Now Executive Director of the China Media Project, leading the project’s research and partnerships, David originally joined the project in Hong Kong in 2004. He is the author of Dragons in Diamond Village (Penguin), a book of reportage about urbanization and social activism in China, and co-editor of Investigative Journalism in China (HKU Press).
March 2004 — Wang, a senior reporter for theChina Economic Times, is known for a number of important investigative stories, including his reporting of securities fraud in Guizhou Province and corrupt regulations in Beijing’s taxi industry. In 2002, Wang was awarded the “Outstanding Member of the Chinese Media” award by Southern Weekend. In 2003, he was listed on the “Billboard of Outstanding Chinese Journalists.” Wang has also published an economic study in co-operation with the Development Research Centre of China’s State Council. Click HERE for Wang Keqin’s BLOG
March 2004/November 2007 — Lu is the former deputy director of the “News Center” section of the China Youth Daily and a former top editor of China Youth Daily‘s weekly supplement Freezing Point. In January 2006, Lu Yuegang was removed from his post at Freezing Point, along with chief editor Li Datong, for publishing an essay by historian Yuan Weishi that took issue with nationalism in Chinese school textbooks. Lu Yuegang is also author of several influential works of literary journalism documenting the struggles of China’s working class. Lu’s writing highlights the immense social challenges that have come hand in hand with China’s emergence as a global economic powerhouse. Lu is a member of the China Literary Journalism Council and the China Writers Organization.
February 2004 — Zhang is the executive producer of “News Probe,” a CCTV investigative news programme. Winner of numerous national and provincial awards for outstanding television, Zhang has pioneered the production of probing news interviews and bold documentaries at CCTV since 1993. Zhang, a graduate of Beijing’s Central University of Nationalies, has also spearheaded investigative interviews for CCTV’s “Oriental Horizons” program.
Yang, who has a background in court investigation, is currently an investigative reporter for Caijing magazine, one of China’s leading business publications. Yang Haipeng formerly worked as a reporter for Oriental Outlook, a magazine published by China’s official Xinhua News Agency, and for both Southern Daily News Group and Nanjing News Group.
Zhai Minglei is an award-winning journalist and former reporter for Southern Weekend, a mainland newsweekly regarded internationally for its tough reporting of corruption and social issues. After leaving Southern Weekend, Zhai launched Minjian, a non-profit magazine for China’s NGO community. The magazine was shut down by authorities in 2007. Zhai now publishes his own online “newspaper,” 1bao.org. In 2001, Zhai’s expose of corruption within Project Hope, one of China’s best-known non-profit programs, was selected as one of the year’s top news reports by Southern Weekend.
The moment the light went off in the small room in Fenghuo village, Wu Fang knew something terrible was going to happen to her. Three women from the village rushed in, knocked Wu Fang to the floor and began stripping her. Then her husband threw sulfuric acid on her face, chest and thighs. She let out a long cry. The women held her down, spreading acid over her face and breasts, disfiguring her horribly for the rest of her life. Twelve years later, she still seeks words for the pain: “It was like being thrown into the sky and hurled around.”
[Click HERE to read the story at TIME.com]
Liu Chang explores a 1999 news story that caused a stir across China, about the discovery of a man who was purportedly 160 years old. Liu’s piece takes an in-depth look at the phenomenon of fake news in China. [LINK HERE]
Liu Chang explores a 1999 news story that caused a stir across China, about the discovery of a man who was purportedly 160 years old. Liu’s piece takes an in-depth look at the phenomenon of fake news in China. [LINK HERE]
