On April 15th, USCET launched its Women’s Media Development and Leadership competition which pays special attention to providing a more diverse and rational data-based discussion forum for women’s issues in China. Potential topics in this area of competition include stories about women’s social roles, career development, female media professionals, women’s role in media education, issues…
“Some in journalism may say we are in the middle of a storm, that we are in the middle of understanding which way is up, which way is down, which way is left or right.” NBC News’ Richard Lui emphasized these words time and time again during his keynote speech at USCET’s 10th US-China Media…
USCET is pleased to announce the first China DataViz Competition in China on March 18th, 2019, the fourth in a series of USCET data journalism competitions in China. The theme of the competition is: “Understand the world in data.” More than 50 universities around the world and 100 institutions are expected to participate in the…
Lv Yan is the Director of Data Journalism Department of The Paper （澎湃新闻）. She was one of our trainers of our Fudan University Workshop in 2018. Q. What’s the biggest challenge in becoming a data journalist? How did you overcome it? I think the challenges can be summed up in two ways: (1) new technology,…
Yaru Wen is a news reporter at China Global Television Network (CGTV) in Beijing. She is an alumnus of USCET’s data journalism workshop last year Q: What is your view of data journalism as a news reporter? A: I think that data can better help us evaluate the direction of a story. By looking at…
Tianyue Yang holds a bachelor’s degree in telecommunications engineering and is interested in pursuing a career in data journalism. She is an alumnus of USCET’s data journalism workshop. Q: As a student, what our your thoughts on data journalism? Why is it important? A: I think data journalism, though still a relatively small field, is very…
Zhao Luming specializes in data journalism at China’s Jiefang Daily and Net Ease News. He participated in USCET’s data journalism workshop at Fudan University last fall. Q: How did you become interested in data journalism? A: I was first introduced to data journalism when I took a journalism course at East China Normal University. I…
Zishuai Tang is a data journalist from the Beijing News. He is an alumnus of USCET’s data journalism workshop. Q: How did you become interested in data journalism? A: I first became interested in data journalism in 2014 when I read a book called the Data Journalism Handbook. That was the first time I heard about…
Dr. Su Tao holds a PhD in news media and is interested in pursuing a career in data journalism. He is an alumnus of USCET’s Data Journalism Workshop. Q: How did you become interested in data journalism? A: I became interested in data journalism mostly through my PhD field of study. I was studying news…
Lan Xing Yu is currently studying at Peking University’s HSBC Business School, and she hopes to pursue data journalism after graduation. She is an alumna of USCET’s Data Journalism Workshop. Q: How did you become interested in data journalism? A: I first learned about data journalism during my senior year of college. I was interested…
