Selina Wang
Selina Wang | |
|---|---|
 Wang reporting in 2021 from Tokyo | |
| Born | May 8, 1993 |
| Other names | Vương tư lâm[1] |
| Education | Harvard College(BA)[2] |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Employers |
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| Title | SeniorWhite Housecorrespondent, ABC News[3] |
| Spouse | Evan Ramsay[4] |
| Relatives | Lai-Sheng Wang(father) |
Selina Y. Wang(born May 8, 1993) is an American television journalist and reporter, who has served as seniorWhite House CorrespondentforABC Newssince August 2023.[3][5][6]She was previouslyCNN'sinternational correspondentbased in Beijing and Tokyo.[7]She has also worked forBloomberg Newsas an anchor, correspondent, reporter and magazine writer.[8]In 2023, she won an Emmy at the44th News and Documentary Emmy Awards,and was featured theForbes30 Under 30Asia List.[9][7]
Early life
[edit]Wang was born inRichland,Washington,[2][10]before attendingBarrington High SchoolinBarrington, Rhode Islandwhere she was an accomplished flautist[11][12]and namedMiss Rhode Island's Outstanding Teen.[13]She graduated fromHarvard Universitywith a degree in economics and a secondary degree in government[2]where she was a member of theHarvard Crimson.[14]Her parentsLai-Sheng Wang[15]and Li-Qiong Wang[16]are both on the Chemistry Faculty ofBrown University.
Career
[edit]Wang began her career as a journalist atBloomberg Newsin New York City.[8]She then moved to San Francisco, covering the global technology industry,venture capitaland social media industry for Bloomberg News and Television andBloomberg Businessweekmagazine.[17]Later, she moved to Beijing, China to anchor and correspondent forBloomberg Television.
Wang joined CNN as an international correspondent based in Asia.[2]She moved to Japan and in 2021 covered theTokyo Summer Olympics,the first Olympic Games held under thecoronavirus pandemic.Six months later, she was CNN's only news correspondent reporting from inside theBeijing Winter Olympics"covid bubble."[18]Wang was a host of CNN's business feature show "Marketplace Asia." In the spring of 2022, Wang moved back to Beijing for CNN as the network's sole correspondent inmainland China,[2]and is notable for being the only American broadcaster reporting on the ground in China during the historic anti-zero-COVID protests.[5]She reported on a wide range of stories from China, including risingUS-China tensions,Xi Jinping’s unprecedentedthird-termas the country's supreme leader,China's relationship with Taiwan,and the impact of the country'scoronavirus pandemic restrictions.[2][19][20]
In 2023, Wang won theEmmy Award's Outstanding Emerging Journalist.[9]Wang was named on theForbes30 Under 30Asia List in 2023.[7]
References
[edit]- ^"Thôi đặc thượng đích trung quốc: Lư sa dã xúc thành liễu tập cận bình dữ trạch liên tư cơ đích thông thoại?".VOAChinese.April 27, 2023.RetrievedNovember 5,2023.
- ^abcdef"CNN About Selina Wang".CNN.RetrievedAugust 5,2023.
- ^ab"Selina Wang Jumps to ABC News From CNN for Senior White House Reporting Role".Variety.August 15, 2023.RetrievedAugust 15,2023.
- ^"Journalist Selina Wang Leads A Happily Married Life With Husband Ramsay".Celebs Perk.April 7, 2023.RetrievedNovember 16,2023.
- ^ab"Selina Wang's biography".ABC News.RetrievedAugust 15,2023.
- ^"Selina Wang Named Senior White House Correspondent, ABC News".NextTV.August 15, 2023.RetrievedAugust 15,2023.
- ^abc"Forbes About Selina Wang".Forbes.RetrievedAugust 4,2023.
- ^ab"Selina Wang Biography".SXSW.RetrievedAugust 4,2023.
- ^ab"The 44th News & Documentary Nominations:Outstanding Emerging Journalist".Emmy.RetrievedAugust 4,2023.
- ^"Result from State 2009 Washington State Math Council High School Contest"(PDF).wsmc.net.RetrievedAugust 4,2023.
- ^"Achievements: Musicfest selects top recitals".spokesman.com.RetrievedAugust 4,2023.
- ^"Recent Grad Earns Cox Scholarship".Patch.com.June 23, 2011.RetrievedAugust 4,2023.
- ^"Full of Surprises".Pageantry Magazine.RetrievedAugust 4,2023.
- ^"Selina Y. Wang Latest Content".Harvard Crimson.RetrievedAugust 4,2023.
- ^"Lai-Sheng Wang Biography".Brown.edu.RetrievedAugust 4,2023.
- ^"Li-Qiong Wang Biography".Brown.edu.RetrievedAugust 4,2023.
- ^"Selina Wang Journalist, Bloomberg News".techonomy.RetrievedAugust 4,2023.
- ^"Tokyo Olympics: CNN correspondent gives her view from Japan a month before the Games".iNews.June 23, 2021.RetrievedAugust 4,2023.
- ^"Watching My Family Confront Coronavirus on Two Continents".Bloomberg News.April 8, 2020.RetrievedAugust 4,2023.
- ^"CNN International Correspondent Selina Wang relocates to Beijing".Editor and Publisher.September 29, 2022.RetrievedAugust 4,2023.
External links
[edit]- ABC News personalities
- American journalists
- American journalists of Chinese descent
- American television journalists
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- American women journalists of Asian descent
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- CNN people
- Harvard College alumni
- Journalists from Washington (state)
- 1993 births
- Living people
- People from Richland, Washington