Date: Th ursday\, August 27
Time: 5:00pm - 6:00pm
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A career in journalism
is not for the faint-hearted...but then\, it never has been! Amidst the CO
V-ID pandemic and among a constantly changing media landscape of "fake news
" (and Facebook's recent detection of this)\, the 24-hour news cycle and so
cial media panics\, it's no wonder that the public continues to want to hea
r from reliable voices and sources. This is particularly important in Asia'
s thriving Hong Kong and Beijing cultural hubs\, where two of our panelists
live and work in the epicentre of global news\; and also in the USA and Va
ncouver\, where our other two panelists work in senior roles with two of th
e country's most prestigious and well-respected newspapers.
Key Takeaways:
Kathryn Gretsinger\, <
/b>Associate Professor of Teaching\, UBC Graduate School of Journalism
Kathryn is an associate professor of teaching at the School of Journalism\, Writing\, and Media. She is a long time public broadcaster at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation\, with a record of creating award- winning work at the local and national level in Canada. Kathryn is also a K illam Teaching Prize winner and she was named as one of North America’s top innovative journalism educators in 2018.
Sher
isse Pham – Reporter\, CNN Hong Kong
Sherisse is a tech
and business reporter for CNN Business and CNN International in Hong Kong.
She is a recipient of the Royal Television Society's breaking news award fo
r CNN team coverage of the storming of Hong Kong’s Legislative Council by p
rotesters.
Prior to Hong Kong\, she was based in Washington\, D.C.\, w
here she was a general assignment weekend correspondent and digital produce
r. She also worked as a correspondent in London with CNN International\, co
vering the Syrian refugee crisis and other regional stories in Europe. She
was also part of a CNN team that received the Edward R. Murrow award for so
cial media coverage of the 2016 U.S. presidential election.
She holds
degrees from Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism and a BA (
English Lit and Commerce) from the University of British Columbia.
Nath
an VanderKlippe - Reporter\, Globe & Mail Beijing
Nathan is the Globe and Mail’s Asia correspondent based in Beijing. His reporting takes him across Asia\, as he covers political developments\, social trend s\, international affairs\, refugee crises\, and natural disasters. He has served multiple terms on the board of the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of C hina\, including as its president. Prior to joining the Globe in 2009\, he was a print and television correspondent in Western Canada based in Calgary \, Vancouver and Yellowknife. He has covered Canada's energy industry\, abo riginal issues and Canada’s north.
Emily Rauhala\, Staff Writer\, The Washi
ngton Post
Emily covers foreign affairs for the Washington Post. In a decade of reporting from East and Southeast Asia\, she covered China's ris e on the world stage and its authoritarian turn at home. In 2017\, she shar ed an Overseas Press Club award for a series about the Internet in China. H er work has also been recognised by the Human Rights Press Awards\, the Soc iety of Publishers in Asia and the International China Journalists Associat ion. She is a graduate of Queen's University\, the University of Toronto an d Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism.
Joanna Chiu
– Senior Journalist\, Toronto Star
Joanna is a journalist for the To
ronto Star\, Canada’s highest-circulation newspaper\, and has previously se
rved as bureau chief and managing editor of the Star Vancouver. Her special
ty is in China-Canada relations as well as topics related to race and inequ
ality.
Joanna was previously based for seven years in China as a forei
gn correspondent. She reported for Agence France Presse (AFP)\, covering Ch
inese politics\, legal affairs and human rights issues for one of the world
’s biggest news operations.
She has also served as China and Mongolia
correspondent for the top German news agency Deutsche Presse-Agentur\, and
in Hong Kong\, she reported for the South China Morning Post\, The Economis
t and The Associated Press.
She is the founder and chair of NüVoices\,
a non-profit editorial collective which publishes and celebrates the work
of women and minorities working on China topics. She also received her unde
rgraduate degree in Honours History from the University of British Columbia
.