Ifill & AAJC President John Yang | Watch | Transcript
The weight of inequity in newsrooms
Episode 7 of the Knight Foundation’s “Informed & Engaged” series, a weekly show that unpacks the ideas and solutions impacting the changing media landscape: What BIPOC colleagues are saying about the unprecedented moment of racial reckoning and where the industry goes from here.
Reporting as journalists of color: Why we need to add “safety” to our conversations about newsroom diversity
Online News Association panel on the risks journalists of color face in their jobs, and how the lack of representation in newsrooms has consequences on how management supports journalists exposed to race-related trauma.
Eye of the storm: Women in media and leadership
Chinese American Museum’s panel on AAPI women in media, our passion for journalism and for media diversity.
The 2020 election: A debrief on diversity
Discussion on media diversity, representation and coverage of the 2020 election, hosted by the Arizona State University’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism.